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Grain futures mostly rise, pork prices fall

Posted: 12/29/12 at 9:05 pm
Tags: grains   beef   Chicago Board of Trade  

CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures mostly rose Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery rose 6.50 cents to $7.7875 a bushel; March corn rose 2.50 cents to $6.94 a bushel; March oats fell 4 cents to $3.49 a bushel; while January soybeans rose 5.25 cents to $14.24 a bushel.

Beef futures rose, while pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle rose 0.52 cent to $1.3357 a pound; January feeder cattle rose 0.75 cent to $1.5202 a pound; February lean hogs fell 0.65 cent to 86.37 cents a pound.

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