Business News

Grain futures mostly rise, livestock prices fall

Posted: 01/12/13 at 9:45 pm
Tags: grains   Chicago Board of Trade   livestock prices  

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

Wheat for March delivery rose 10.25 cents to $7.5475 a bushel; March corn rose 10 cents to $7.0875 a bushel; March oats rose 7.25 cents to $3.4675 a bushel; while March soybeans fell 6.50 cents to $13.7325 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle fell 0.95 cent to $1.3060 a pound; March feeder cattle fell 1.47 cent to $1.5145 a pound; February lean hogs fell 0.40 cent to 84.20 cents a pound.

(Copyright (c) 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)