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Grain futures mostly rise, pork prices fall

Posted: 01/19/13 at 8:50 pm
Tags: grains   pork   Board of Trade  

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

Wheat for March delivery rose 10 cents to $7.9125 a bushel; March corn rose 3 cents to $7.2750 a bushel; March oats rose 0.50 cent to $3.5550 a bushel; while March soybeans slipped 1 cent to $14.2925 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle fell 1.65 cent to $1.2495 a pound; March feeder cattle rose 0.50 cent to $1.4635 a pound; February lean hogs fell 0.60 cent to 85.35 cents a pound.

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