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Grain futures mixed, livestock prices fall

5/17/2013 1:00 PM
By Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Grains futures were mixed Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for July delivery fell 4.5 cents to $6.8325 a bushel; July corn rose 11.25 cents to $6.5275 a bushel; July oats slipped 2.25 cents to $3.755 a bushel; while July soybeans jumped 21 cents to $14.485 a bushel.

Beef and pork prices fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

June live cattle fell 0.50 cent to $1.1940 a pound; August feeder cattle fell 1.75 cent to $1.4337 a pound; June lean hogs fell 1.35 cent to 91.52 cents a pound.


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