Grains futures, livestock prices mixed

Published October 17, 2011 by
Business - Wall Street

CHICAGO (AP) ? Grains futures traded mixed in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery rose 5.25 cents to $6.28 a bushel; December corn rose 0.50 cent to $6.4050 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $3.40 a bushel; and November soybeans fell 7 cents to $12.63 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures also traded mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle rose 0.32 cent to $1.2352 a pound; November feeder cattle was unchanged at $1.4442 a pound; and December lean hogs fell 0.07 cent to 90 cents a pound.

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