Grains futures mostly fall, livestock prices mixed

Published October 4, 2011 by
Business - Wall Street

CHICAGO (AP) ? Grains futures mostly fell in early trading Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 9.50 cents to $6.10 a bushel; December corn fell 15 cents to $5.7750 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $3.28 a bushel; and November soybeans dropped 22.50 cents to $11.55 a bushel.

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

December live cattle fell 0.77 cent to $1.2255 a pound; November feeder cattle fell 1.35 cent to $1.4150 a pound; and December lean hogs rose 0.20 cent to 87 cents a pound.

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