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Grains futures fall, livestock prices mixed

July 23, 2012

CHICAGO (AP) — Grains futures fell Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery fell 30.50 cents to $9.1275 a bushel; December corn fell 11.75 cents to $7.84 a bushel; December oats slipped 6.75 cents to $3.8225 a bushel; while November soybeans dropped 66.25 cents to $16.20 a bushel.

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

August live cattle rose 0.65 cent to $1.1860 a pound; August feeder cattle fell 0.45 cent to $1.3565 a pound; while August lean hogs slipped 0.38 cent to 93.32 cents a pound.

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