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Grains futures, livestock prices mixed

August 09, 2012

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain prices were mixed Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery fell 8 cents to $9.05 a bushel; December corn added 0.75 cent to $8.2450 a bushel; December oats were flat at $3.8550 a bushel; while November soybeans jumped 23.75 cents to $16.55 a bushel.

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

October live cattle slipped 0.15 cent to $1.2562 a pound; October feeder cattle rose 0.30 cent to $1.4080 a pound; while October lean hogs fell 0.33 cent to 75.62 cents a pound.

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