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Grains futures mostly fall, livestock prices mixed

243 days ago

(AP:CHICAGO) Grain prices either fell or were flat Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery dropped 29.25 cents to $8.95 a bushel; December corn fell 22.25 cents to $7.5975 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $3.9625 a bushel; while November soybeans fell 54 cents to $16.85 a bushel.

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

October live cattle was flat at $1.2705 a pound; October feeder cattle rose 0.73 cent to $1.4735 a pound; while October lean hogs fell 0.52 cent to 73.50 cents a pound.

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