Grain futures mostly rise, pork prices fall

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Last updated: December 4, 2012 7:14 a.m.

Grain futures mostly rise, pork prices fall

Associated Press

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

Wheat for March delivery fell 2.75 cents to $8.6075 a bushel; March corn rose 2 cents to $7.5475 a bushel; March oats rose 5.75 cents to $3.8450 a bushel; while January soybeans jumped 15 cents to $14.5375 a bushel.

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

February live cattle rose 0.37 cent to $1.3077 a pound; January feeder cattle slipped 0.02 cent to $1.4560 a pound; while February lean hogs fell 1.25 cent to 85.67 cents a pound.