Grain futures mixed, pork prices fall

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Grain futures mixed, pork prices fall

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Grains futures were mixed Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery fell 5.50 cents to $7.5750 a bushel; March corn fell 5.25 cents to $7.29 a bushel; March oats added 6.50 cents to $3.6625 a bushel; while March soybeans rose 6.75 cents to $14.9550 a bushel.

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

April live cattle added 0.03 cent to $1.3230 a pound; March feeder cattle fell 0.35 cent to $1.4852 a pound; April lean hogs fell 0.65 cent to 87.70 cents a pound.