Grains futures mostly rise, livestock prices rise

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Grains futures mostly rise, livestock prices rise

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

Wheat for December delivery slipped 0.50 cent to $8.4775 a bushel; December corn added 1 cent to $7.3825 a bushel; December oats rose 4.50 cents to $3.9250 a bushel; while November soybeans rose 1.25 cent to $14.9375 a bushel.

Beef futures rose and pork rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle rose 0.70 cent to $1.2667 a pound; November feeder cattle rose 2.17 cents to $1.4772 a pound; while December lean hogs rose 0.05 cent to 78.60 cents a pound.