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Grains futures, livestock prices mixed

Updated: Saturday, May 05, 2012 8:29 AM

CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures were mixed in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for July delivery rose 2 cents to $6.1750 a bushel; July corn fell 3 cents to $6.1150 a bushel; July oats were unchanged at $3.4450 a bushel; while July soybeans fell 5.50 cent to $14.68 a bushel.

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

June live cattle fell 0.62 cent to $1.1525 a pound; August feeder cattle rose 0.05 cent to $1.5727 a pound; while June lean hogs fell 1.57 cent at 83.35 cents a pound.

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