Grains futures mostly rise, livestock prices rise

Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:10 AM

CHICAGO (AP) -- Grain prices either rose or were flat Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery was flat at $8.45 a bushel; December corn added 1.50 cent to $7.4475 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $3.7650 a bushel; while January soybeans rose 0.25 cent to $14.13 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle rose 0.75 cent to $1.2780 a pound; January feeder rose 0.90 cent to $1.4695 a pound; while December lean hogs rose 0.32 cent to 81.97 cents a pound.