Grain futures mostly fall, livestock prices mixed

Grains futures either fell or were flat Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 9.25 cents to $6.16 a bushel; December corn was unchanged at $6.0550 a bushel; December oats fell 0.50 cent to $3.2450 a bushel; while November soybeans were unchanged at $11.6375 a bushel.

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

December live cattle fell 0.25 cent to $1.2240 a pound; November feeder cattle fell 0.18 cent to $1.4157 a pound; and December lean hogs rose 0.80 cent to 89.22 cents a pound.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.

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