Grains higher, livestock higher
Posted December 17, 2019 6:00 am
\CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for Mar. delivery rose 3.80 cents at $5.5120 a bushel; Dec. corn was up 1.80 cents at $3.8840 a bushel; Mar. oats gained 4 cents at $3.0620 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans advanced 9 cents at 9.2460 a bushel.
Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Dec. live cattle was up .38 cent at $1.2268 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle rose .60 cent at $1.4625 a pound; Dec. lean hogs gained 1.10 cents at .7055 a pound.
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