Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed
Posted March 16, 2021 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher on Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May was up .25 cent at $6.41 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 8.50 cents at $5.5275 a bushel; May oats fell 7 cents at $3.71 cents a bushel; while Mar. soybeans advanced 13.25 cents at $14.23 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Apr. live cattle was off .45 cent at $1.1892 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was up .10 cent at $1.3692 a pound; April lean hogs rose 3.13 cents at .9295 a pound.