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Grain lower, livestock mixed

CHICAGO – Grain futures were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for July delivery was up .25 cent at $4.5875 a bushel; July corn fell 3.25 cents to 3.93 a bushel; July oats unchanged at $2.0650 a bushel; while July soybeans rose 4.25 cents to $11.3750 a bushel.

Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. June live cattle was up .30 cent at $1.1535 a pound; August feeder cattle rose .90 cents to $1.4017 a pound; while July lean hogs were off 1.73 cents at $.8447 a pound.