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Grain mixed, livestock mostly lower

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

Wheat for Dec. was down 5.75 cents to 4.12 a bushel; Dec. corn gained 1.75 cents to 3.48 a bushel; Dec. oats was down 2.50 cents at $2.22 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans advanced 3 cents to $9.7975 a bushel.

Beef lower, pork was mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. December live cattle was down 1.3015 cents at $1.0407 a pound; November feeder cattle lost .72 cent to $1.2585 a pound; while December lean hogs lost .82 cent at $.4700 a pound.