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Grain mostly lower, livestock lower

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

Wheat for July delivery declined 15 cents at $4.1625 a bushel; July corn fell 5.75 cents to 3.53 a bushel; July oats rose .25 cent at $2.0550 a bushel; while July soybeans lost 6.25 cents to $11.6875 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. August live cattle was off 1.85 cents at $1.1297 a pound; August feeder cattle fell 1.85 cents to $1.4245 a pound; while July lean hogs lost .18 cent at $.8267 a pound.