Grain futures mostly fall, livestock prices rise

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 21, 2013 - 3:45 pm EDT

CHICAGO — Grains futures mostly fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for July delivery fell 4.75 cents to $6.805 a bushel; July corn fell 9.5 cents to $6.40 a bushel; July oats fell 8.25 cents to $3.55 a bushel; while July soybeans jumped 13.75 cents to $14.7825 a bushel.

Beef and pork prices rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

June live cattle rose 0.98 cent to $1.2110 a pound; August feeder cattle rose 2 cents to $1.4647 a pound; June lean hogs added 0.33 cent to 92.40 cents a pound.

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