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Grain higher, livestock higher

By WTOP Staff

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Sept delivery rose .50 cent to $5.8475 a bushel; Sept corn was 3.25 cents higher at 4.39 a bushel; Dec oats were .25 cent higher at $3.32 a bushel; while Nov soybeans advanced 15.25 cents to $14.4425 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

August live cattle rose 2.10 cents to $1.5275 a pound; August feeder cattle was 3 cents higher at $2.1512 a pound; while August lean hogs rose .15 cent to $1.2880 a pound.

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