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Agriculture futures end mostly higher on CBOT

Corn, oat, soybean futures trade higher on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock mixed

Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 7 cents to $7.1925 a bushel, but December corn rose 30 cents to $5.6325 a bushel; December oats added 4.5 cents to $3.345 a bushel and November soybeans gained 26 cents to $12.02 a bushel.

Beef futures traded higher and pork futures traded lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle rose 0.10 cent to $1.0215 a pound; October cattle added 0.35 cent to $1.0892 a pound; October lean hogs fell 1.67 cents to 65.3 cents a pound; February pork bellies dropped 0.6 cent to 86.3 cents a pound.

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