Wheat for March was .25 cent lower at 4.2775 a bushel; March corn was off 1.75 cents at 3.52 a bushel; March oats gained .25 cent at $2.43 bushel; while January soybeans was declined 9.75 cents at $9.4575 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange December live cattle was up 2.53 cents at $1.2455 a pound; January feeder cattle rose .43 cent at $1.4560 a pound; while February lean hogs gained .53 cent at $.7155 a pound.

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