Wheat for March was 6.50 cents higher at 4.3350 a bushel; March corn was up 2.50 cents at 3.5325 a bushel; March oats rose 1.50 cents at $2.4250 bushel; while January soybeans was gained 3.50 cents at $9.55 a bushel.

Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle was up 1.80 cents at $1.2335 a pound; January feeder cattle rose 3.52 cents at $1.4952 a pound; while February lean hogs was off 1.05 cents at $.7072 a pound.

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