Wheat for March was 2 cents lower at 4.34 a bushel; March corn was off 2 cents at 3.51 a bushel; March oats rose 1.25 cents at $2.4575 bushel; while January soybeans was fell .50 cent at $9.5925 a bushel.

Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle was off .70 cent at $1.2225 a pound; January feeder cattle fell .35 cent at $1.4902 a pound; while February lean hogs was up .32 cent at $.7137 a pound.

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