Wheat for March was 3 cents lower at 4.2575 a bushel; March corn was off 4 cents at 3.4725 a bushel; March oats rose 1.50 cents at $2.50 bushel; while January soybeans fell 3.25 cents at $9.5825 a bushel.

Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle was off 2.03 cents at $1.1722 a pound; January feeder cattle fell .17 cent at $1.4645 a pound; while February lean hogs was up 1.55 cents at $.7297 a pound.

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