November 03, 2009
Agriculture futures mostly fall on Chicago BOT
The Associated PressAgriculture futures were mostly lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery lost 8.75 cents to $5.08 a bushel, while December corn shed 2.75 cents to $3.795 a bushel and soybeans for January delivery slipped 7.5 cents to $9.90 a bushel. December oats were unchanged at $2.5425 a bushel.
In other trading, beef and pork futures mostly fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December live cattle dropped 0.55 cent to 85.67 cents a pound; January feeder cattle rose 0.08 cent to 95.65 cents a pound; December lean hogs shed 0.22 cent to 57.50 cents a pound; and February pork bellies fell 1.50 cents to 87.80 cents a pound.