November 05, 2009
Agriculture futures mostly fall on Chicago BOT
The Associated PressAgriculture futures were mostly lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery dropped 6.5 cents to $5.145 a bushel, while December corn shed 2 cents to $3.82 a bushel and soybeans for January delivery tumbled 10 cents to $9.89 a bushel. December oats were unchanged at $2.58 a bushel.
In other trading, beef futures rose while pork futures slipped on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December live cattle added 0.30 cent to 86.55 cents a pound; January feeder cattle rose 0.42 cent to 97.12 cents a pound; December lean hogs dropped 0.35 cent to 57.45 cents a pound; while February pork bellies fell 0.10 cent to 87.70 cents a pound.