November 06, 2009
Agriculture futures mostly fall on Chicago BOT
The Associated PressAgriculture futures were mostly lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery dropped 4 cents to $5.0825 a bushel, while December corn fell 6 cents to $3.705 a bushel and soybeans for January delivery tumbled 8.25 cents to $9.6375 a bushel. December oats were unchanged at $2.5575 a bushel.
In other trading, beef and pork futures mostly dropped on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December live cattle tumbled 1.03 cents to 85.32 cents a pound; January feeder cattle slid 1.07 cents to 96.10 cents a pound; December lean hogs dropped 0.35 cent to 56.25 cents a pound; but February pork bellies rose 1.10 cents to 85.90 cents a pound.