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[July 24, 2007]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Soybean futures finished sharply lower Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery rose 4 cents to end at $6.2025 a bushel; December corn shed 8 cents to close at $3.255 a bushel; December oats ended up 1.25 cents at $2.45 a bushel; November soybeans tumbled 34.25 cents at $8.41 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures closed higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

August live cattle added 1.15 cents to 91.97 cents a pound; August feeder cattle rose 1.2 cents to $1.167 a pound; August lean hogs picked up 0.68 cent to 74.55 cents a pound; August pork bellies increased 2.45 cents to 89.7 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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