Agricultural Futures Trade Mixed on CBOT

[January 15, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agricultural futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 7.75 cents to $9.17 a bushel; March corn added 17 cents to $5.12 a bushel; March oats lost 5.5 cents to $3.305 a bushel; January soybeans slipped 2.25 cents to $12.965 a bushel.

Beef futures fell and pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle fell 0.45 cent to 90.90 cents a pound; January feeder cattle lost 1.08 cents to 98.42 a pound; February lean hogs added 0.10 cent to 54.10 cents a pound; February pork bellies rose 0.62 cent to 84.62 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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