Corn, wheat, oats fall on CBOT; livestock is mixed

[July 01, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures finished mostly lower Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery fell 53.25 cents to $8.5875 a bushel; December corn fell 30 cents to $7.57 a bushel; December oats fell 8.75 cents to $4.73 a bushel; November soybeans rose 14.5 cents to $15.74 a bushel.

Beef futures traded mixed and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

June live cattle fell 0.37 cent to $1.0060 a pound; August feeder cattle rose 0.15 cent to $1.1187 a pound; July lean hogs fell 1.43 cents to 71.77 cents a pound; July pork bellies fell 1.22 cents to 71.80 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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