Agriculture futures fall on CBOT; livestock mixed

[July 24, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery fell 13.5 cents to $7.8325 a bushel; December corn lost 1.75 cents to $5.905 a bushel; December oats slipped 2 cents to $4.03 a bushel; November soybeans dropped 25 cents to $13.84 a bushel.

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

August live cattle added 0.55 cent to 98.15 cents a pound; August cattle fell 1.27 cents to $1.126 a pound; August lean hogs lost 0.35 cent to 78.4 cents a pound; July pork bellies added 3 cents to 69.8 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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