Agriculture futures mostly lower on CBOT

[November 19, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures were mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 4 cents to $5.2975 a bushel; December corn lost 5.75 cents to $3.80 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $2.155 a bushel; and January soybeans were 4.5 cents lower at $9.02 a bushel.

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

December live cattle lost 1.15 cents to 87.15 cents a pound; November feeder cattle fell 0.27 cent to 95.75 cents a pound; December lean hogs rose 0.15 cent to 55.45 cents a pound; and February pork bellies slipped 0.2 cent to 84.5 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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