Agriculture futures end trading mixed on CBOT

[October 02, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 10.25 cents to $6.6975 a bushel; December corn lost 3.5 cents to $4.84 a bushel; December oats added 5.5 cents to $3.215 a bushel; November soybeans added 8 cents to $10.53 a bushel.

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

October live cattle fell 0.33 cent to 98.57 cents a pound; October feeder cattle lost 0.45 cent to $1.0355 a pound; October lean hogs fell 0.85 cent to 67.72 cents a pound; February pork bellies slipped 1.6 cents to 92.15 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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