Agriculture futures end trading lower on CBOT

[September 17, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 37 cents to $6.90 a bushel; December corn lost 29.75 cents to $5.3225 a bushel; December oats slipped 13.5 cents to $3.2625 a bushel; November soybeans dropped 55 cents to $11.24 a bushel.

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

October live cattle fell 1 cent to $1.0275 a pound; October cattle shed 1.15 cents to $1.0767 a pound; October lean hogs added 0.12 cent to 67.47 cents a pound; February pork bellies gained 1.97 cents to 90.12 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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