Agriculture futures, livestock prices mixed

[April 20, 2010]    CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded mixed early Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for July delivery slid 2 cents to $4.8675 a bushel; July corn added 1.75 cents to $3.65 a bushel; July soybeans gained 5.5 cents to $9.81 a bushel; and July oats were flat at $2.2025 a bushel.

Meanwhile, livestock futures mostly fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

June live cattle dipped 0.07 cent to 93.40 cents a pound; May feeder cattle lost 0.18 cent to $1.1342 a pound; June lean hogs slid 0.32 cent to 85.15 cents a pound; and May pork bellies rose 0.80 cent to 95.50 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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