Agriculture futures mostly fall on CBOT

[February 10, 2010]    CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures mostly fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery dropped 1.75 cents to $4.8225 a bushel; March corn climbed 2.5 cents to $3.585 a bushel; March oats fell 1 cent to $2.30 a bushel; and March soybeans slid 5 cents to $9.245 a bushel.

Meanwhile, livestock futures mostly traded higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle jumped 1.08 cents to 88.75 cents a pound; March feeder cattle added 0.75 cent to 99.97 cents a pound; February lean hogs dipped 0.05 cent to 67.52 cents a pound; and February pork bellies gained 2.5 cents to 83.50 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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