Agriculture futures trade mostly lower on CBOT

[September 10, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 13.25 cents to $7.305 a bushel; December corn lost 4.5 cents to $5.445 a bushel; December oats fell 2 cents to $3.40 a bushel; November soybeans added 9 cents to $12.01 a bushel.

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

October live cattle fell 0.4 cent to $1.0265 a pound; October cattle slipped 0.88 cent to $1.1042 a pound; October lean hogs fell 1.95 cents to 66.9 cents a pound; February pork bellies added 1 cent to 84.65 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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