Agriculture futures end trading lower on CBOT

[September 30, 2008]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Agriculture futures traded lower Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery fell 48 cents to $6.68 a bushel; December corn lost 30 cents to $5.13 a bushel; December oats declined 13.25 cents to $3.18 a bushel; November soybeans fell 70 cents to $10.94 a bushel.

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

October live cattle fell 2.9 cents to 98.05 cents a pound; October cattle lost 3 cents to $1.028 a pound; October lean hogs shed 1.07 cents to 68.55 cents a pound; February pork bellies fell 2.92 cents to 96.75 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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