Agriculture prices trade mostly higher on CBOT

[May 22, 2010]    CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures mostly rose Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for July delivery lost 0.75 cent to $4.69 a bushel; July corn added 2 cents to $3.64 a bushel; July soybeans gained 2 cents to $9.46 a bushel; and July oats jumped 2.5 cents to $1.965 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures also mostly rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

June live cattle added 0.05 cent to 91.50 cents a pound; August feeder cattle slipped 0.27 cent to $1.1015 a pound; June lean hogs added 0.15 cent to 80.40 cents a pound; and July pork bellies gained 0.50 cent to 100 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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