Grain higher, livestock lower
Posted August 19, 2016 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for Sept. delivery was 4.94 cents higher at $4.94 a bushel; Sept. corn was up 5.40 cents at $3.3340 bushel; Sept. oats were up .60 cent at $1.7020 a bushel; while Sept. soybeans rose 8 cents to $10.26 a bushel.
Beef and pork prices were lowwer on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
August live cattle was 1.70 cents lower at $1.1318 a pound; August feeder cattle was off 1.60 cents at $1.4495 pound; August lean hogs was off .15 cent to $.6085 a pound.
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