Grains lower, livestock mixed
Posted March 20, 2019 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for May delivery was off .80 cent at $4.5760 a bushel; Mar. corn dropped .60 cent at $3.6940 a bushel; May oats fell 1 cent at $2.73 a bushel; while May soybeans lost 3.80 cents at 9.0020 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Apr. live cattle was up .42 cent at $1.2910 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was off 1.10 cents at $1.4122 a pound; Apr. lean hogs rose .95 cents at .7195 a pound.
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