Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed.
Posted August 22, 2019 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for Sept. delivery gained 8.20 cents at $4.6660 a bushel; Sept. corn was up 5 cents at $3.64 a bushel; Sept. oats fell 9.40 cents at $2.6560 a bushel; while Sept. soybeans rose 6.60 cents at 8.6560 a bushel.
Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Aug. live cattle rose 1.80 cents at $1.0410 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle was up .82 cent at $1.3782 a pound; Oct. lean hogs fell 1.63 cents at .6322 a pound.
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