Grains lower, livestock mixed.
Posted April 24, 2020 7:00 am
\CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery was off 2.40 cents at $5.44 a bushel; May corn lost 6.40 cents at $3.15 a bushel; May oats fell 2.60 cents at $2.9640 a bushel; while May soybeans declined 15.20 cents at 8.3020 a bushel.
Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Apr. live cattle fell 4 cents at $.8220 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was off .40 cent at $1.1910 a pound; Apr. lean hogs rose 2.44 cents at .5242 a pound.
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