Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed
Posted August 24, 2018 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for Sept. delivery lost .20 cent at $5.1740 a bushel; Sept. corn was unchanged at $3.4840 a bushel; Sept. oats fell 1.40 cents at $2.61 a bushel while Sep. soybeans was off 4.40 cents at 8.4620 a bushel.
Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Aug. live cattle was off .37 cent at $1.0748 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle fell .34 cent at $1.4878 a pound; Oct. lean hogs lost 1.85 cents at .5095 a pound.
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