Grains lower, livestock mixed.
Posted August 19, 2021 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sep. lost 9.75 cents at $7.2825 a bushel; Sep. corn was off 4.25 cents at $5.5650 a bushel; Sep. oats fell 9.25 cents at $4.8875 a bushel; while Sep. soybeans declined 33.25 cents at $13.3050 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Aug. live cattle was off .52 cent at $1.2335 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle was unchanged at $1.5785 a pound; Oct. lean hogs was up .40 cent at $.8882 a pound.
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