Agriculture futures open trading lower on CBOT
Wheat, corn, soybean futures trade lower on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock mixed
Agriculture futures traded lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery fell 18.75 cents to $7.25 a bushel; December corn lost 13.5 cents to $5.355 a bushel; December oats slipped 4 cents to $3.38 a bushel; November soybeans dropped 26 cents to $11.66 a bushel.
Beef futures traded mixed and pork futures were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
October live cattle traded flat at $1.0265 a pound; October feeder cattle fell 0.02 cent to $1.104 a pound; October lean hogs added 0.65 cent to 67.55 cents a pound; February pork bellies rose 1.15 cents to 85.8 cents a pound.
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