Wheat, corn, oats slide on the Chicago Board of Trade, soybeans rise; beef higher, pork falls
| Agriculture futures were mixed Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. | |||
| Wheat for May delivery slid 3.5 cents to $4.6575 a bushel, while May corn fell 2.5 cents to $3.4575 a bushel and oats for May delivery lost 2.5 cents to $2.15 a bushel. May soybeans rose 5.75 cents to $9.5225 a bushel. | |||
| Meanwhile, beef futures advanced and pork futures traded lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. | |||
| June live cattle added 0.43 cent to 94.75 cents a pound | May feeder cattle climbed 1.32 cents to $1.1537 a pound | June lean hogs shed 0.35 cent to 84.37 cents a pound | and May pork bellies slipped 0.03 cent to 96.27 cents a pound. |
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