Agriculture futures mixed on CBOT; livestock mostly lower
CHICAGO—Agriculture futures traded lower Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for July delivery slipped 3.5 cents to $8.055 a bushel; July corn fell 19.5 cents to $5.94 a bushel; July oats lost 2 cents to $4.10 a bushel; July soybeans dropped 18.5 cents to $12.86 a bushel.
Beef futures traded lower and pork futures traded mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
June live cattle fell 0.92 cent to 91.20 cents a pound; May cattle lost 0.40 cent to $1.0525 a pound; May lean hogs rose 1.57 cent to 74.97 cents a pound; May pork bellies fell 0.05 cent to 73.85 cents a pound.
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