Monday, October 05, 2009 at 4:02 p.m.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures were mostly higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery gained 1.5 cents to $4.4275 a bushel, while December corn jumped 8 cents to $3.415 a bushel and December oats rose 1.5 cents to $2.22 a bushel. Soybeans for November delivery were unchanged at $8.85 a bushel.
Meanwhile, beef and pork futures traded lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
October live cattle lost 0.28 cent to 82.67 cents a pound; October feeder cattle fell 0.2 cent to 93.35 cents a pound; October lean hogs slipped 0.2 cent to 49.05 cents a pound; and February pork bellies edged down 1.95 cents to 77.7 cents a pound.
