Friday, October 16, 2009 at 9:53 a.m.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures were lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery slid 8 cents to $5.05 a bushel, while December corn sank 10 cents to $3.73 a bushel and oats for December delivery fell 3.5 cents to $2.50 a bushel. November soybeans dropped 11 cents to $9.83 a bushel.
Meanwhile, beef futures advanced and pork futures traded mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December live cattle inched up 0.08 cent to 85.65 cents a pound; November feeder cattle gained 0.45 cent to 94.6 cents a pound; December lean hogs rose 0.22 cent to 54.47 cents a pound; and February pork bellies fell 1.05 cents to 82.25 cents a pound.
