Agriculture futures end trading lower on CBOT

CHICAGO

Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:24:14

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Agriculture futures traded lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery fell 10.25 cents to $8.545 a bushel; December corn fell 6 cents to $5.94 a bushel; December oats dropped 9 cents to $3.73 a bushel; November soybeans slipped 2.5 cents to $13.445 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures traded lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

August live cattle fell 0.3 cent to $1.017 cents a pound; August cattle lost 0.08 cent to $1.1302 a pound; October lean hogs fell 0.5 cent to 73.5 cents a pound; August pork bellies dropped 3 cents to 76.95 cents a pound.