Grains lower, livestock lower
CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn lost 1 cent at $3.64 a bushel. Sept. wheat was down 1.25 cents at $5.13 a bushel. Sept. oats was off 0.25 cent at $3.40 a bushel. Sept. soybeans was off 1.25 cents at $9.57 a bushel.
Beef was lower and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Oct. live cattle was down 0.4 cent at $1.78 a pound. Sept. feeder cattle fell by 0.83 cent at $2.40 a pound. Oct. hogs was off 0.3 cent at $.81 a pound.