Wheat, corn, futures drop on Chicago BOT, soybeans up; livestock prices mostly fall

Agriculture futures mixed, livestock prices slip

CHICAGO — Agriculture futures were mixed Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery dropped 23.25 cents to $4.4975 a bushel, and December corn slipped 2.5 cents to $3.34 a bushel. Oats for December delivery were unchanged at $2.19 a bushel, while November soybeans added 6.5 cents to $9.26 a bushel

Meanwhile, beef and pork futures mostly fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle shed 0.05 cent to 86.05 cents a pound; October feeder cattle dropped 0.52 cent to 96.60 cents a pound; October lean hogs lost 0.27 cent to 49.95 cents a pound; but February pork bellies rose 0.68 cent to 80.70 cents a pound.