Grains mixed, Livstock higher.
CHICAGO — Grain futures were mixed Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sep. gained 26.25 cents at $7.2250 a bushel; Sep. corn was off .50 cent at $5.36 a bushel; Sep. oats was up 1.75 cents at $4.4450 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans fell 13.50 cents at $14.8150 a bushel.
Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Aug. live cattle was up 2.42 cents at $1.8272 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle rose 3.05 cents at $2.4927 a pound; Aug. lean hogs advanced 4.15 cents at $1.0090 a pound.
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
