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Grain lower, livestock lower

CHICAGO – Grain futures were lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Sept. delivery was 11.50 cents a bale lower at $4.1760 a bushel; Sept. corn was 10 cents lower at $3.47 bushel; Sept. oats was 1.25 cents lower at $2.0560 a bushel; while August soybeans fell 20.25 cents to $10.58 a bushel.

Beef lower and pork prices were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

August live cattle was .43 cent lower at $1.1203 a pound; August feeder cattle was .05 cent lower at $1.4113 pound; August lean hogs was off .30 cent to $.7753 a pound.