Commodities
Chicago Board of Trade
As of Monday’s close, wheat for May delivery fell 10 cents to $4.28 a bushel; May corn fell 19 3/4 cents to $3.54 3/4 a bushel;
May oats finished unchanged at $2.76 1/2 a bushel; May soybeans rose 17 3/4 cents to $7.79 a bushel.
On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, June live cattle rose 1.53 cent to 96.40 cents a pound; May feeder cattle rose 1.25 cent to $1.1122 a pound; May lean hogs fell .90 cent to 75 cents a pound; May pork bellies rose .95 cent to $1.0135 a pound.
Local markets
As of Monday’s close, courtesy of Ottawa Cooperative Association. Ottawa Elevator – Wheat, $4.31; corn, $3.25; milo, $3.15; soybeans, $7.24. Edgerton Elevator – Wheat, $4.31; corn, $3.25; milo, $3.15; soybeans, $7.24. Overbrook Elevator – Wheat, $4.31; corn, $3.25; milo, $3.15; soybeans, $7.24. Midland Elevator – Wheat, NA; corn, $3.30; milo, NA; soybeans, $7.29. Lawrence North Elevator – Wheat, NA; corn, $3.30; milo, NA; soybeans, $7.29. Lawrence South Elevator – Wheat, $4.31; corn, $3.25; milo, $3.15; soybeans, $7.24. Pauline Elevator – Wheat, $4.41; corn, $3.30; milo, $3.15; soybeans, $7.29.
Nonferrous metals
Spot nonferrous metal prices Mon.
Aluminum -$1.238 per lb., London Metal Exch. Mon.
Copper $3.1740 N.Y. Merc spot Mon.
Gold – $665.70 troy oz., NY Merc spot Mon.
Silver – $13.293 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Mon.
Platinum -$1248.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract).