Commodities
Chicago Board of Trade
As of Tuesday’s close, wheat for May delivery fell 7 3/4 cents to $4.73 a bushel; May corn fell 4 3/4 cents to $4.22 a bushel; May oats finished unchanged at $2.50 1/4 a bushel; May soybeans fell 2 3/4 cents to $7.47 3/4 a bushel.
On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, April live cattle rose .25 cent to 97.60 cents a pound; April feeder cattle fell .30 cent to $1.0502 a pound; April lean hogs finished unchanged at 65 cents a pound; May pork bellies fell .92 cent to $1.0365 a pound.
Local markets
As of Tuesday’s close, courtesy of Ottawa Cooperative Association. Ottawa Elevator – Wheat, $4.76; corn, $3.92; milo, $3.87; soybeans, $6.88. Edgerton Elevator – Wheat, $4.76; corn, $3.92; milo, $3.87; soybeans, $6.88. Overbrook Elevator – Wheat, $4.76; corn, $3.92; milo, $3.87; soybeans, $6.88. Midland Elevator – Wheat, NA; corn, $3.97; milo, NA; soybeans, $6.93. Lawrence North Elevator – Wheat, NA; corn, $3.97; milo, NA; soybeans, $6.93. Lawrence South Elevator – Wheat, $4.76; corn, $3.92; milo, $3.87; soybeans, $6.88. Pauline Elevator – Wheat, $4.86; corn, $3.97; milo, $3.87; soybeans, $6.93.
Nonferrous metals
Spot nonferrous metal prices Tue.
Aluminum -$1.234 per lb., London Metal Exch. Tue.
Copper $2.7010 N.Y. Merc spot Tue.
Gold – $643.80 troy oz., NY Merc spot Tue.
Silver – $12.877 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Tue.
Platinum -$1170.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract).