Agricultural futures settled lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery fell 7 cents to $8.825 a bushel; March corn fell 2.25 cents to $4.75 a bushel; March soybeans fell 2.25 cents to $12.6025 a bushel and March oats lost half a cent to $3.27 a bushel. Beef futures ended mixed and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle fell 0.07 cent to 93.20 cents a pound; January feeder cattle climbed 1.6 cent to $1.0175 a pound; February lean hogs fell 1 cent to 55.52 cents a pound; February pork bellies fell 0.82 cent to 84.40 cents a pound.