 Soybean oil stocks were down 4% from a year ago. The lack of a weather threat to the bean crop also pulled bean prices lower today. Novi beans gapped lower, rallied to fill the gap, and then fell back to post a contract low and to settle on session lows. August beans 27 cents lower, 10.78. September declined 24.75 cents to 10.33. November beans closed at 10.40, down 25.25.