Grain mostly higher on the CBOT, beef mixed and pork higher on the CME

Grain futures were mostly higher in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery gained 7 cents to $5.1420 a bushel; December corn was 5.50 cents higher at $393.0 a bushel; December oats were .50 cent higher at $2.4060 bushel; while November soybeans lost 3.50 cents to 9.6760 cents a bushel.

Beef mixed and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle was .50 cent lower at $1.4865 a pound; August feeder cattle was .13 cent higher at $2.1420 a pound; October lean hogs gained .75 cent to $.6310 a pound.