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

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

Wheat for September delivery rose 6.25 cents to $5.1660 a bushel; December corn was 11.5 cents higher at $3.9520 a bushel; December oats were 5.50 cents higher at $2.4960 bushel; while November soybeans gained 16 cents to 9.7920 cents a bushel.

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

October live cattle was .73 cent higher at $1.4925 a pound; August feeder cattle was .13 cent lower at $2.1400 a pound; October lean hogs gained .20 cent to $.6433 a pound.