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

Grain futures were mixed in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery lost 5.50 cents to $4.8060 a bushel; December corn was 1 cent lower at $3.68 a bushel; December oats were 2.50 cents higher at 2.2640 a bushel; while November soybeans gained 1.50 cents to 8.7560 a bushel.

Beef mostly lower and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle was .40 cent lower at $1.4093 a pound; October feeder cattle was .20 cent lower at $1.9513 a pound; October lean hogs gained 1.30 cent to $.6928 a pound.