Grains futures mostly up, livestock prices fall

CHICAGO (AP) — Grains futures were mostly higher in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery rose 7 cents to $8.04 a bushel; December corn rose 2.50 cents to $7.6950 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $3.88 a bushel; and November soybeans rose 10 cents to $14.3350 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle fell 0.55 cent to $1.1465 a pound; October feeder cattle fell 1.10 cent to $1.3217 a pound; and October lean hogs fell 0.35 cent to 86.75 cents a pound.