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Grain lower, livestock lower

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery was 4.50 cents lower at $5.2140 a bushel; December corn was 4.50 cents lower at $3.76 a bushel; December oats were .25 cent lower at $2.2560 a bushel; while January soybeans were 12.50 cents lower at 8.7120 a bushel.

Beef lower and pork mixed the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle was .50 cent lower at $1.3673 a pound; January feeder cattle was 2.25 cents lower at $1.7543 a pound; December lean hogs gained .58 cent to $.5795 a pound.