Grains higher, livestock mixed.
Wheat for Dec. was up 8.50 cents at 5.3925 a bushel; Dec. corn rose 9.25 cents at 3.67 a bushel, Dec. oats advanced 9 cents at $3.2425 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans gained 4.75 cents at $8.8950 a bushel.
Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dec. live cattle was off .15 cent at $1.2042 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle fell .22 cent at $1.4255 a pound; while Dec. lean hogs was up .30 cent at $.6100 pound.