Grains higher, livestock mixed
Wheat for Sep. rose 2.75 cents at $6.7725 a bushel; Sep. corn gained 5.50 cents at 5.0225 a bushel, Dec. oats rose 4.75 cents at $5.15 a bushel; while Sep. soybeans advanced 6.50 cents at $12.79 a bushel.
Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Oct. live cattle was up 1.85 cents at $1.2412 a pound; Sep. feeder cattle rose 3.07 cents at $1.5527 a pound; while Oct. lean hogs was off .40 cent at $.8037 a pound.