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Grains higher, Livestock lower

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. fell 8.50 cents at $8.7375 a bushel; Dec. corn was off 5.25 cents at $6.8950 a bushel; Dec. oats was up 5.75 cents at $3.92 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans advanced 34 cents at 14.28 a bushel.

Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Oct. live cattle rose 1.90 cents at $1.5202 a pound; Oct. feeder cattle was up .60 cent at $1.7732 a pound; Oct. lean hogs was off .30 cent at $.8547 a pound.

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