Grains higher, livestock mixed

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Grain futures were higher on Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. gained .032 cent at $5.4620 a bushel; Sept. corn rose .0360 cent at $3.64 a bushel; Dec. oats was up .01 cent at $2.72 a bushel; while Sept. soybeans advanced .054 cent at 10.02 a bushel.

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

Oct. live cattle rose .0147 cent at $1.0705 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle was up .0134 cent $1.4122 a pound; Oct. lean hogs was off .0057 cent at .6628 a pound.

The Associated Press