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

Wheat for December delivery fell 1.50 cent to $8.6775 a bushel; December corn fell 4.75 cents to $7.20 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $3.75 a bushel; while November soybeans added 4 cents to $15.77 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle added 0.08 cent to $1.2230 a pound; October feeder cattle added 0.20 cent to $1.4630 a pound; while October lean hogs rose 0.33 cent to 77.20 cents a pound.

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