CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn was up 9.5 cents at $4.00 a bushel. Sept. wheat rose by 2.75 cents at $5.48 a bushel. Sept. oats was up 9.25 cents at $3.46 a bushel. Aug. soybeans rose by 17.75 cents at $11.18 a bushel.
Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Aug. live cattle fell by 0.2 cent at $1.84 a pound. Aug. feeder cattle was off 0.3 cent at $2.56 a pound. Aug. hogs rose by 0.75 cent at $.92 a pound.
