CHICAGO (AP) — Grain prices either fell or were flat Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery was flat at $8.84 a bushel; December corn fell 4.50 cents to $7.50 a bushel; December oats were flat at $3.8675 a bushel; while November soybeans fell 3.50 cents to $15.67 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle slipped 0.25 cent to $1.2682 a pound; November feeder cattle fell 0.27 cent to $1.4690 a pound; while December lean hogs fell 0.35 cent to 77.90 cents a pound.