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Grains higher and livestock lower

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Sept. delivery advanced 9.20 cents at $5.1140 bushel; Sept. corn rose 3 cents at $3.53 a bushel; Sept. was up .80 cent at $2.31 bushel while July soybeans gained 5.80 cents at 8.45 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Aug. live cattle was off .26 cent at $1.0882 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle fell .87 cent at $1.5358 a pound; Aug. lean hogs lost 1.57 cents at .6635 a pound.

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