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Grains mostly higher, livestock lower

\CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept. gained .048 cent at $5.4320 a bushel; Sept. corn was off .004 cent at $3.4260 a bushel; Sept. oats was up .028 cent at $2.7040 a bushel; while Sept. soybeans rose .036 cent at 9.4260 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Aug. live cattle was off .0047 cent at $1.0248 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle fell .018 cent $1.4025 a pound; Oct. lean hogs lost .0162 cent at .5400 pound.