Grains higher, livestock lower.
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sep. advanced 27.75 cents at $6.9475 a bushel; Sep. corn was up 2 cents at $5.6850 a bushel; Sep. oats rose 9.25 cents at $4.41 a bushel; while Aug. soybeans gained 17.50 cents at $14.6675 a bushel.
Beef and pork lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Aug. live cattle was was off .05 cent at $1.2125 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle fell 0.50 cent at $1.5680 a pound; Aug. lean hogs lost 7.03 cents at $1.0527 a pound.
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