Grains mostly lower, livestock higher.
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. was off 3.75 cents at $7.6975 a bushel; Dec. corn was up 1 cent at $5.66 a bushel; Dec. oats fell 6.25 cents at $7.1025 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans lost 12.50 cents at $12.3075 a bushel.
Beef and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Oct. live cattle was up .07 cent at $1.2677 a pound; Oct. feeder cattle rose .55 cent at $1.5667 a pound; Dec. lean hogs gained 1.10 cents at $.7467 a pound.