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Grains lower, Livestock higher

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. was down 6.50 cents at $8.40 a bushel; Dec. corn fell 1.50 cents at $6.8225 a bushel; Dec. oats was off 1.25 cents at $3.7575 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans lost 2.50 cents at 13.88 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Oct. live cattle was up .43 cent at $1.4990 a pound; Oct. feeder cattle rose .45 cent at $1.7592 a pound; Oct. lean hogs gained 1.80 cents at $.88 a pound.

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