Grains lower, livestock lower.
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was off 9.50 cents at $7.87 a bushel; Mar. corn fell 12.25 cents at $6.4775 a bushel; Mar. oats lost 29.75 cents at $6.4550 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans declined 36 cents at $15.9275 a bushel.
Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Feb. live cattle was off .32 cent at $1.4285 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle lost .65 cent at $1.6735 a pound; Feb. lean hogs fell .50 cent at $.9022 a pound.
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