Grains lower, Livestock lower

CHICAGO — Grain futures were lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. was off 1.25 cents at $5.79 a bushel; Dec. corn lost 9.25 cents at $4.6275 a bushel; Dec. oats declined 12.25 cents at $3.25 a bushel; while Nov. soybeans fell 8.25 cents at $13.3050 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Dec. live cattle lost 3.48 cents at $1.7362 a pound; Nov. feeder cattle fell 2.45 cents at $2.2850 a pound; Dec. lean hogs was off .55 cent at $.7157 a pound.