Agriculture futures mixed, livestock prices drop

(AP) — Agriculture futures mixed in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery dropped 1.75 cents to $5.56 a bushel; March corn added 2.5 cents to $4.20 a bushel; March oats fell 3 cents were unchanged at $2.74 a bushel; and March soybeans slid 10.5 cents to $10.155 a bushel.

Meanwhile, beef and pork futures declined on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle slipped 0.25 cent to 85.67 cents a pound; March feeder cattle dropped 0.20 cent to 96.62 cents a pound; February lean hogs shed 0.15 cent to 66.95 cents a pound; and February pork bellies lost 0.90 cent to 86.50 cents a pound.