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Grains higher, Livestock lower

CHICAGO — Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Dec. delivery was gained 13.40 cents at $5.1640 a bushel; Dec. corn was rose 2.60 cents at $3.74 a bushel; Dec. oats rose 9 cent at $2.92 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans advanced 13.60 cents at 9.1660 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Dec.live cattle fell .62 cent at $1.1740 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle was off 1 cent at $1.4345 a pound; Dec. lean hogs lost .38 cent at .5452 a pound.

The Associated Press