Grain lower on the CBOT, beef higher pork lower on the CME

Grain futures were lower in early trading Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery lost 7.25 cents to $497.20 a bushel; December corn was .50 cent lower at $373.60 a bushel; December oats were 1.50 cent lower at $2.3420 bushel; while November soybeans lost 14.25 cents to 9.0260 cents a bushel.

Beef higher and pork lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle was .23 cent higher at $1.4793 a pound; October feeder cattle was .30 cent higher at $2.0720 a pound; October lean hogs lost .10 cent to $.6618 a pound.