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

Wheat for Dec delivery was unchanged at $5.7175 a bushel; Dec corn was 2 cents lower at $3.6725 a bushel; Dec oats were unchanged at $3.41 a bushel; while Nov soybeans lost 6.75 cents to $10.22 a bushel.

Beef was mixed and pork higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Oct live cattle was .15 cent higher at $1.5025 a pound; Oct feeder cattle was .52 cent lower at 2.1425 a pound; Oct lean hogs rose 2.28 cents to $.9775 a pound.