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

Wheat for December delivery was 3.25 cents lower at $4.9460 a bushel; December corn was 2 cents lower at $3.60 a bushel; December oats were unchanged at $2.30 a bushel; while January soybeans were 6.25 cents lower at 8.5660 a bushel.

Beef lower and pork lower the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle was 1.38 cents lower at $1.3178 a pound; January feeder cattle was 1.85 cents lower at $1.6505 a pound; December lean hogs lost 1.10 cents to $.5500 a pound.