CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures dropped Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for March delivery fell 1 cent to $8.61 a bushel; March corn slid 14.25 cents to $7.3725 a bushel; March oats tumbled 6.75 cents to $3.9125 a bushel; while January soybeans lost 19 cents to $14.7225 a bushel.
Beef and pork prices were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
February live cattle shed 0.62 cent to $1.304 a pound; January feeder cattle rose 0.52 cent to $1.4877 a pound; while February lean hogs fell 0.98 cent to 83.47 cents a pound.
