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CHICAGO (AP) — Early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri.:

OpenHighLowLastChg.
WHEAT
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Mar	642	655	641½	641½
May	646½	663	644¼	656	+10
Jul	650	666	648	659½	+10
Sep	657	673	657	657
Dec	668¾	685	668¾	668¾
Mar	677	690	675¼	675¼
May	690	690	677	677
Jul	672	680	669	669
Sep	673¼
Dec	685	685	681¾	681¾
Mar	686½
May	687
Jul	671	671	664½	664½
Est. sales 58,838.	Thu.'s sales 78,119
Thu.'s open int 343,889
CORN
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Mar	485¼	495	480½	485¾
May	490	502½	486½	491½	+½
Jul	494	506	490½	491	—4¼
Sep	489	497	484½	491¼	+¾
Dec	488	493¾	481½	488¾	—	½
Mar	492½	498¾	488½	494	—	¼
May	497¼	503	494¼	499¼
Jul	500¼	505	495	501¼
Sep	482½	485¼	482	484½
Dec	481¼	484¼	476	482¼
Mar	488	488	483	488
May	490¾
Jul	494½	494½	490¼	493
Sep	476¾
Dec	469	470	468	469¼
Jul	482½
Dec	455¼	455¼	455¼	455¼
Est. sales 202,974.	Thu.'s sales 322,915
Thu.'s open int 1,306,888,	up 16,147
OATS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Mar	515¼	518½	515	515
May	467¾	474½	462	466¼
Jul	395	398	392	396
Sep	350¾
Dec	340	345	339	342¾
Mar	333¾
May	339
Jul	327¼
Sep	327¼
Dec	327¼
Jul	328¼
Sep	328¼
Est. sales 342.	Thu.'s sales 678
Thu.'s open int 9,800,	up 137
SOYBEANS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Mar	1436½	1457¾	1435¼	1454	+16½
May	1436¾	1459¾	1435½	1447	+9
Jul	1408¼	1429	1404¼	1419¾	+10¼
Aug	1358	1376¾	1353¼	1365	+6¾
Sep	1250¾	1265½	1242¼	1251¼
Nov	1183¾	1197¼	1172¾	1178	—8
Jan	1187¾	1201	1176¾	1189¾
Mar	1198	1203¼	1180	1192¾
May	1200	1205¼	1181¾	1195
Jul	1200¾	1205½	1186	1198
Aug	1179½
Sep	1148
Nov	1137	1144½	1126½	1137½
Jan	1137¼
Mar	1133½
May	1135¼
Jul	1133½
Aug	1130¼
Sep	1104¼
Nov	1094½	1094½	1090	1090
Jul	1102¼
Nov	1083¼
Est. sales 103,109.	Thu.'s sales 157,486
Thu.'s open int 664,293,	up 4,642
SOYBEAN OIL
60,000 lbs; cents per lb
Mar	44.07	44.70	43.62	44.00	—.27
May	44.43	45.05	43.82	44.41	—.08
Jul	44.50	45.10	43.91	44.30	—.26
Aug	44.29	44.89	43.79	44.39
Sep	43.93	44.45	43.40	44.01
Oct	43.35	43.78	42.71	43.37
Dec	43.27	43.85	42.61	42.90	—.46
Jan	43.20	43.68	42.74	43.31
Mar	43.20	43.73	42.77	43.27
May	43.20	43.55	42.35	43.23
Jul	43.18	43.23	42.49	43.21
Aug	43.17
Sep	42.97
Oct	41.39
Dec	41.36
Jan	41.60
Mar	41.60
May	41.60
Jul	41.60
Aug	41.60
Sep	41.60
Oct	41.60
Dec	41.60
Jul	41.60
Oct	41.60
Dec	41.60
Est. sales 50,141.	Thu.'s sales 86,156
Thu.'s open int 302,510,	up 1,297
SOYBEAN MEAL
100 tons; dollars per ton
Mar	462.50	466.90	460.00	463.50	+5.10
May	450.90	459.20	450.50	455.00	+4.10
Jul	439.50	446.70	439.10	444.30	+4.70
Aug	422.10	428.20	421.30	426.50	+5.00
Sep	395.00	401.60	395.00	400.50	+4.50
Oct	363.00	367.60	360.60	363.50
Dec	359.30	364.40	356.90	359.00	—.90
Jan	358.30	363.40	356.10	358.80
Mar	359.30	364.00	358.30	359.30
May	363.50	363.50	357.40	359.20
Jul	363.00	363.70	358.50	360.00
Aug	357.70
Sep	355.50
Oct	349.10
Dec	347.30
Jan	347.50
Mar	348.10
May	347.50
Jul	347.50
Aug	347.50
Sep	347.50
Oct	347.50
Dec	347.50
Jul	347.50
Oct	347.50
Dec	347.50
Est. sales 34,644.	Thu.'s sales 65,887
Thu.'s open int 315,551,	up 3,644