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

OpenHighLowLastChg.
WHEAT
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	472¾	474¾	468½	474
Mar	486¾	488¼	482	487¾
May	493¾	497	491¼	497
Jul	504	504	497¾	503½
Sep	513	515	510	515
Dec	529¼	531	525¾	531
Mar	540½	542¼	537½	542¼
May	547
Jul	541¾
Sep	548¾
Dec	556¼
Mar	557½
May	566
Jul	537½
Est. sales 19,812.	Thu.'s sales 178,850
Thu.'s open int 416,933,	up 6,237
CORN
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	326	327	323½	324¼	—1¾
Mar	338¾	339¾	336¼	336½	—2½
May	347½	348¼	345	345½	—2
Jul	354¾	355¼	352	354¾
Sep	362	362¾	359½	362¼
Dec	372½	373¼	369¼	372½
Mar	382¼	383	378¾	382¼
May	389½	389½	387¼	389½
Jul	395	396	391¾	395¼
Sep	394¼	394¼	392	394¼
Dec	396¾	396¾	393½	396¾
Jul	413¾
Dec	407¼	408	407¼	408
Est. sales 52,052.	Thu.'s sales 301,565
Thu.'s open int 1,291,879,	up 13,318
OATS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Dec	332½	334½	330¾	331¼
Mar	316¼	320½	316	317¼
May	311	311¾	311	311¾
Jul	309½
Sep	313¾
Dec	312¼	312¼	312¼	312¼
Mar	312¼
May	312¼
Jul	313¼
Sep	313¼
Jul	313¼
Sep	313¼
Est. sales 172.	Thu.'s sales 1,299
Thu.'s open int 9,365,	up 193
SOYBEANS
5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel
Nov	922	924¾	911¼	914¾	—8
Jan	931	933¼	920	923	—8½
Mar	939	941½	928½	939½
May	947	949½	937	947¾
Jul	954	955¾	943½	953¾
Aug	956¼	956¼	946¾	949	—7¾
Sep	945¾	947	945¾	947
Nov	943	945	933¼	943¼
Jan	950	950	939¼	949
Mar	951	954½	945¼	954½
May	960
Jul	960½	966¾	960½	966¾
Aug	967¾
Sep	962¼
Nov	958	958¾	954	957
Jul	977
Nov	956
Est. sales 90,759.	Thu.'s sales 407,572
Thu.'s open int 764,472,	up 9,212
SOYBEAN OIL
60,000 lbs; cents per lb
Oct	32.64	32.80	31.99	32.10	—.52
Dec	32.73	32.88	32.06	32.19	—.51
Jan	33.00	33.17	32.35	32.45	—.53
Mar	33.24	33.41	32.61	32.70	—.53
May	33.43	33.55	32.75	33.37
Jul	33.51	33.62	32.86	33.43
Aug	33.42	33.49	32.87	33.49
Sep	33.63	33.63	33.00	33.51
Oct	33.08	33.39	32.93	33.39
Dec	33.38	33.53	32.83	33.37
Jan	33.06	33.56	33.06	33.56
Mar	33.58	33.77	33.38	33.77
May	34.01
Jul	34.22
Aug	34.23
Sep	34.00	34.21	34.00	34.21
Oct	34.00	34.09	34.00	34.09
Dec	34.04
Jul	34.04
Oct	34.04
Dec	34.04
Est. sales 43,100.	Thu.'s sales 247,653
Thu.'s open int 386,573,	up 785
SOYBEAN MEAL
100 tons; dollars per ton
Oct	312.00	313.00	309.30	310.70	—1.70
Dec	303.60	304.80	300.80	302.10	—1.80
Jan	301.40	302.70	298.90	301.80
Mar	299.30	300.60	296.80	298.20	—1.50
May	299.50	300.80	297.40	300.20
Jul	302.00	303.20	299.70	300.80	—1.60
Aug	302.80	303.50	301.00	303.50
Sep	302.50	304.20	302.10	304.20
Oct	302.70	302.70	301.10	302.70
Dec	302.50	303.00	301.00	302.30	—.60
Jan	302.60	303.50	302.50	303.50
Mar	304.60	305.40	304.50	304.50
May	305.80
Jul	306.80
Aug	307.10
Sep	307.10
Oct	307.10
Dec	303.00
Jul	303.00
Oct	303.00
Dec	303.00
Est. sales 25,365.	Thu.'s sales 169,398
Thu.'s open int 351,126,	up 3,585