Grains mostly lower, Livestock mixed

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. lost 16 cents at $5.6875 a bushel; Mar. corn fell 5 cents at $4.1950 a bushel; Mar. oats rose 4.25 cents at $3.8625 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans was off 1 cent at $11.7150 a bushel.

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

Feb. live cattle was up 2.70 cents at $1.8442 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle rooe 4.72 cents at $2.4937 a pound; Apr. lean hogs was off .88 cent at $.8467 a pound.