Grains mostly lower, Livestock mixed

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. rose 6.25 cents at $5.7825 a bushel; Mar. corn was off 3.25 cents at $4.1450 a bushel; Mar. oats fell 7.50 cents at $3.7450 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans lost 11.25 cents at $11.67 a bushel.

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

Feb. live cattle was up .23 cent at $1.8460 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle rose 1.52 cents at $2.5122 a pound; Apr. lean hogs was off .27 cens at $.8595 a pound.