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Grain mostly lower , livestock higher

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Mar delivery was 1.25 cents higher at $5.38 a bushel; Mar corn was 2.50 cents lower at $3.8550 a bushel; Mar oats were unchanged at $2.90725 a bushel; while Mar soybeans lost 1.50 cents to $9.82 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Apr live cattle was .93 cents higher at $1.5280 a pound; Mar feeder cattle was 1.90 cents higher at $2.0720 a pound; Apr lean hogs gained .18 cents to $.7440 a pound.

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