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Grain higher; livestock higher

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery was 2.60 cents higher at $4.2520 a bushel; March corn was up 3.40 cents at $3.6720 a bushel; March oats was down 1 cent at $2.6020 a bushel while March soybeans up 6 cents to $10.42 a bushel.

Beef higher and pork higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle was .93 cent higher at $1.1735 a pound; March feeder cattle was up .40 cent at $1.2393 pound; February lean hogs gained 1.08 cents to $.7243 a pound.

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