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Grains and livestock lower

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

Wheat for March delivery lost 3 cents at $4.53 a bushel; March corn was off 3.40 cents at $3.7360 bushel; March oats fell 3.80 cents at $2.3560 a bushel while March soybeans declined 4.80 cents at $10.2640 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle fell .93 cent at $1.1980 a pound; March feeder cattle lost 1.88 cents at $1.3750 a pound; April lean hogs was off 1.07 cents at $.6328 a pound.

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