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Grain lower, livestock mixed

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

Wheat for March delivery was 7.50 cents lower at $4.7040 a bushel; March corn was .25 cent higher at $3.5820 a bushel; March oats were 1.50 cents lower at $2.0340 a bushel; while March soybeans lost 1.50 cents to 8.7820 a bushel.

Beef lower and pork were higher the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle was .95 cent lower at $1.3208 a pound; March feeder cattle was 1.68 cents lower at $1.5553 a pound; April lean hogs was .10 cent higher at $.6725 a pound.