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Grain mostly lower, livestock mixed

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

Wheat for May delivery was 2.40 cents lower at $4.6760 a bushel; May corn was 3.20 cents lower at $3.7520 bushel; May oats was 1.40 cents lower at $1.95 a bushel; while May soybeans gained 5 cents to $9.9660 a bushel.

Beef mixed and pork prices were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle was 1 cent higher at $1.2643 a pound; April feeder cattle was 1.50 cents lower at $1.4590 a pound; May lean hogs fell .10 cent to $.7405 a pound.