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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 May delivery was 5 cents lower at $4.07 a bushel; May corn was off 4.60 cents at $3.6040 a bushel; May oats was up .60 cent at $2.2260 a bushel while May soybeans fell 5 cents to $9.4820 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle was 1.92 cents higher at $1.3290 a pound; April feeder cattle was up .90 cent at $1.4015 pound; May lean hogs rose .48 cent to $.6633 a pound.