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Grain higher, livestock higher

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

Wheat for July delivery was 2.40 cents higher at $4.32 a bushel; July corn was up 3.60 cents at $3.7060 a bushel; July oats was up 1.60 cents at $2.44 a bushel while July soybeans gained 2.20 cents to $9.15 a bushel.

Beef higher and pork higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

June live cattle was .60 cent higher at $1.2358 a pound; August feeder cattle was up .20 cent at $1.5013 pound; June lean hogs gained .70 cents to $.8120 a pound.