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Grains lower and livestock lower

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

Wheat for March delivery fell 2.40 cents at $4.5260 a bushel; March corn was off 2.60 cents at $3.72 bushel; March oats lost 6.80 cents at $2.2520 a bushel while March soybeans declined 13.40 cents at $10.14 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle fell 1.45 cents at $1.1635 a pound; March feeder cattle lost .53 cent at $1.3620 a pound; April lean hogs was off 2.72 cents at .6068 a pound.

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