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Grains higher, livestock mixed.

Wheat for Mar. advanced 17.25 cents at 5.4975 a bushel; Mar. corn was up 7 cents at 3.88 a bushel, Mar. oats rose 10.25 cents at $3.0750 a bushel; while Jan. soybeans gained 14.50 cents at $9.22 a bushel.

Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dec. live cattle was off .07 cent at $1.2230 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle fell .42 cent at $1.4525 a pound; while Feb. lean hogs was up 1 cent at $.7050 pound.