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Grains higher, livestock mixed.

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

Wheat for Mar. delivery was up 2.20 cents at $5.0960 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 3.6 cents at $3.7360 a bushel; May oats gained 2.6 cents at $2.7460 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans rose 8.4 cents at 8.6240 a bushel.

Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Apr. live cattle lost .66 cent at $.9942 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle gained 1.02 scents at $1.1990 a pound; Apr. lean hogs rose .02 cent at .6090 a pound.