Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed.
\CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery declined 14.60 cents at $5.4360 a bushel; May corn fell 16.20 cents at $3.0020 a bushel; May oats rose 5 cents at $2.9260 a bushel; while May soybeans lost 22.20 cents at 8.0840 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Apr. live cattle fell 4.40 cents at $.9052 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was off 3.34 cents at $1.1698 a pound; Apr. lean hogs rose 1.27 cents at .4242 a pound.
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