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Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed.

\CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery was up 5.20 cents at $5.4640 a bushel; May corn rose 7.40 cents at $3.2140 a bushel; May oats was off 1 cent at $2.99 a bushel; while May soybeans gained 10.80 cents at 8.4540 a bushel.

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

Apr. live cattle fell 5.38 cents at $.8620 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was up .30 cent at $1.1950 a pound; Apr. lean hogs rose 3.30 cents at .4998 a pound.

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