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Grains mostly lower, livestock higher.

\CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery rose 2.20 cents at $5.2120 a bushel; May corn fell5.20 cent at $3.12 a bushel; July oats fell .80 cent at $3.9160 a bushel; while May soybeans was off .20 cent at 8.3640 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Jun. live cattle was up .07 cents at $.8702 pound; May feeder cattle gained 1.62 cents at $1.1910 a pound; May lean hogs rose 1.02 cents at .6662 a pound.