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Grains mixed, livestock higher

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. declined 14.25 cents at $6.2875 a bushel; Mar. corn was fell 3 cents at $5.3975 a bushel; Mar. oats was up 1.50 cents at $3.44 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans advanced 10.50 cents at $13.58 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Feb. live cattle was up .65 cent at $1.1602 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle gained 1.52 cents at $1.3997 a pound; Feb. lean hogs rose 1.43 cents at .7220 a pound.

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