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Grains mostly lower, livestock higher

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was off 2.25 cents at $6.3775 a bushel; Mar. corn fell 5.50 cents at $5.3950 a bushel; Mar. oats was up 1 cent at $3.5050 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans lost 13.50 cents at $13.7775 a bushel.

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

Feb. live cattle rose 2.08 cents at $1.1785 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle gained 2.22 cents at $1.4142 a pound; Feb. lean hogs was up .02 cent at .7402 a pound.