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Grains higher and livestock mixed.

Wheat for Mar.advanced 20.75 cents at 6.5750 a bushel; Mar. corn gained 13.50 cents at 5.5225 a bushel, Mar. oats was up 2.50 cents at $3.5325 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans rose 12.75 cents at $13.8475 a bushel.

Beef was lower and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Feb. live cattle fell 1.05 cents at $1.1615 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was off .08 cent at $1.4077 a pound; while Feb. lean hogs rose .97 cent at $.8617 a pound.