Grains higher, livestock mixed
Wheat for May rose 16.25 cents at 6.18 a bushel; May corn gained 25 cents at 5.56425 a bushel, May oats was up 10 cents at $3.7875 a bushel; while May soybeans advanced 70 cents at $14.3675 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Apr. live cattle was unchanged at $1.2097 a pound; Apr. feeder cattle fell 2.95 cents at $1.4387 a pound; while Apr. lean hogs was up .13 cent at $1.0105 a pound.