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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May lost 15.75 cents at $7.3075 a bushel; May rose 12.50 cents at $7.0975 a bushel; May oats was off 4.50 cents at $4.01 a bushel; while May soybeans fell 11 cents at $15.6575 a bushel.

Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Apr. live cattle up .25 cent at $1.1950 a pound; Apr. feeder cattle was off .13 cent at $1.3437 a pound; April lean hogs rose 3.15 cents at 1.1105 a pound.