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Grains higher, livestock mixed.

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. rose 17 cents at $7.8150 a bushel; Mar. corn was up 9.50 cents at $6.0675 a bushel; Mar. oats advanced 20.50 cents at $6.5425 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans gained 18.75 cents at $13.8275 a bushel.

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

Dec. live cattle rose .82 cent at $1.3897 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle was off .65 cent at $1.6140 a pound; Feb. lean hogs was up .70 cent at $.8150 a pound.

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