Grains higher, livestock mixed
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was up 3 cents at $6.5875 a bushel; Mar. corn gained 11.25 cents at $5.5625 a bushel; Mar. oats rose 9.50 cents at $3.58 cents a bushel; while Mar. soybeans advanced 47 cents at $14.1850 a bushel.
Beef mixed and pork higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Feb. live cattle was off .22 cent at $1.1562 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was up .17 cent at $1.3867 a pound; April lean hogs gained 1.32 cents at .8647 a pound.
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