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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed.

\CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Mar. delivery was up .20 cent at $5.2240 a bushel; Mar. corn fell 1 cent at $3.84 a bushel; May oats was off .40 cent at $2.7020 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans lost 12 cents at 8.83 a bushel.

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

Apr. live cattle was fell 2.40 cents at $1.0760 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was off 1.42 scent at $1.3260 a pound; Apr. lean hogs rose 1.03 cents at .6585 a pound.