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Grains lower, livestock mixed

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

Wheat for March delivery was fell 4.80 cents at $4.5614 a bushel; March corn was off 2.20 cents at $3.64 bushel; March oats was down 5.40 cents at $2.67 a bushel while January soybeans lost 1.20 cents at $9.8540 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle was up .92 cent at $1.2685 a pound; January feeder cattle fell 1.30 cents at $1.4673 a pound; February lean hogs were unchanged at $.7370 a pound.