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Grains mostly higher, livestock higher

CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher on Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was off 1.7 cents at $6.55 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 5.25 cents at $5.6625 a bushel; Mar. oats was up .75 cent at $3.5350 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans advanced 20.25 cents at $14.0150 a bushel.

Beef and pork were higher on the on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Feb. live cattle rose .67 cent at $1.1772 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle was up .25 cent at $1.3790 a pound; Feb. lean hogs gained .75 cent at .7200 a pound.

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