Grains mixed, livestock mixed
CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. was up 2.50 cents at $6.5325 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 2.50 cents at $5.4150 a bushel; Mar. oats fell 5.25 cents at $3.4825 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans declined 22.75 cents at $13.52 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was lower on the on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Feb. live cattle was off .05 cent at $1.1635 a pound; Jan. feeder cattle was rose 5.02 cents at $1.4102 a pound; Feb. lean hogs was off .35 cent at .6977 a pound.