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Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed

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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly higher Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Mar. delivery was up 6.40 cents at $5.2860 a bushel; Mar. corn was rose 2.20 cents at $3.7940 a bushel; Mar. oats lost 1.20 cents at $2.8920 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans gained 3 cents at 9.1940 a bushel.

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

Feb. live cattle was up .02 cent at $1.2640 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle fell .08 cent at $1.4372 a pound; Feb. lean hogs lost .27 cent at .5645 a pound.