Grains higher, livestock mixed

CHICAGO (AP) – Grain futures were higher in Thursday in early trading on the Chicago 5oard of Trade. Wheat for Mar. gained 2.5 cents at $6.37 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 11.5 cents at $4.79 a bushel; Mar. oats was up 11.25 cents at $3.5575 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans advanced 2.4750 cents at $1.319 a bushel. Beef mixed and pork higher on the on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dec. live cattle rose .90 cent at $1.1290 a pound; Jan.feeder cattle was off .18 cent at $1.3832 a pound; Feb. lean hogs gained 2.14 cents at .7007 cents a pound.

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