Grain mixed on the CBOT, livestock mostly lower on CME

Grain futures were mixed Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Mar delivery was .5 cent higher at 6.12 a bushel; Mar corn was .25 cent lower at $4.075 a bushel; Mar oats were unchanged at $3.0775 a bushel; while Mar soybeans rose 9.25 cents to $10.4450 a bushel.

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

Feb live cattle was up .13 cent to $1.6070 a pound; Mar feeder cattle was 2.17 cents lower at 2.1055 a pound; Feb lean hogs were unchanged at $.8130 a pound.