Grain higher on the CBOT, beef mostly higher, pork higher on the CME

CHICAGO – Grain futures were higher Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery was unchanged at $5.2125 a bushel; March corn was 2 cents higher at $3.85 a bushel; March oats were unchanged at $2.7325 a bushel; while March soybeans gained 8.50 cents at $9.9225 a bushel.

Beef was mostly higher and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle was 1.13 cents higher at $1.5225 a pound; March feeder cattle was .70 cent higher at $2.0100 a pound; April lean hogs gained .90 cent to $.6540 a pound.