Grain higher on the CBOT, livestock lower on the CME

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

Wheat for Mar delivery was 6.50 cents higher at 5.7350 a bushel; Mar corn was 3.75 cents higher at $3.98 a bushel; Mar oats were unchanged at $3.0225 a bushel; while Mar soybeans gained 1.25 cents to $10.4950 a bushel.

Beef lower and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Feb live cattle was lower 2.85 cent to $1.6075 a pound; Mar feeder cattle was 3.05 cents lower at 2.1400 a pound; Feb lean hogs gained .33 cent to $.7850 a pound.