Grain lower on the CBOT, beef lower and pork higher on the CME

Grain futures were lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Mar delivery was 5.25 cents lower at $5.1375 a bushel; Mar corn was 4.50 cents lower at $3.7675 a bushel; Mar oats were unchanged at $2.8925 a bushel; while Mar soybeans lost 4 cents to $9.6975 a bushel.

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

Apr live cattle was .10 cent lower at $1.5090 a pound; Mar feeder cattle was .42 cent lower at $2.03401 a pound; Apr lean hogs gained .85 cent to $.7290 a pound.