Grain lower on the CBOT, cattle and pork lower on the CME

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

Wheat for Mar delivery was 6.50 cents higher at $6.2975 a bushel; Mar corn was 1.75 cents higher at $4.0775 a bushel; Mar oats were unchanged at $3.14 a bushel; while Jan soybeans lost 4 cents at $10.1950 a bushel.

Beef and pork lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Feb live cattle was 3.00 cents lower at $1.5575 pound; Jan feeder cattle was 3.00 cents lower at 2.1660 cent a pound; Feb lean hogs lost 2.07 cents to $.7960 a pound.