Wheat, corn, and soybeans lower, oats mostly higher on the CBOT; beef mixed and pork higher on the CME.

Grain futures were mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Mar delivery was off 3.50 cents to $6.0325 a bushel; Mar corn was down 8.50 cents to 3.8125 a bushel; Mar oats up 2.25 cents to $3.0850 a bushel; while Jan soybeans declined 21.25 cents to $9.9575 bushel.

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

Feb live cattle was off 1.80 cents to $1.6980 a pound; Jan feeder cattle was 1.48 cents higher at $2.3555 a pound; while Feb lean hogs rose .08 cent to $.8900 a pound.