Grains lower, livestock mixed
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CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were lower in early trading Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn lost 0.75 cent at $4.28 a bushel. Mar. wheat was down 1.5 cents at $5.27 a bushel. Mar. oats was off 0.5 cent at $2.98 a bushel. Mar. soybeans was down 0.75 cent at $11.10 a bushel.
Beef was higher and pork was flat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Feb. live cattle was up 0.5 cent at $2.40 a pound. Mar. feeder cattle rose by 0.7 cent at $3.68 a pound. Feb. hogs was unchanged at $.87 a pound.