Grains mostly higher, Livestock mixed

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May was up 3.50 cents at $6.67 a bushel; May corn gained 9 cents at $6.3425 a bushel; May oats rose 7.75 cents at $3.6875 a bushel; while May soybeans fell 16 cents at 14.30 a bushel.

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

Apr. live cattle was up .12 cent at $1.6197 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle off .10 cent at $1.8867 a pound; Apr. lean hogs rose .60 cent at $.7775 a pound.