CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mixed Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery gained 7 cents at $4.4040 a bushel; March corn unchanged at 3.5640 a bushel; March oats was fell 10 cents at $2.66 a bushel while January soybeans lost 10.60 cents at $9.88 a bushel.

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

February live cattle was off 2.60 cents at $1.23 a pound; January feeder cattle fell 3.45 cents at $1.4433 a pound; February lean hogs rose .40 cent at $.7393 a pound.

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