Wheat for March advanced 14.25 cents at 4.6050 a bushel; March corn up 1.75 cents at 3.6525 a bushel; March oats gained 4.25 cents at $2.7325 bushel; while March soybeans fell 3.25 cents at $9.83 a bushel.

Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle was off .02 cent at $1.2560 a pound; March feeder cattle fell .42 cent at $1.4830 a pound; while February lean hogs lost .90 cent at $.7385 a pound.