Grains higher, livestock mixed.

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\CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery advanced 14 cents at $5.7040 a bushel; May corn rose 3 8 cents at $3.4820 a bushel; May oats was up 2.60 cents at $2.7120 a bushel; while May soybeans gained 10.40 cents at 8.8660 a bushel.

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

Apr. live cattle rose 3.23 cents at $1.0938 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was up 2.92 cents at $1.3112 a pound; Apr. lean hogs was off .05 cent at .6650 a pound.