Grain futures mostly rise, livestock prices mixed

Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:10 AM

CHICAGO (AP) -- Grain prices rose or were flat Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery was unchanged at $7.8275 a bushel; March corn rose 2.25 cents to $7.3275 a bushel; March oats were flat at $3.5650 a bushel; while March soybeans rose 18.50 cents to $14.32 a bushel.

Beef futures fell and pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle fell 0.37 cent to $1.3005 a pound; March feeder cattle fell 0.67 cent to $1.4970 a pound; February lean hogs rose 0.05 cent to 85.30 cents a pound.