COMMODITIES

COMMODITIES

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was up .50 cent to $4.84 a bushel; March corn rose 4.50 cents to 3.7425 a bushel; March oats were 5 cents higher to 2.28 a bushel; while March soybeans advanced 14.50 cents at $8.7775 bushel. Beef and pork were lower the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. February live cattle was off 2.45 cents to $1.2252 a pound; January feeder cattle fell 3.45 cents to $1.4425 a pound; while February lean hogs lost 2.13 cents at $.5577 a pound.