CHICAGO — Grain futures were higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Mar delivery gained 12.5 cents to $6.19 a bushel; Mar corn was up a penny to 4.0850 a bushel; Mar oats rose 1.25 cents to $3.1375 a bushel; while Jan soybeans declined 7.75 cents to $10.395 bushel.

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

Feb live cattle was off .42 cent to $1.6175 a pound; Jan feeder cattle was 3 cents lower at $2.2260 a pound; while Feb lean hogs rose .02 cent to $.8327 a pound.