CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures traded mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery slid 17¼ cents to $7.21¼ a bushel; March corn dropped 9¾ cents to $6.90¾ a bushel; March oats added 1¾ cent to $3.89½ a bushel; while March soybeans gained 5 cents to $14.87¾ a bushel.

Beef and pork futures fell on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle dropped 0.4 cent to $1.2782 a pound; March feeder cattle shed 0.02 cents to $1.407 a pound; April lean hogs dipped 0.58 cent to 82.37 cents a pound.