CBOT wheat ends lower in setback from eight-month high

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures settled lower on Wednesday on profit-taking after the market reached an eight-month high, traders said.

• Prices pulled back after rising earlier on spillover support from a 16-month high in CBOT corn Cv1 futures.

• Corn futures also finished lower in a setback from recent rallies.

• Traders said fears subsided about cold weather threatening to damage dormant wheat crops in Russia and the United States.

• CBOT March soft red winter wheat WH25 settled down 12-3/4 cents to $5.92 per bushel.

• K.C. March hard red winter wheat KWH25 ended down 13-1/2 cents at $6.13-3/4 per bushel, and Minneapolis March spring wheat MWEH25 dropped 7-1/2 cents to $6.33-1/2 per bushel.

• Euronext wheat also closed lower.