CBOT corn ends up slightly as US harvest advances

CHICAGO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures finished slightly higher on Thursday as traders monitored early U.S. harvest results.

• Analysts said there were some concerns in the market that U.S. corn yields would not be as large as the government and some private forecasters expected.

• Scattered reports from early-harvested fields suggest that dry weather and plant diseases hurt crop yields in some areas.

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting the largest-ever U.S. harvest this fall with record-large yields.

• The agency is slated to issue quarterly grain stocks data on September 30.

• Weekly U.S. corn export sales of 1.9 million metric tons topped analysts' estimates for 1 million to 1.8 million.

• CBOT December corn CZ25 settled up 1-1/2 cents at $4.25-3/4 per bushel.