US Plains HRW Wheat-Spot basis bids unchanged in muted trade

CHICAGO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Basis bids for hard red winter wheat were flat in the U.S. Plains on Wednesday in quiet trade.

• A Reuters poll of analysts estimated export sales of wheat for the week ended November 6 at 250,000 to 600,000 metric tons.

• The release of export sales data by the USDA has been suspended because of the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.

• The USDA report will include the agency's first estimates of U.S. and global crop production and ending stocks since mid-September.

• K.C. December hard red winter wheat KWZ25 ended 1-3/4 cents higher at $5.25-1/2 a bushel.

Basis values are quoted against futures in cts/bu:

NOTES:

H = March, K = May, N = July, U = September

Z = December; UNQ = Unquoted bids

0 = Sp Option price; NC = No comparison

= No. 1 12% hard winter wheat, rail bids

= Ordinary protein, rail bids

LINKS:

K.C. HRW wheat protein scales KCBT/SCA

U.S. weekly wheat crop progress US/WHE

U.S. forward basis WHEAT/BASIS

U.S. Midwest cash grain PM GRA/PM

U.S. FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F