CBOT Trends-Wheat down 1-2 cents, corn mixed, soybeans up 6-9

CHICAGO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. expectations for the resumption of grain and soy complex trading at the Chicago Board of Trade at 8:30 a.m. CST (1430 GMT) on Thursday.

NOTE: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is due to release its November crop supply and demand report on Friday.

WHEAT - Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel

• Wheat futures dipped slightly on position squaring ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's supply and demand report, due on Friday - the first such report since the U.S. government entered a shutdown on October 1.

• With the shutdown due to end after Wednesday's adoption of short-term funding legislation, traders are also watching to see when the USDA will relaunch daily and weekly reporting of export sales.

• The lowest price offered in the international tender from Tunisia's state grains agency on Thursday to purchase around 125,000 metric tons of soft wheat was believed to be $257.46 a ton cost and freight (c&f), according to initial assessments from European traders.

• December soft red winter wheat WZ25 was last down 1-3/4 cents at $5.34-1/4 per bushel. K.C. December hard red winter wheat KWZ25 was down 1-1/2 cents at $5.24 a bushel, and Minneapolis December wheat MWEZ25 was last down 1-1/4 cents at $5.68-1/2 per bushel.

CORN - Down 1 to up 1 cent per bushel

• Corn was little changed as traders squared positions ahead of USDA supply and demand data.

• Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, expect the USDA to lower its U.S. corn yield estimate to 184.0 bushels per acre (bpa) from 186.7 bpa in its previous September 12 forecast.

• South Korea's Feed Leaders Committee (FLC) purchased about 130,000 metric tons of animal feed corn to be sourced from optional origins in an international tender on Thursday, European traders said.

• Taiwan's MFIG purchasing group bought about 65,000 metric tons of animal feed corn expected to be sourced from the United States in an international tender on Thursday, European traders said.

• CBOT December corn CZ25 was last up 1 cent at $4.36-1/4 per bushel.

SOYBEANS - Up 6 to 9 cents per bushel

• Soybeans ticked higher as traders awaited the release of the USDA supply and demand report, as well as other data paused during the government shut down.

• Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, expect the USDA on Friday to lower its U.S. soybean harvest outlook and raise its world ending stocks estimate.

• The suspension of USDA export sales statistics has heightened uncertainty over whether China has purchased U.S. crops since agreeing to a trade truce with the United States in late October.

• U.S. officials have said China pledged to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans over November and December.

• January soybeans SF26 were last up 7-3/4 cents at $11.41-1/2 per bushel.