CORRECTED-CBOT corn ends mixed, anchored by ample world grain supplies

CHICAGO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended narrowly mixed on Wednesday amid a lack of market-moving news, with the most-active March contract weighed down by ample global grain supplies while deferred contracts inched higher, traders said.

• CBOT March corn CH26 settled down 1-1/4 cents at $4.27-1/2 per bushel while the new-crop December contract CZ26 ended up 1-1/2 cents at $4.59-3/4.

• Traders shrugged at fresh export news. Under its daily reporting rules, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed private sales of 230,560 metric tons of U.S. old-crop corn to undisclosed destinations.

• Ahead of Thursday's weekly USDA export sales report, traders expected the government to report net sales of U.S. old-crop corn in the week ended February 5 at 600,000 to 1,500,000 metric tons.

• The U.S. Energy Information Administration said weekly production of corn-based ethanol increased in the week ended February 6 to 1.110 million barrels per day, rebounding from a near 22-month low of 956,000 bpd the previous week, when a winter storm slowed output. EIA/S

• Weekly U.S. ethanol stockpiles rose to 25.247 million barrels, up 111,000 from the prior week.