U.S. wheat futures slide 8–13 cents across CBOT, KCBT and MIAX contracts on Friday

U.S. wheat futures fell across the board on Friday, with the leading contracts on CBOT, KCBT and MIAX down 8–13 cents. Weekly U.S. wheat export sales totaled 552万吨, down 16% from a year earlier, reaching 26% of the USDA annual forecast and trailing the five-year average. In France, the soft wheat crop rated good/excellent slipped to 74% and durum fell to 58%, with harvest progress at 7% and 19%, respectively.