CHICAGO, June 11 (Reuters) - Spot hard red winter wheat basis bids were flat around the U.S. Plains on Thursday as futures ticked up.

• Wheat harvesting is ongoing in Texas, Oklahoma, as well as Kansas, the nation's top producer, but some farmers have little to no grain to gather.

• In its monthly supply and demand report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday cut its U.S. winter wheat crop outlook by 2% from a month earlier as a harsh drought in the Plains reduced its hard red winter wheat production to the lowest since 1957.

• U.S. winter wheat production in the 2026/27 season was estimated at 1.030 billion bushels, down from its forecast of 1.048 billion last month and well below last year's winter crop of 1.402 billion bushels.

• Rainy weather in parts of the U.S. Plains could delay some harvesting in spots, according to forecaster Vaisala.

• Protein premiums for railcar HRW wheat to and through Kansas City were down 1 cent for wheat with 11% to 11.4% protein content. KCBT/SCA

• K.C. July hard red winter wheat KWN26 settled up 4-1/4 cents at $6.34-3/4 per bushel.

Basis values are quoted against futures in cts/bu:

	Current			Previous			Cash
	basis			basis			price
KANSAS
Wichita	-24	+	N	-24	+	N	$6.11
Newton	-49	+	N	-49	+	N	$5.86
Goodland	-70	+	N	-70	+	N	$5.65
TEXAS
Gulf track*	+125	+	N	+125	+	N	$7.60
Galveston**	+100	+	N	+100	+	N	$7.35
OKLAHOMA
Enid	-15	+	N	-15	+	N	$6.20
Catoosa	+5	+	N	+5	+	N	$6.40

NOTES:

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

Z = December; UNQ = Unquoted bids

0 = Spot 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. CIF Gulf Grain GRA/C

* U.S. FOB Gulf Grain GRA/F