The following are analysts' estimates in billions of bushels for 2011-12 U.S. grain and soybean ending stocks, as compiled by Dow Jones Newswires.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release updated supply and demand tables at 8:30 a.m. EST (1330 GMT) Thursday. Parentheses denote the number of estimates in that average and range.

                                    Jan 
                                    2011-12 2010-11 
               Average    Range     USDA    USDA 
Corn (16)      0.797   0.680-0.846  0.846   1.128 
Soybeans (16)  0.269   0.245-0.300  0.275   0.215 
Wheat (13)     0.868   0.836-0.935  0.870   0.862 
                             Corn   Soybeans  Wheat 
ABN Amro                     0.825  0.265     0.870 
AgriSource                   0.825  0.265     0.860 
Allendale                    0.802  0.271     0.836 
Citigroup                    0.796  0.245     0.870 
Doane Advisory Srvcs         0.746  0.300     0.845 
Farm Futures                 0.680  0.275     0.850 
Global Comm Analytics        0.796  0.245     0.935 
Jefferies Bache              0.771  0.275     0.870 
Kropf and Love               0.846  0.295     0.870 
Midco                        0.805  0.270      n/a 
N America Risk Mang          0.796  0.250     0.855 
Newedge USA                  0.821  0.265     0.898 
P.F.G. Best                  0.820  0.270     0.860 
Prime Ag Consultants         0.821  0.300     0.870 
Risk Management Commodities  0.750  0.250      n/a 
US Commodities               0.846  0.265      n/a

-By Andrew Johnson Jr. and Ian Berry ; Dow Jones Newswires; 312-347-4604; andrew.johnsonjr@dowjones.com

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February 06, 2012 13:38 ET (18:38 GMT)