* CBOT March soft red winter wheat rose 1/4 cent to $4.86-3/4 a bushel. The most active May contract increased 3/4 cent to $4.91-3/4 a bushel.
* K.C. March hard red winter wheat gained 3-1/4 cents to end at $4.58-1/2 a bushel, while MGEX March spring wheat rallied 9 cents to $5.66-3/4 a bushel.
* Strong export demand helped support prices, traders said.
* The USDA reported US wheat export sales for the six weeks ended Feb. 22 reached 3.819 million tonnes, topping analysts' estimates for 2 million to 3.3 million tonnes.
* The USDA separately projected a 2019/20 wheat crop of 1.902 billion bushels, up 1 percent from a year earlier.
* The government put US wheat exports at 975 million bushels, down from 1.0 billion in 2018/19, while 2019/20 ending stocks would fall 7 percent to 944 million bushels.
* Traders are waiting for additional information about the trade talks, which could lead to more Chinese imports of US farm goods.
* US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he expects to meet China's leader, Xi Jinping, soon and said they may nail down the final points of a trade deal.