High fuel prices were limiting truck movement and declines in wheat prices were limiting farmer interest in selling, merchants said.
Premiums for railcar wheat to and through Kansas City were 1 to 2 cents higher for 13.60-14.00 percent protein supplies but 1 cent lower for 11.20 and 12.20 percent protein wheat.
Exports remained sluggish and wheat traders continued to await confirmation of significant new sales to Iraq, after the deputy prime minister there said this month the country would buy 1 million tonnes of US wheat.
Farmers continued to work wheat fields. The US Agriculture Department said late Monday 86 percent of the US winter wheat crop had been planted, up from 78 percent last week and slightly ahead of the 5-year average of 84 percent.
In Kansas, the top US wheat-producing state, 91 percent of the new HRW wheat crop was planted as of Sunday, and 74 percent had emerged. The crop was rated 63 percent good to excellent.
HRW wheat futures on the Kansas City Board of Trade closed 4 to 5 cents lower on Monday, with the December at $3.65-1/4, down 4-3/4 cents, and the March at $3.71-1/2, down 4 cents.
Futures were expected to see follow-through losses on Tuesday.