December wheat opened 34 1/4 cents lower on the day at 606 and established an early range of 595 to 619. The lower open brought additional selling pressure during the first minutes of trade before buying by locals and funds took the market off the early lows into mid session. There was a light freeze in parts of the Argentine wheat belt over the weekend as expected. This is said to have caused little damage. Another light freeze is expected later this week. Another Southern Hemisphere producer, Australia, is expecting a light and mostly non-damaging frost is some wheat areas later this week. Yemen is expected to be in the market for 100,000 tonnes of wheat early this week. South Korea is reportedly looking to buy 23,000 tonnes of US wheat. This week's export inspections for wheat were 25.9 million bushels, up from 23.6 million bushels last week and one of the largest totals in recent weeks. Cumulative inspections rose to 45.2% of the projected total compared to a 5-year average of 35.5%. Inspections need to average just 15.9 million bushels each week to reach the projection for the year. Cash market traders say that dropping ocean freight rates is contributing to the continued strong rate of wheat export sales and inspections.