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				 In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were mixed. Soybean bids were down 3 cents. 
				 
				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were steady to 1 cent higher. Soybean bids fell 6 cents. 
				 
				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 1 cent 
				higher. Soybean bids were down 2 to 4 cents. Wheat bids were 
				mixed. ----- 
              
                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
				
					| 
					 
					AREA    | 
					
					 
					US 2  
					
					CORN   | 
					
					 
					US 1  
					
					SOYBEANS  | 
					
					 
					 US 2  
					
					SOFT  
					
					WHEAT    | 
				 
				
					| 
					 NORTHERN  | 
					3.24 - 3.38 | 
					9.76 - 9.95 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WESTERN    | 
					3.28 - 3.35 | 
					9.88 - 9.98 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 N. CENT.  | 
					3.30 - 3.51 | 
					9.95 - 10.21 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 S. CENTRAL  | 
					3.35 - 3.45 | 
					9.91 - 10.06 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WABASH    | 
					3.50 - 3.61 | 
					9.96 - 10.01 | 
					3.76 - 3.95 | 
				 
				
					| 
					 W.S. WEST  | 
					3.39 - 3.46 | 
					10.03 - 10.17 | 
					3.71 - 3.80 | 
				 
				
					| 
					 L. EGYPT  | 
					3.41 - 3.64 | 
					9.96 - 10.07 | 
					3.77 - 4.04 | 
				 
			 
			
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  3.40 1/2 (-20 H) 
				Soybeans: 
				10.06 (-25 F)  
				 
				 
				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2017  DELIVERY  
				
					| 
					 
					AREA    | 
					
					 
					US 2  
					
					CORN   | 
					
					 
					US 1  
					
					SOYBEANS  | 
					
					 
					 US 
					2  
					
					SOFT  
					
					WHEAT    | 
				 
				
					| 
					 NORTHERN  | 
					3.25 - 3.40 | 
					9.76 - 9.97 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WESTERN    | 
					3.30 - 3.38 | 
					9.88 - 10.00 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 N. CENT.  | 
					3.35 - 3.54 | 
					9.95 - 10.17 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 S. CENTRAL  | 
					3.37 - 3.51 | 
					9.91 - 10.08 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WABASH    | 
					3.49 - 3.65 | 
					9.96 - 10.01 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 W.S. WEST  | 
					3.42 - 3.51 | 
					10.05 - 10.19 | 
					
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 
					L. EGYPT  | 
					
					3.39 - 3.64 | 
					
					9.96 - 10.07 | 
					
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			[Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield]   
				
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