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				Illinois country grain prices were 
				mixed on Wednesday afternoon, with soybeans and wheat higher and 
				corn closing slightly lower. 
              
				Export interest in wheat helped to 
				lift wheat values.
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were mixed at 6.88-7.04.  
              
				Soybean bids were mixed at 
				13.99-14.17.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were steady to 1 cent higher at 6.94-7.14.  
              
				Soybean bids were 2 to 4 cents 
				higher at 14.27-14.38.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were steady 
				to 1 cent lower at 6.90-7.21.  
              
				Soybean bids were 2 cents higher 
				at 14.28-14.49. 
				 
              
				Wheat bids were 4 cents higher at 
				7.31-7.51. 
              
				 
              
				
				 
              
				
				 
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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. Wednesday are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 6.90 - 7.04 | 13.99 - 14.13 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 6.88 - 6.98 | 14.03 - 14.17 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 6.94 - 7.04 | 14.30 - 14.38 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 7.03 - 7.14 | 14.27 - 14.38 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 7.08 - 7.21 | 14.35 - 14.43 | 7.31 - 7.43 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 6.90 - 7.04 | 14.28 - 14.38 | 7.36 - 7.50 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 7.11 - 7.21 | 14.42 - 14.49 | 7.41 - 7.51 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  7.04 (+ 8 1/2 H)Soybeans: 
				14.32 1/2 (+ 9 1/2 H)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2013 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 5.24 - 5.37 | 12.30 - 12.41 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 5.24 - 5.36 | 12.25 - 12.41 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 5.29 - 5.39 | 12.32 - 12.43 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 5.27 - 5.43 | 12.38 - 12.48 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 5.35 - 5.44 | 12.40 - 12.52 | 7.14 - 7.20 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 5.24 - 5.39 | 12.49 - 12.59 | 7.08 - 7.15 |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 5.39 - 5.49 | 12.43 - 12.56 | 7.04 - 7.23 |  
			***June/July 2013 delivery
 
			Cent. Ill. Average Price at Country 
			Elevators 
				
					| Week of | 2/7/2013 | 
					1/31/2013  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 
					7.20 1/2 +10H  | 
					7.48 + 7 1/2H  |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					14.94 1/2 + 8H  | 
					14.82 +13 1/2H  |  
			Annual Comparison 
				
					|   | 
					January 2013 | 
					February 2012  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 
					7.17 + 2H | 
					6.41 + 1/2H |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					14.30 +11H  
					 | 
					12.40 -15 H |  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |