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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				lower on Thursday afternoon. 
				 
              
                Wednesday Federal Reserve 
				statement that a change may be coming in interest rates pushed 
				markets lower.
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 9 to 12 cents lower at 7.03-7.19.  
              
                Soybean bids were 23 to 27 cents 
				lower at 14.97-15.09.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 8 to 10 cents lower at 7.02-7.16.  
              
                Soybean bids were 23 to 27 cents 
				lower at 15.22-15.41.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 9 to 
				11 cents lower at 6.97-7.28.  
              
                Soybean bids were 21 to 27 cents 
				lower at 15.29-15.46. 
				 
              
                Wheat bids were 5 to 7 cents lower 
				at 6.82-6.99. 
				 
              
                
 
              
                
				 
              
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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. Thursday are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 7.03 - 7.19 | 14.97 - 15.03 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 7.05 - 7.17 | 15.00 - 15.09 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 7.02 - 7.16 | 15.22 - 15.37 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 7.03 - 7.13 | 15.25 - 15.41 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 7.13 - 7.28 | 15.30 - 15.38 | 6.81 - 6.91 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 6.97 - 7.18 | 15.29 - 15.35 | 6.82 - 6.99 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 7.16 - 7.28 | 15.38 - 15.46 | 6.86 - 6.91 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  7.09 (+36 N)
				Soybeans: 
				15.31 1/2 (+34 1/2 N)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2013 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 5.28 - 5.38 | 12.46 - 12.55 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 5.27 - 5.38 | 12.47 - 12.60 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 5.29 - 5.40 | 12.55 - 12.76 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 5.32 - 5.47 | 12.60 - 12.72 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 5.32 - 5.43 | 12.60 - 12.75 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 5.34 - 5.44 | 12.67 - 12.78 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 5.38 - 5.46 | 12.60 - 12.75 |  |  
			***June/July 2013 delivery
 
			Cent. Ill. Average Price at Country 
			Elevators 
				
					| Week of | 
					6/6/2013  | 
					5/30/2013  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 
					6.94 +31N  | 
					6.89 +35N  |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					15.52 1/2 +25N  | 
					15.31 1/2 +36N  |  
			Annual Comparison 
				
					|   | May 
					2013  | June 
					2012  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 6.83 
					+31N  | 
					6.30 +27N |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					15.10 +72N  | 
					14.15 - 7N  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |