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                In Northern and Western Illinois country 
				grain dealers quoted shelled corn bids were 8 to 10 cents lower.
				
				 
              
                Soybean bids were unchanged to 6 cents lower.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 3 to 8 cents lower.
 
              
                Soybean bids were 5 to 12 cents lower.
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 8 to 
				12 cents lower.
 
              
                Soybean bids were mixed. 
				 
              
                Wheat bids were 8 to 15 cents lower. 
              
                
				 
              
                
				
 
              
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                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 | 4.26 - 4.45 | 14.30 - 14.50 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.44 - 4.56 | 14.42 - 14.53 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.28 - 4.40 | 14.52 - 14.76 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.40 - 4.55 | 14.55 - 14.75 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.43 - 4.48 | 14.62 - 14.73 | 5.90 - 6.06 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.49 - 4.61 | 14.45 - 14.63 | ---- |  
					| L. EGYPT | 4.50 - 4.59 | 14.50 - 14.72 | 5.74 - 5.91 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  4.41 1/2 (-9 1/2 N)
				Soybeans: 
				14.64 (+7 N)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.10 - 4.25 | 11.88 - 11.99 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.13 - 4.21 | 11.84 - 12.09 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.18 - 4.25 | 11.92 - 12.06 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.17 - 4.30 | 11.92 - 12.06 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.20 - 4.32 | 11.97 - 12.07 | 5.83 - 5.95 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.20 - 4.30 | 12.01 - 12.20 | 5.80 - 5.93 |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 4.20 - 4.25 | 11.89 - 12.04 | 5.83 - 5.93 |  [Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield] |