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                In Northern and Western Illinois country 
				grain dealers quoted shelled corn bids were 4 to 12 cents lower.
				
				 
              
                Soybean bids were 12 to 20 cents lower.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 7 to 11 cents lower.
 
              
                Soybean bids were down 16 to 17 cents. 
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were down 
				10 to 11 cents.
 
              
                Soybean bids lost 7 to 19 cents. 
				 
              
                Wheat bids were up 4 to 6 cents. 
              
                
				 
              
                
				
 
              
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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 | 2.90 - 3.08 | 8.65 - 8.94 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 2.87 - 2.98 | 8.48 - 9.02 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 2.91 - 3.05 | 8.82 - 9.13 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 2.83 - 3.02 | 8.84 - 9.11 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 2.89 - 2.94 | 8.73 - 8.92 | 3.87 - 4.29 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 2.69 - 2.89 | 9.06 - 9.22 | 3.43 - 3.95 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 2.88 - 2.99 | 8.73 - 9.02 | 3.83 - 4.19 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  2.94 (-40 Z)Soybeans: 
				8.97 1/2 (-25 X)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.02 - 3.23 | 8.93 - 9.12 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.00 - 3.11 | 9.01 - 9.26 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.05 - 3.26 | 9.05 - 9.32 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.09 - 3.30 | 8.98 - 9.39 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.17 - 3.30 | 9.07 - 9.23 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.17 - 3.26 | 9.34 - 9.50 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.17 - 3.32 | 9.16 - 9.30 |  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield] |