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                In Northern and Western Illinois country 
				grain dealers quoted shelled corn bids were up 5 cents. 
				 
              
                Soybean bids were 8 to 12 cents higher.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 4 to 7 cents higher.
 
              
                Soybean bids were 11 to 14 cents stronger.
				
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were mixed.
 
              
                Soybean bids were mostly 14 cents higher. 
              
                Wheat bids were up 11 to 17 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 | 3.09 - 3.25 | 9.17 - 9.37 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.06 - 3.17 | 9.23 - 9.40 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.05 - 3.22 | 9.31 - 9.53 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.05 - 3.22 | 9.28 - 9.59 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.07 - 3.12 | 9.17 - 9.36 | 4.06 - 4.47 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 2.92 - 3.14 | 9.49 - 9.67 | 3.62 - 4.13 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.02 - 3.17 | 9.17 - 9.46 | 4.01 - 4.37 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  3.13 1/2 (-38 1/2 
				Z) Soybeans: 
				9.43 1/2 (-23 X)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.20 - 3.49 | 9.35 - 9.60 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.22 - 3.41 | 9.38 - 9.66 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.24 - 3.44 | 9.49 - 9.76 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.25 - 3.65 | 9.42 - 9.83 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.35 - 3.44 | 9.53 - 9.66 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.40 - 3.50 | 9.77 - 9.93 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.30 - 3.50 | 9.59 - 9.74 |  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield] |