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                In Northern and Western Illinois country 
				grain dealers quoted shelled corn bids were 8 cents stronger.
				
				 
              
                Soybean bids were 16 to 20 cents higher.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 6 to 8 cents higher.
 
 Soybean bids were up 15 to 18 cents.
 
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were up 6 
				to 8 cents.
 
              
                Soybean bids were 19 to 20 cents stronger. 
              
                Wheat bids were 2 to 5 cents higher. 
              
                
				 
              
                
				
 
              
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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 | 3.13 - 3.26 | 9.07 - 9.32 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.10 - 3.21 | 9.22 - 9.38 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.10 - 3.26 | 9.28 - 9.51 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.06 - 3.24 | 9.26 - 9.50 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.08 - 3.16 | 9.14 - 9.29 | 4.10 - 4.49 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 2.95 - 3.17 | 9.43 - 9.60 | 3.88 - 4.42 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.06 - 3.21 | 9.14 - 9.39 | 4.03 - 4.39 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:   3.16 (-40 Z)
				Soybeans: 
				9.38 1/2 (-25 1/2 X)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.24 - 3.45 | 9.39 - 9.53 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.23 - 3.34 | 9.48 - 9.66 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.29 - 3.49 | 9.47 - 9.74 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.30 - 3.48 | 9.40 - 9.82 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.40 - 3.48 | 9.51 - 9.64 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.43 - 3.65 | 9.76 -10.02 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.35 - 3.55 | 9.57 - 9.72 |  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield] |