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                In Northern and Western Illinois country 
				grain dealers quoted shelled corn bids were mostly 3 to 4 cents 
				lower. 
				 
              
                Soybean bids were mostly 14 to 26 cents 
				lower.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were mostly 4 cents lower.
 
              
                Soybean bids were mostly 14 cents lower. 
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were down 
				13 to 14 cents.
 
              
                Soybean bids were 23 to 40 cents lower.
				
				 
              
                Wheat bids were 6 to 7 cents weaker. 
              
                 
              
                
				
 
              
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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 | 2.88 - 3.06 | 8.67 - 8.98 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 2.57 - 2.88 | 8.71 - 8.94 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 2.81 - 3.06 | 8.83 - 9.22 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 2.76 - 2.96 | 8.83 - 9.03 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 2.92 - 3.00 | 8.83 - 8.93 | 3.85 - 4.04 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 2.63 - 2.84 | 8.82 - 8.89 | 2.89 - 3.35 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 2.88 - 2.96 | 8.70 - 8.93 | 3.58 - 4.04 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  2.91 (-35 Z)
				Soybeans: 
				9.02 1/2 (-20 1/2 X)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 2.95 - 3.23 | 9.01 - 9.27 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 2.82 - 3.15 | 9.02 - 9.26 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.00 - 3.18 | 9.06 - 9.41 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 2.94 - 3.19 | 8.99 - 9.40 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.13 - 3.24 | 9.20 - 9.30 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.07 - 3.17 | 9.32 - 9.51 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.11 - 3.24 | 9.16 - 9.30 |  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield] |