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				 In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were steady. Soybean bids were mixed. 
				 
				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were steady to 2 cents lower. Soybean bids were steady to a 
				penny higher. 
				 
				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 
				unchanged.  Soybean bids were steady. Wheat bids up 5 to 6 
				cents. ----- 
              
                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  | 
					3.28 - 3.44 | 
					8.34 - 8.59 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WESTERN    | 
					3.29 - 3.42 | 
					8.40 - 8.66 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 N. CENT.  | 
					3.31 - 3.47 | 
					8.53 - 8.74 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 S. CENTRAL  | 
					3.40 - 3.56 | 
					8.49 - 8.70 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WABASH    | 
					3.50 - 3.65 | 
					8.60 - 8.67 | 
					4.10 - 4.19 | 
				 
				
					| 
					 W.S. WEST  | 
					3.41 - 3.45 | 
					8.65 - 8.75 | 
					3.69 - 4.04 | 
				 
				
					| 
					 L. EGYPT  | 
					3.57 - 3.63 | 
					8.65 - 8.70 | 
					3.84 - 4.01 | 
				 
			 
			
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  3.43 1/2 (-9 1/2 H)
				 
				Soybeans:   8.61 1/2 (-3 H) 
				 
				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2016 DELIVERY  
				
					| 
					 
					AREA    | 
					
					 
					US 2  
					
					CORN   | 
					
					 
					US 1  
					
					SOYBEANS  | 
					
					 
					 US 
					2  
					
					SOFT  
					
					WHEAT    | 
				 
				
					| 
					 NORTHERN  | 
					3.28 - 3.43 | 
					8.34 - 8.46 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WESTERN    | 
					3.33 - 3.44 | 
					8.40 - 8.61 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 N. CENT.  | 
					3.34 - 3.45 | 
					8.44 - 8.65 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 S. CENTRAL  | 
					3.39 - 3.53 | 
					8.41 - 8.59 | 
					  | 
				 
				
					| 
					 WABASH    | 
					3.53 - 3.69 | 
					8.60 - 8.64 | 
					4.37 - 4.56 | 
				 
				
					| 
					 W.S. WEST  | 
					3.42 - 3.47 | 
					8.48 - 8.63 | 
					
					4.40 - 4.41 | 
				 
				
					| 
					 
					L. EGYPT  | 
					
					3.56 - 3.58 | 
					
					8.63 - 8.65 | 
					
					4.54 - 4.56 | 
				 
			 
			Wheat bids for 
			June-July 2015 delivery 
			[Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield]   
				
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