| In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were up a penny. Soybean bids were 26 to 27 
				cents higher.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were up a penny. Soybean bids were 27 to 29 cents higher.
 
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 1 to 2 
				cents higher. Soybean were up 26 to 29 cents. Wheat bids gained 
				7 to 8 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 | 3.25 - 3.38 | 9.83 - 10.00 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.33 - 3.40 | 9.93 - 10.06 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.33 - 3.50 | 10.01 - 10.25 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.37 - 3.48 | 10.03 - 10.17 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.46 - 3.62 | 10.02 - 10.13 | 4.08 - 4.14 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.46 - 3.53 | 10.04 - 10.24 | 3.95 - 4.00 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.36 - 3.62 | 10.11 - 10.18 | 4.00 - 4.27 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  3.41 1/2 (-16 1/2 
				H)Soybeans: 
				10.13 (-27 H)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR MARCH 2017  DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.26 - 3.41 | 9.85 - 10.02 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.36 - 3.43 | 9.99 - 10.10 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.35 - 3.54 | 10.02 - 10.30 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.38 - 3.47 | 10.00 - 10.13 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.57 - 3.63 | 10.10 - 10.19 | 4.24 - 4.44 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.49 - 3.53 | 10.12 - 10.24 | 4.17 - 4.27 |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.37 - 3.60 | 10.10 - 10.16 | 4.07 - 4.37 |  **Wheat bids are for June-July 
				Delivery 2017** 
			[Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield]   
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