| In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 5 to 7 cents higher. Soybean bids were up 
				23 to 24 cents.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 7 cents higher. Soybean bids were up 19 to 28 cents.
 
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 7 
				cents higher. Soybean were up 19 to 28 cents. Wheat bids gained 
				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 | 3.32 - 3.49 | 10.12 - 10.27 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.40 - 3.47 | 10.21 - 10.34 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.40 - 3.58 | 10.24 - 10.59 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.44 - 3.56 | 10.28 - 10.44 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.54 - 3.70 | 10.32 - 10.42 | 4.16 - 4.22 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.52 - 3.61 | 10.25 - 10.47 | 4.03 - 4.08 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.44 - 3.70 | 10.29 - 10.42 | 4.08 - 4.35 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  3.49 (-16 1/2 H)Soybeans:  10.41 1/2 (-27 1/2 H)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR MARCH 2017  DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.35 - 3.49 | 10.14 - 10.31 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.45 - 3.50 | 10.29 - 10.38 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.45 - 3.55 | 10.28 - 10.42 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.45 - 3.55 | 10.28 - 10.42 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.65 - 3.71 | 10.37 - 10.43 | 4.33 - 4.53 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.56 - 3.61 | 10.34 - 10.47 | 4.23 - 4.36 |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.43 - 3.68 | 10.28 - 10.45 | 4.11 - 4.46 |  **Wheat bids are for June-July 
				Delivery 2017** 
			[Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield]   
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