| In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 4 cents higher. Soybean bids were mostly 
				1 to 3 cents lower.
 
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 2 cents higher. Soybean bids were down 3 to 4 cents.
 
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 4 to 5 
				cents higher. Soybean were steady to 2 cents lower. Wheat bids 
				were 4 to 7
 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 | 3.37 - 3.58 | 9.94 - 10.17 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.45 - 3.52 | 10.21 - 10.23 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.43 - 3.59 | 10.25 - 10.52 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.48 - 3.60 | 10.24 - 10.41 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.58 - 3.74 | 10.25 - 10.38 | 3.95 - 4.16 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.52 - 3.62 | 10.16 - 10.34 | 3.92 - 4.02 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.44 - 3.75 | 10.21 - 10.40 | 4.02 - 4.29 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  3.51 1/2 (-18 1/2 
				H)Soybeans:  10.38 (-29 1/2 H)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR MARCH 2017  DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.37 - 3.53 | 10.12 - 10.29 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.48 - 3.55 | 10.26 - 10.33 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.47 - 3.66 | 10.27 - 10.57 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.50 - 3.58 | 10.23 - 10.41 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.63 - 3.75 | 10.32 - 10.41 | 4.29 - 4.49 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.58 - 3.64 | 10.28 - 10.53 | 4.23 - 4.32 |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.48 - 3.72 | 10.27 - 10.42 | 4.12 - 4.42 |  **Wheat bids are for June-July 
				Delivery 2017** 
			[Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield]   
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