| In Northern and Western Illinois country grain 
				dealers quoted shelled corn bids were up 2 cents. Soybean bids 
				were 1 to 4 cents higher. 
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were up 1 to 3 cents. Soybeans were 2 to 4 cents higher.
 
 In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were up 2 
				cents. Soybeans
 were 1 to 3 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 | 3.41 - 3.61 | 8.35 - 8.54 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.38 - 3.59 | 8.47 - 8.65 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.48 - 3.61 | 8.52 - 8.70 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.51 - 3.64 | 8.55 - 8.75 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.60 - 3.71 | 8.56 - 8.70 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.64 - 3.81 | 8.70 - 8.90 |  |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.50 - 3.63 | 8.59 - 8.75 |  |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  3.56 
				(-25 H)Soybeans:  8.63 1/2 (-56 1/2 H)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR MAR 2019 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT**   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.54 - 3.69 | 8.77 - 9.01 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.51 - 3.69 | 8.79 - 9.06 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.58 - 3.73 | 9.00 - 9.23 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 3.61 - 3.74 | 8.90 - 9.15 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 3.64 - 3.79 | 8.95 - 9.11 | 4.98 - 5.11 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 3.62 - 3.76 | 8.88 - 9.11 | 5.11 - 5.27 |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 3.44 - 3.68 | 8.78 - 9.11 | 5.06 - 5.27 |  **Wheat bids are for June-July 
				Delivery 2019** 
			[Text copied from
			USDA-Illinois 
			Department of Agriculture Market News, Springfield]   
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