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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				mostly lower on Tuesday afternoon. 
				 
              
                Technical trading pushed grain 
				lower on Tuesday afternoon with traders evening up positions 
				before the holiday weekend.
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 5 to 8 cents lower at 4.00-4.15.  
              
                Soybean bids were 3 cents lower at 
				12.99-13.18.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 2 to 6 cents lower at 4.00-4.18.  
              
                Soybean bids were steady at 
				13.14-13.28.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 4 to 7 
				cents lower at 4.01-4.25.  
              
                Soybean bids were steady at 
				13.11-13.38. Wheat bids were 4 to 5 cents lower at 6.26-6.60. 
              
                
				 
              
                
 
              
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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2 p.m. Tuesday are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.00 - 4.13 | 12.99 - 13.11 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.08 - 4.15 | 13.09 - 13.18 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.00 - 4.15 | 13.14 - 13.23 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.06 - 4.18 | 13.14 - 13.28 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.09 - 4.15 | 13.11 - 13.21 | 6.30 - 6.38 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.16 - 4.25 | 13.31 - 13.38 | 6.40 - 6.60 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 4.01 - 4.09 | 13.11 - 13.21 | 6.26 - 6.39 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  4.09 (- 9 1/2 Z)
				Soybeans: 
				13.21 (- 8 F)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.03 - 4.19 | 13.04 - 13.15 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.03 - 4.15 | 13.18 - 13.26 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.03 - 4.14 | 13.14 - 13.25 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.03 - 4.15 | 13.20 - 13.32 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.12 - 4.20 | 13.26 - 13.39 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.19 - 4.29 | 13.42 - 13.52 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 4.01 - 4.14 | 13.29 - 13.39 |  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |