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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				mixed to lower on Thursday afternoon. 
				 
              
                With export sales lower than 
				traders expected grain values were cut. 
				 
              
                Record high wheat production 
				estimate from Canada kept pressure on the wheat prices.
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 2 to 5 cents lower at 4.03-4.18.  
              
                Soybean bids were mixed at 
				13.06-13.28.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were mixed at 4.05-4.28. 
              
                Soybean bids were mixed at 
				13.14-13.37.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were mixed 
				at 4.19-4.34.  
              
                Soybean bids were mixed at 
				13.22-13.52.Wheat bids were down 7 to 9 cents at 6.24-6.61. 
              
                
				 
              
                
 
              
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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. Thursday are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.03 - 4.18 | 13.06 - 13.13 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.06 - 4.16 | 13.11 - 13.28 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.05 - 4.18 | 13.18 - 13.33 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.08 - 4.28 | 13.14 - 13.37 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.19 - 4.29 | 13.22 - 13.38 | 6.24 - 6.41 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.19 - 4.34 | 13.39 - 13.52 | 6.57 - 6.61 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 4.21 - 4.23 | 13.24 - 13.38 | 6.31 - 6.40 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  4.16 1/2 (-17 H)
				Soybeans: 
				13.25 1/2 (- 2 1/2 F)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.02 - 4.21 | 13.02 - 13.17 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.14 - 4.21 | 13.07 - 13.28 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.12 - 4.24 | 13.18 - 13.33 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.10 - 4.21 | 13.17 - 13.38 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.23 - 4.30 | 13.27 - 13.38 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.23 - 4.34 | 13.46 - 13.50 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 4.19 - 4.23 | 13.28 - 13.38 |  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |