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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				mixed on Tuesday afternoon. 
				 
              
                Technical buying at the Board of 
				Trade helped to lift corn futures.
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were mixed at 6.70-6.82.  
              
                Soybean bids were up 3 to 6 cents 
				at 13.71-13.97.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 3 to 4 cents higher at 6.76-7.02.  
              
                Soybean bids were mixed at 
				13.91-14.14.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were steady 
				to 3 cents stronger at 6.67-7.09.  
              
                Soybean bids were mixed at 
				14.06-14.24. 
              
                Wheat bids were mostly 1 cents 
				lower at 7.31-7.55. 
              
                
				 
              
                
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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. Tuesday are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 6.70 - 6.82 | 13.80 - 13.93 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 6.74 - 6.82 | 13.71 - 13.97 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 6.76 - 6.95 | 13.91 - 14.09 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 6.83 - 7.02 | 13.91 - 14.14 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 6.93 - 7.08 | 14.06 - 14.18 | 7.46 - 7.55 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 6.67 - 6.92 | 14.13 - 14.22 | 7.35 - 7.49 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 7.01 - 7.09 | 14.06 - 14.24 | 7.31 - 7.51 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  Corn 6.89 (opt H)Soybeans: 
				14.02 1/2 (+ 16 H)
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2013 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 5.33 - 5.38 | 12.38 - 12.51 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 5.32 - 5.43 | 12.31 - 12.46 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 5.39 - 5.53 | 12.45 - 12.56 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 5.43 - 5.56 | 12.46 - 12.63 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 5.53 - 5.68 | 12.46 - 12.56 | 7.35 - 7.37 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 5.34 - 5.48 | 12.41 - 12.56 | 7.12 - 7.23 |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 5.53 - 5.62 | 12.46 - 12.56 | 7.25 - 7.35 |  
			***June/July 2013 delivery
 
			Cent. Ill. Average Price at Country 
			Elevators 
				
					| Week of | 
					1/3/2012  | 
					12/27/2012  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 
					6.901/2 +1H  | 
					6.921/2 +1H  |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					13.921/2 +6H  | 
					14.16 -3F  |  
			Annual Comparison 
				
					|   | 
					December 2012  | 
					January 2012  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 
					7.23 option H  | 
					6.25 -6H |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					14.50 -8F  | 
					11.82 -221/2 H |  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |