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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. XXX are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN |  |  |  |  
					| WESTERN   |  |  |  |  
					| N. CENT. |  |  |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL |  |  |  |  
					| WABASH   |  |  |  |  
					| W.S. WEST |  |  |  |  
					| L. EGYPT |  |  |  |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  Soybeans:
 
 CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2013 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN |  |  |  |  
					| WESTERN   |  |  |  |  
					| N. CENT. |  |  |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL |  |  |  |  
					| WABASH   |  |  |  |  
					| W.S. WEST |  |  |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT |  |  |  |  
			***June/July 2013 delivery
 
			Cent. Ill. Average Price at Country 
			Elevators 
				
					| Week of | 1/10/2013 | 
					1/3/2012  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 6.99 
					option H  | 
					6.901/2 +1H  |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					13.93 +13H  | 
					13.921/2 +6H  |  
			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] |