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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				mixed on Thursday afternoon, with corn and soybeans higher and 
				wheat lower. 
				 
              
                Many traders evened positions and 
				prepared for Friday's release of the USDA's crop reports. 
              
                Friday morning at 11:00am the USDA 
				will release their Quarterly Grain Stocks and Planted  
				Acreage reports. 
				 
              
                Wheat futures ended lower despite 
				higher than expected  weekly export sales figures.
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 5 to 8 cents lower at 6.82-6.92.  
              
                Soybean bids were 10 to 15 cents 
				higher at 15.47-15.63.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were steady to 1 cent lower at 6.93-7.07.
				 
              
                Soybean bids were 7 cents higher 
				at 15.56-15.73.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were mixed 
				at 6.76-7.22.  
              
                Soybean bids were 15 cents higher 
				at 15.84-15.97. 
				 
              
                Wheat bids were mixed at 
				6.44-6.54. 
				 
              
                
				 
              
                
				 
              
                
 
              
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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 | 6.82 - 6.89 | 15.47 - 15.56 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 6.82 - 6.92 | 15.50 - 15.63 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 6.93 - 6.99 | 15.61 - 15.69 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 6.99 - 7.07 | 15.56 - 15.73 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 7.07 - 7.22 | 15.84 - 15.94 | 6.44 - 6.52 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 6.76 - 7.15 | 15.86 - 15.92 | 6.51 - 6.54 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 7.10 - 7.22 | 15.89 - 15.97 | 6.44 - 6.52 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  7.00 (+33 N)
				Soybeans: 
				15.64 1/2 (+16 N)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR NEW CROP 2013 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 5.06 - 5.22 | 12.35 - 12.45 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 5.04 - 5.10 | 12.41 - 12.50 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 5.07 - 5.18 | 12.45 - 12.63 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 5.19 - 5.24 | 12.55 - 12.65 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 5.11 - 5.20 | 12.50 - 12.65 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 5.14 - 5.26 | 12.62 - 12.70 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 5.16 - 5.24 | 12.50 - 12.65 |  |  
			***June/July 2013 delivery
 
			Cent. Ill. Average Price at Country 
			Elevators 
				
					| Week of | 
					6/20/2013  | 
					6/13/2013  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 
					7.09 +36N  | 
					6.74 1/2 +31N  |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					15.31 1/2 +34 1/2N  | 
					15.32 1/2 +22N 1 |  
			Annual Comparison 
				
					|   | May 
					2013  | June 
					2012  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 6.83 
					+31N  | 
					6.30 +27N |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					15.10 +72N  | 
					14.15 - 7N  |  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |