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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				steady to higher on Thursday afternoon. 
              
                Soybeans posted gains on export 
				sales to China. 
              
                Corn and wheat are waiting for 
				direction from the USDA report on Friday morning. 
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were steady to 1 cent higher at 3.95-4.14.
				 
              
                Soybean bids were 12 to 14 cents 
				higher at 12.44-12.68.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 1 cent lower at 3.97-4.13. 
              
                Soybean bids were 11 to 13 cents 
				higher at12.51-12.69.
 
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were steady 
				to 4 cents lower at 3.93-4.20. 
              
                Soybean bids were 8 to 12 cents 
				higher at12.47-12.75.
 
              
                Wheat bids were steady to 1 cent 
				lower at 6.25-6.51. 
              
                
				 
              
                
 
              
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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 | 3.95 - 4.14 | 12.44 - 12.59 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.05 - 4.13 | 12.58 - 12.68 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.97 - 4.09 | 12.56 - 12.69 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.03 - 4.13 | 12.51 - 12.66 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.03 - 4.11 | 12.47 - 12.60 | 6.25 - 6.38 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.06 - 4.20 | 12.65 - 12.75 | 6.40 - 6.51 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.93 - 4.01 | 12.47 - 12.55 | 6.29 - 6.33 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  4.05 (-15 1/2 Z)
				Soybeans: 
				12.60 (-19 X)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.98 - 4.16 | 12.39 - 12.59 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.04 - 4.15 | 12.44 - 12.72 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.06 - 4.20 | 12.56 - 12.72 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.08 - 4.20 | 12.61 - 12.74 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.11 - 4.22 | 12.67 - 12.85 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.20 - 4.30 | 12.78 - 12.90 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 4.07 - 4.14 | 12.67 - 12.85 |  |  
			  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |