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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				lower on Wednesday afternoon. 
				 
              
                Technical trading weighed on 
				prices today at the Board of Trade.
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 1 to 2 cents lower at 3.94-4.14.  
              
                Soybean bids were 2 to 4 cents 
				lower at 12.44-12.67.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were 1 cent lower at 3.95-4.12. 
              
                Soybean bids were 3 cents lower at 
				12.58-12.73.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 5 
				cents higher at 3.89-4.20.  
              
                Soybean bids were 2 to 9 cents 
				higher at 12.43-12.76. 
				 
              
                Wheat bids were mixed at 
				6.20-6.55.
 
              
                
				 
 
              
                
 
              
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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. Wednesday are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.94 - 4.14 | 12.44 - 12.54 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.05 - 4.12 | 12.54 - 12.67 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.95 - 4.07 | 12.58 - 12.73 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.00 - 4.12 | 12.59 - 12.73 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.04 - 4.12 | 12.43 - 12.57 | 6.20 - 6.38 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.09 - 4.20 | 12.63 - 12.76 | 6.40 - 6.55 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 3.89 - 3.95 | 12.44 - 12.53 | 6.23 - 6.35 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  4.03 1/2 (-13 1/2 
				Z) Soybeans: 
				12.65 1/2 (- 8 1/2 F)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 3.94 - 4.14 | 12.44 - 12.60 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 3.97 - 4.07 | 12.64 - 12.70 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 3.98 - 4.13 | 12.68 - 12.78 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.01 - 4.10 | 12.59 - 12.77 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.12 - 4.20 | 12.74 - 12.84 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.17 - 4.32 | 12.82 - 12.94 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 4.07 - 4.14 | 12.75 - 12.84 |  |  
			  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |