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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				lower on Friday afternoon. 
				 
              
                Harvest pressure and big yields 
				weighed on corn and soybeans today. 
				 
              
                Wheat was lower on technical 
				trading. 
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were steady to 3 cents lower at 4.12-4.25.
				 
              
                Soybean bids were down 10 to 18 
				cents at 12.68-12.84.
 				In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were steady to 1 cent higher at 4.17-4.33.  
              
                Soybean bids were 5 to 10 cents 
				lower at 12.76-12.92.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were steady 
				to 2 cents higher at 4.05-4.33. 
              
                Soybean bids were 8 to 9 cents 
				lower at 12.73-13.06. 
				 
              
                Wheat bids were 2 to 6 cents lower 
				at 6.48-6.85. 
              
                
				 
 
              
                 
 
              
                
 
              
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                Commercial grain prices paid farmers 
				by Interior Illinois Country Elevators after 2.00 p.m. Friday are listed below in dollars per bushel: 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 US 2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.12 - 4.25 | 12.68 - 12.76 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.14 - 4.21 | 12.78 - 12.84 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.17 - 4.23 | 12.76 - 12.92 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.22 - 4.33 | 12.76 - 12.88 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.12 - 4.20 | 12.77 - 12.92 | 6.48 - 6.61 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.22 - 4.33 | 12.90 - 13.06 | 6.80 - 6.85 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 4.05 - 4.09 | 12.73 - 12.86 | 6.64 - 6.71 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:   4.20 (-20 Z)
				Soybeans: 
				12.84 (-16 X)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.22 - 4.35 | 12.75 - 12.87 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.22 - 4.34 | 12.67 - 12.92 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.22 - 4.36 | 12.79 - 13.02 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.27 - 4.37 | 12.78 - 12.94 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.30 - 4.40 | 12.88 - 13.00 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.34 - 4.40 | 13.04 - 13.20 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 4.30 - 4.34 | 12.94 - 13.01 |  |  
			  
			Cent. Ill. Average Price at Country 
			Elevators 
				
					| Week of | 
					9/19/2013  | 
					9/12/2013  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 4.50 
					-9 1/2Z  | 4.94 
					1/2 +28Z  |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					13.56 1/2 +17X  | 
					14.83 +87X 1 |  
			Annual Comparison 
				
					|   | 
					August 2013    | 
					September 2012  |  
					|  | Price--Basis | Price--Basis |  
					| Corn | 5.98 
					1/2 +115U  | 7.69 
					1/2 +6Z |  
					| Soybeans  | 
					14.00 +135 1/2X  | 
					16.71 -4 1/2 X |  [Text copied from
			USDA-IL 
			Dept of Ag Market News, Springfield] |