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                Illinois country grain prices were 
				mixed on Friday afternoon. 
				 
              
                Basis levels continued to weaken 
				as harvest expands slowly across the state. 
 				In Northern and Western Illinois country grain dealers quoted 
				shelled corn bids were 2 to 4 cents lower at 4.26-4.48.  
              
                Soybean bids were mixed at 
				12.86-13.11.
 In Central Illinois country grain dealers quoted shelled corn 
				bids were down 3 to 5 cents at 4.27-4.41.
 
              
                Soybean bids were 1 to 5 cents 
				lower at 12.90-13.09.
 				In the Southern part of the state, shelled corn bids were 3 to 5 
				cents lower at 4.24-4.39.  
              
                Soybean bids were mixed at 
				12.93-13.20. 
				 
              
                Wheat bids were 4 to 8 cents 
				higher at 6.30-6.57. 
              
                 
              
                
 
              
                
				 
              
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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 | 4.33 - 4.48 | 12.86 - 13.00 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.26 - 4.34 | 12.94 - 13.11 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.29 - 4.41 | 12.94 - 13.09 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.27 - 4.36 | 12.90 - 13.04 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.25 - 4.39 | 12.93 - 13.05 | 6.40 - 6.51 |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.30 - 4.39 | 13.11 - 13.20 | 6.47 - 6.57 |  
					| L. EGYPT | 4.24 - 4.29 | 12.93 - 13.00 | 6.30 - 6.40 |  
              
                Central Illinois average price 
			 
              
                Corn:  4.34   
				(-20 Z)Soybeans: 
				12.99 1/2   (-20 X)
 				CONTRACT BIDS FOR JANUARY 2014 DELIVERY
 
				
					| 
					AREA   | 
					US 2  
					CORN  | 
					US 1  
					SOYBEANS | 
					 ***US 
					2  
					SOFT  
					WHEAT   |  
					| NORTHERN | 4.32 - 4.55 | 12.91 - 13.06 |  |  
					| WESTERN   | 4.27 - 4.37 | 13.06 - 13.17 |  |  
					| N. CENT. | 4.46 - 4.52 | 13.07 - 13.22 |  |  
					| S. CENTRAL | 4.37 - 4.54 | 13.06 - 13.28 |  |  
					| WABASH   | 4.43 - 4.54 | 13.07 - 13.26 |  |  
					| W.S. WEST | 4.44 - 4.52 | 13.29 - 13.41 |  |  
					| 
					L. EGYPT | 4.47 - 4.50 | 13.10 - 13.27 |  |  
			  
			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] |