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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-20-321384
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEL AM
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20201218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20201218
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20201218

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000700565
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				371103704
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEL AM
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-251465
		FILM NUMBER:		201400442

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 CHARLESTON AVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 499
		CITY:			MATTOON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61938
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2172347454

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 CHARLESTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 499
		CITY:			MATTOON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61938

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040326

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST-MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>First Mid Bancshares, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1421 Charleston Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mattoon, Illinois 61938 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">December&nbsp;18,
2020 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Via EDGAR </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, NE </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re: First Mid Bancshares, Inc. Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-251465)</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are filing this letter in order to provide the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance sufficient time to perform its customary screening and review
of registration statements prior to their effectiveness. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 473(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Act&#148;), the following
delaying amendment, prescribed by Rule 473(a) of the Act, is hereby incorporated into the facing page of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-251465)</FONT> filed by First Mid Bancshares, Inc. on December&nbsp;18, 2020: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;The registrant hereby
amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective
in accordance with Section&nbsp;8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section&nbsp;8(a), may determine.&#148; </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Sincerely,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Matthew K. Smith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Matthew K. Smith</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Executive Vice President and<BR>Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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