Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief
Published 12:13 pm Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, March 22:
In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging 7.00 lower to 13.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, with steers ranging 2.00 to 6.00 lower and heifers 14.00 to 28.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Wheat new crop .15 higher. Corn .02 to .18 higher, new crop .04 to .14 higher. Soybeans mostly .17 higher, new crop .17 higher.
State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. 265.00-334.00, average 316.60
500-600 lbs. 237.50-331.00, average 296.31
600-700 lbs. 227.00-305.00, average 276.28
700-800 lbs. 155.00-280.00, average 250.28
State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. 166.00-285.00, average 270.84
500-600 lbs. 165.00-261.00, average 252.63
600-700 lbs. 190.00-246.00, average 231.67
700-800 lbs. 150.00-244.00, average 213.01
Slaughter Cows
Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 86.00-125.00, average 108.82
Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 105.00-131.00, average 121.75
Wheat
Eastern Shore new crop 4.72; Norfolk new crop 5.12; Roanoke 5.57, new crop 6.02
Corn
Eastern Shore 4.31, new crop 4.67-4.77; Harrisonburg 4.95-5.11, new crop 5.47; Norfolk 4.21-4.51, new crop 4.87; Richmond-Petersburg 4.06, new crop 4.77; Wakefield 3.96, new crop 4.82-5.02
Soybeans
Eastern Shore 11.67-11.77, new crop 11.44-11.54; Harrisonburg 10.90; Norfolk 12.12, new crop 12.14; Richmond-Petersburg 11.82, new crop 11.64; Wakefield 11.67, new crop 11.74-11.94
Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.