Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief — May 10, 2024

Published 9:00 am Monday, May 13, 2024

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, May 10:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, steers mostly 10.00 lower and heifers 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Wheat new crop .34 higher. Corn mostly .03 lower, new crop steady. Soybeans mostly .10 higher, new crop .13 higher.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 282.50-335.00, average 312.80

500-600 lbs. 186.00-332.00, average 298.58, mostly 250.00-332.00

600-700 lbs. 230.00-311.00, average 279.46

700-800 lbs. 170.00-260.50, average 242.42

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 231.00-280.00, average 263.25

500-600 lbs. 220.00-272.00, average 250.87

600-700 lbs. 165.00-267.00, average 235.77, mostly 208.00-267.00

700-800 lbs. 190.00-238.00, average 222.80

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 90.00-136.00, average 114.12

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 103.00-140.00, average 122.49

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 5.53; Norfolk new crop 5.88; Roanoke 6.33, new crop 6.78; Wakefield new crop 5.98

Corn

Eastern Shore new crop 4.70-4.80; Harrisonburg 5.10-5.27, new crop 5.50; Norfolk 4.23-4.67, new crop 4.90; Richmond-Petersburg 4.27, new crop 4.75; Wakefield 4.27, new crop 4.85-5.00

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 11.64-11.74, new crop 11.41-11.51; Harrisonburg 11.20; Norfolk 12.09, new crop 12.11; Richmond-Petersburg 12.19, new crop 11.61; Wakefield 11.84, new crop 11.71-11.91

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.