Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief — Sept. 6, 2024

Published 1:17 pm Monday, September 9, 2024

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Sept. 6:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, with steers trending mostly 4.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 1.00 to 19.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Wheat .26 to .50 higher, new crop .26 higher. Corn .05 to .35 higher, new crop .15 to .25 higher. Soybeans uneven, ranging .04 lower to .45 higher, new crop mostly .31 higher.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 262.00-319.00, average 290.35

500-600 lbs. 250.00-293.00, average 285.00

600-700 lbs. 200.00-263.00, average 247.96

700-800 lbs. 150.00-250.00, average 243.50

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 215.00-266.00, average 245.47

500-600 lbs. 200.00-244.00, average 231.80

600-700 lbs. 175.00-232.00, average 218.33

700-800 lbs. 160.00-223.00, average 202.19

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 95.00-135.00, average 122.00

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 121.00-159.00, average 134.17

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 5.02; Norfolk 4.80, new crop 5.37; Roanoke 5.95, new crop 5.97

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.21-4.31; Harrisonburg 4.96-5.10, new crop 4.91; Norfolk 4.01-4.51; Richmond-Petersburg 4.16; Wakefield 4.31-4.41

Soybeans

Eastern Shore new crop 9.84-9.94; Harrisonburg 9.15; Norfolk 10.44, new crop 10.14-10.34; Richmond-Petersburg 10.04, new crop 10.04; Wakefield new crop 10.14-10.34

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.