Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief – Feb. 7, 2025
Published 3:31 pm Friday, February 7, 2025
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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Feb. 7:
In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging 13.00 lower to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 3.00 to 14.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Wheat new crop mostly .19 higher. Corn .05 higher, new crop .01 to .06 higher. Soybeans mostly .17 higher, new crop .12 higher.
State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. 307.50-404.00, average 350.88
500-600 lbs. 245.00-333.00, average 310.08
600-700 lbs. 225.00-315.00, average 285.58
700-800 lbs. 229.00-285.00, average 263.67
State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. 225.00-320.00, average 290.94
500-600 lbs. 200.00-288.00, average 268.74
600-700 lbs. 187.50-275.00, average 250.73
700-800 lbs. 192.00-249.00, average 227.96
Slaughter Cows
Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 106.00-130.00, average 122.56
Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 106.00-137.00, average 126.01
Wheat
Eastern Shore new crop 5.25; Middle Peninsula new crop 5.60; Norfolk new crop 5.70; Roanoke 6.48, new crop 5.95
Corn
Eastern Shore 5.05-5.13, new crop 4.70-4.75; Harrisonburg 5.75-5.85; Middle Peninsula new crop 4.35; Norfolk 4.80-5.45; Richmond-Petersburg 4.80, new crop 4.75; Wakefield 5.10-5.20, new crop 5.15
Soybeans
Eastern Shore new crop 10.06-10.16; Harrisonburg 9.65-9.86; Middle Peninsula new crop 10.31; Norfolk 10.46-10.81, new crop 10.76; Richmond-Petersburg 10.41-10.56; Wakefield 10.56-10.61
Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.