Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief – Feb. 14, 2025

Published 7:00 am Monday, February 17, 2025

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Feb. 14:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 9.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Wheat new crop .07 lower. Corn mostly .01 lower, new crop .07 lower to .03 higher. Soybeans mostly .31 lower, new crop .21 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 311.00-370.00, average 339.64

500-600 lbs. 275.00-325.00, average 310.38

600-700 lbs. 250.00-309.00, average 290.50

700-800 lbs. 227.50-281.00, average 260.14

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 230.00-310.00, average 287.52

500-600 lbs. 235.00-277.50, average 261.13

600-700 lbs. 236.00-247.00, average 241.86

700-800 lbs. 175.00-259.50, average 245.61

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 104.00-136.00, average 120.00

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 112.00-143.00, average 127.44

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 5.18; Middle Peninsula new crop 5.53; Norfolk new crop 5.63; Roanoke 6.38, new crop 5.88; Wakefield new crop 5.58

Corn

Eastern Shore 5.04-5.12, new crop 4.73-4.78; Harrisonburg 5.70-5.84; Middle Peninsula new crop 4.38; Norfolk 4.79-5.44, new crop 4.93; Richmond-Petersburg 4.79, new crop 4.78; Wakefield 5.09-5.19, new crop 5.08

Soybeans

Eastern Shore new crop 9.85-9.95; Harrisonburg 9.35-9.55; Middle Peninsula new crop 10.10; Norfolk 10.15-10.50, new crop 10.55; Richmond-Petersburg 10.10-10.25; Wakefield 10.25-10.30, new crop 10.40.

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.