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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Feb. 28:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, with steers trending mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower and heifers mostly 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales 5.00 to 18.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Wheat new crop .37 lower. Corn .22 to .45 lower, new crop .18 lower. Soybeans mostly .23 lower, new crop .19 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 264.00-372.50, average 340.40

500-600 lbs. 300.00-328.00, average 320.65

600-700 lbs. 264.00-304.00, average 288.19

700-800 lbs. 243.00-270.50, average 264.04

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 276.00-325.00, average 304.59

500-600 lbs. 200.00-275.00, average 267.72

600-700 lbs. 241.00-270.00, average 253.59

700-800 lbs. 196.00-238.00, average 229.38

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 96.00-141.00, average 125.16

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 116.00-157.00, average 136.47

Wheat

Eastern Shore 4.78, new crop 4.92; Middle Peninsula new crop 5.27; Norfolk new crop 5.37; Roanoke 6.23, new crop 5.62; Wakefield new crop 5.32

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.86-4.91, new crop 4.62-4.67; Harrisonburg 5.40-5.55; Middle Peninsula new crop 4.27; Norfolk 4.50-5.15, new crop 4.82; Richmond-Petersburg 4.40, new crop 4.67; Wakefield 4.70-4.80, new crop 4.97

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 9.77, new crop 9.82-9.92; Harrisonburg 9.30-9.48; Middle Peninsula new crop 10.07; Norfolk 10.08-10.43, new crop 10.52; Richmond-Petersburg 10.13-10.18; Wakefield 10.18-10.23, new crop 10.37

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.