Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief – March 14, 2025

Published 4:41 pm Monday, March 17, 2025

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

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle 9.00 to 32.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, with steers ranging 2.00 to 9.00 lower and heifers 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows uneven, ranging 10.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Wheat .09 higher, new crop .10 higher. Corn mostly .01 to .06 higher, new crop .01 higher. Soybeans mostly .16 lower, new crop .09 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 305.00-407.50, average 372.64

500-600 lbs. 250.00-379.00, average 344.88

600-700 lbs. 220.00-340.00, average 303.87

700-800 lbs. 225.00-323.00, average 273.19

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 230.00-355.00, average 321.19

500-600 lbs. 207.50-325.00, average 287.43

600-700 lbs. 185.00-308.00, average 264.07

700-800 lbs. 190.00-248.50, average 236.22

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 102.00-144.00, average 125.62

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 113.00-152.00, average 135.02

Wheat

Eastern Shore 4.78, new crop 4.93; Middle Peninsula new crop 5.28; Norfolk 5.23, new crop 5.38; Roanoke 6.23, new crop 5.63; Wakefield new crop 5.33

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.70-4.75, new crop 4.52-4.57; Harrisonburg 5.15-5.44; Middle Peninsula new crop 4.17; Norfolk 5.05, new crop 4.52-4.72; Richmond-Petersburg 4.35, new crop 4.57; Wakefield 4.70-4.75, new crop 4.87

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 9.51-9.61, new crop 9.52-9.62; Harrisonburg 9.16-9.31; Middle Peninsula new crop 9.77; Norfolk 10.21, new crop 10.02-10.22; Richmond-Petersburg 9.96-10.06, new crop 10.02; Wakefield 10.01-10.06, new crop 10.07

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.