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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, March 21:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 16.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 8.00 to 13.00 higher. Slaughter cows in a light test, steady to 12.00 higher. Wheat mostly .06 lower, new crop .04 lower. Corn mostly .04 higher, new crop .01 higher. Soybeans mostly .02 higher, new crop .02 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 245.00-397.50, average 370.98

500-600 lbs. 310.00-360.00, average 338.39

600-700 lbs. 237.50-335.00, average 310.21

700-800 lbs. 240.00-285.00, average 268.21

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 251.00-348.00, average 305.03

500-600 lbs. 250.00-300.00, average 276.70

600-700 lbs. 185.00-275.00, average 258.89

700-800 lbs. 192.50-276.00, average 233.99

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 123.00-144.00, average 133.01

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 138.00-148.00, average 142.78

Wheat

Eastern Shore 4.72, new crop 4.89; Middle Peninsula new crop 5.24; Norfolk 4.62, new crop 5.34; Roanoke 6.17, new crop 5.59; Wakefield new crop 5.29

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.74-4.79, new crop 4.53-4.58; Harrisonburg 5.10-5.89, new crop 5.23; Middle Peninsula new crop 4.18; Norfolk 5.09, new crop 4.53-4.73; Richmond-Petersburg 4.39, new crop 4.58; Wakefield 4.74-4.79, new crop 4.88

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 9.53-9.63, new crop 9.50-9.60; Harrisonburg 9.20-9.33; Middle Peninsula new crop 9.75; Norfolk 10.23, new crop 10.00-10.20; Richmond-Petersburg 9.98-10.08, new crop 10.00; Wakefield 9.93-10.08, new crop 10.05

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.