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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, May 9:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 11.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 13.00 to 26.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher with the exception of lean cows. Wheat new crop .02 lower. Corn mostly .24 to .25 lower, new crop .08 lower. Soybeans uneven, mostly .05 lower to .05 higher, new crop mostly .01 higher.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 282.50-440.00, average 406.51

500-600 lbs. 265.00-400.00, average 373.40

600-700 lbs. 200.00-367.00, average 340.57  mostly 315.00-367.00

700-800 lbs. 270.00-326.00, average 303.33

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 285.00-400.00, average 367.30

500-600 lbs. 275.00-360.00, average 324.16

600-700 lbs. 270.00-301.00, average 291.13

700-800 lbs. 231.00-287.00, average 273.38

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 110.00-147.00, average 134.79

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 129.00-159.00, average 146.16

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 4.54-4.64; Middle Peninsula new crop 4.79; Norfolk new crop 4.89; Roanoke 5.79, new crop 5.79; Wakefield new crop 5.04

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.53-4.58, new crop 4.39-4.44; Harrisonburg 5.49-5.60, new crop 5.09; Middle Peninsula new crop 4.04; Norfolk 4.88, new crop 4.39-4.59; Richmond-Petersburg 4.48, new crop 4.44; Wakefield 4.48-4.49, new crop 4.34-4.74

Soybeans

Eastern Shore new crop 9.65-9.75; Harrisonburg 9.65-9.85, new crop 9.45; Middle Peninsula new crop 9.90; Norfolk 10.55, new crop 10.00-10.35; Richmond-Petersburg 10.40-10.50, new crop 10.00-10.15; Wakefield 10.17-10.55, new crop 10.20

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.