Virginia Market News Service Weekly Ag Brief

Virginia Market News Service Weekly Ag Brief

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on March 26:

IN VIRGINIA, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1.00 higher with lean cows mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Wheat .18 lower, new crop .13 lower. Corn mostly steady, new crop .02 lower. Soybeans mostly .22 higher, new crop mostly .09 higher.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs 155.00-181.00, average 166.30

500-600 lbs 139.00-166.00, average 160.61

600-700 lbs 125.00-158.00, average 151.88

700-800 lbs 110.00-150.00, average 134.72

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs 112.00-139.50, average 133.85

500-600 lbs 109.00-133.00, average 127.19

600-700 lbs 107.00-131.00, average 118.51

700-800 lbs 89.00-115.00, average 111.22

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 40.00-63.00, average 52.73

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 45.00-65.00, average 54.79

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 5.54-5.64; Middle Peninsula 5.98, new crop 5.99; Norfolk new crop 6.09; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 5.74; Roanoke 6.68, new crop 6.34; Wakefield new crop 6.09

Corn

Eastern Shore 5.77-5.83, new crop 4.71; Harrisonburg 6.02-6.07; Middle Peninsula 5.77, new crop 4.61; Norfolk new crop 4.61-4.86; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 5.01; Wakefield 5.97-6.17, new crop 4.86-5.26

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 13.69-13.94, new crop 11.65-11.70; Harrisonburg 13.16-13.94, new crop 11.55; Middle Peninsula 14.24, new crop 11.85; Norfolk 14.39, new crop 11.95-12.25; Richmond-Petersburg 14.44, new crop 12.00-12.05; Wakefield 14.29-14.39, new crop 12.20

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.