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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on April 8:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Wheat 0.35 higher, new crop 0.35 to 0.59 higher. Corn mostly 0.12 to 0.22 higher, new crop 0.25 higher. Soybeans mostly 0.28 to 0.39 higher, new crop 0.45 higher.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large

400-500 lbs   129.00-194.00, average 178.18

500-600 lbs   115.00-195.00, average 178.36

600-700 lbs   113.00-190.00, average 171.64

700-800 lbs   130.00-163.00, average 153.57

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large

400-500 lbs   138.00-164.00, average 150.28

500-600 lbs   122.00-159.00, average 145.71

600-700 lbs   120.00-158.00, average 135.45

700-800 lbs   115.00-143.75, average 127.44

Slaughter Cows

Boning,     800-1200 lbs, 48.00-95.00, average 73.18

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 68.00-88.00, average 77.11

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 9.41; Middle Peninsula 10.04, new crop 9.94; Norfolk new crop 9.81; Roanoke 10.24, new crop 10.24; Wakefield new crop 9.71

Corn

Eastern Shore 7.19, new crop 7.04; Harrisonburg 7.90-8.10, new crop 7.74-7.84; Middle Peninsula 7.05, new crop 6.89; Norfolk 7.85, new crop 7.09-7.29; Wakefield 7.30, new crop 7.39

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 15.77-15.82; Harrisonburg 14.98; Middle Peninsula 15.87, new crop 14.26; Norfolk 16.67, new crop 14.56; Richmond-Petersburg 16.41, new crop 14.51; Wakefield 15.87-16.52, new crop 14.46-14.56

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.