Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief

Published 6:00 am Wednesday, August 2, 2023

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on July 28:

IN Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales 7.00 to 13.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Wheat mostly .14 lower. Corn mostly .04 lower, new crop mostly .04 lower. Soybeans mostly .07 lower, new crop .07 to .12 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs   200.00-248.75, average 243.16

500-600 lbs   205.00-241.00, average 235.53

600-700 lbs   208.00-242.00, average 225.73

700-800 lbs   200.00-233.00, average 217.71

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs   192.00-209.00, average 206.67

500-600 lbs   150.00-222.00, average 197.82

600-700 lbs   143.00-196.00, average 186.10

700-800 lbs   153.00-196.00, average 177.15

Slaughter Cows

Boning,     800-1200 lbs, 76.00-108.00, average 94.21

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 81.00-105.00, average 93.68

Wheat

Eastern Shore 6.13; Middle Peninsula 7.13; Norfolk 6.63; Petersburg 7.36; Roanoke 7.53

Corn

Eastern Shore new crop 5.47; Harrisonburg 6.65, new crop 6.12-6.22; Middle Peninsula 5.87, new crop 5.02; Norfolk 5.97, new crop 5.42-5.72; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 5.32; Wakefield 5.77, new crop 5.57-5.62

Soybeans

Eastern Shore new crop 13.48-13.58; Harrisonburg 13.75, new crop 13.28; Middle Peninsula 14.98, new crop 13.48; Norfolk 14.88, new crop 13.88-14.08; Richmond-Petersburg 13.48, new crop 13.58-13.88;Wakefield 15.32, new crop 13.88-13.93

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.