Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief
Published 5:00 pm Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Sept. 29:
In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging mostly 4.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 5.00 to 13.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Wheat .03 higher, new crop mostly .07 higher. Corn mostly .14 higher. Soybeans mostly .07 higher, new crop .07 higher.
State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. 214.00-285.00, average 260.23
500-600 lbs. 170.00-268.00, average 252.14
600-700 lbs. 199.00-251.00, average 232.77
700-800 lbs. 206.00-243.00, average 227.89
State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. 165.00-243.25, average 230.53
500-600 lbs. 147.50-232.00, average 219.41
600-700 lbs. 110.00-224.00, average 212.53
700-800 lbs. 173.00-213.50, average 199.05
Slaughter Cows
Boning, 800-1200 lbs., 70.00-100.00, average 87.36
Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs., 84.00-112.00, average 95.19
Wheat
Eastern Shore new crop 5.36; Middle Peninsula 5.49, new crop 6.21; Norfolk new crop 5.86; Roanoke 5.79, new crop 6.76
Corn
Eastern Shore 4.94; Harrisonburg 5.49-5.60, new crop 5.49-5.59; Middle Peninsula 4.49; Norfolk 4.74-4.89; Richmond-Petersburg 4.49; Wakefield 4.39-4.74
Soybeans
Eastern Shore new crop 12.51-12.61; Harrisonburg 11.95, new crop 12.31; Middle Peninsula 12.81; Norfolk 13.11, new crop 12.91-13.11; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 12.81-12.91; Wakefield 13.01, new crop 12.71-12.96
Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.