Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief — March 1, 2024

Published 1:32 pm Monday, March 4, 2024

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, March 1:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging mostly 3.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, ranging 4.00 lower to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Wheat new crop mostly .01 lower. Corn .01 to .19 higher, new crop .10 higher. Soybeans mostly .20 lower, new crop .02 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 256.00-332.00, average 305.00

500-600 lbs. 241.00-300.00, average 286.22

600-700 lbs. 200.00-267.50, average 260.94

700-800 lbs. 212.50-270.50, average 255.95

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 232.50-272.00, average 256.59

500-600 lbs. 223.00-250.50, average 242.70

600-700 lbs. 187.00-235.00, average 220.84

700-800 lbs. 155.00-216.00, average 201.91

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 84.00-112.00, average 102.46

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 102.00-117.00, average 109.54

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 4.89; Norfolk new crop 5.29; Roanoke 5.86, new crop 6.19

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.15, new crop 4.58; Harrisonburg 4.85-4.86, new crop 5.23; Norfolk 3.96-4.41, new crop 4.73; Richmond-Petersburg 3.81, new crop 4.63; Wakefield 3.71, new crop 4.68-4.88

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 10.78-10.88, new crop 10.63-10.73; Harrisonburg 10.30; Norfolk 11.28, new crop 11.43; Richmond-Petersburg 10.88, new crop 10.93; Wakefield 10.83, new crop 11.03-11.23

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.