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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, April 12:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 4.00 to 16.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, with steers trending 2.00 to 13.00 lower and heifers 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Wheat mostly .04 to .06 lower, new crop .06 lower. Corn mostly .06 lower, new crop .07 to .12 lower. Soybeans .11 to .40 lower, new crop .20 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 232.50-322.50, average 305.68

500-600 lbs. 200.00-331.00, average 297.22

600-700 lbs. 182.50-285.00, average 270.82

700-800 lbs. 118.00-276.00, average 259.15

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 210.00-274.00, average 260.12

500-600 lbs. 177.50-254.00, average 245.45

600-700 lbs. 204.00-241.00, average 232.64

700-800 lbs. 125.00-220.00, average 211.96

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 85.00-149.00, average 112.92

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 105.00-140.00, average 120.07

Wheat

Eastern Shore 4.56, new crop 4.76; Norfolk new crop 5.16; Roanoke 5.62, new crop 6.06

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.19, new crop 4.56-4.66; Harrisonburg 4.99-5.05, new crop 5.36; Norfolk 4.09-4.49, new crop 4.76; Richmond-Petersburg 3.94, new crop 4.61; Wakefield 3.84, new crop 4.71-4.86

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 11.14-11.24, new crop 11.04-11.14; Harrisonburg 10.35; Norfolk 11.69, new crop 11.74; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 11.24; Wakefield 11.14, new crop 11.34-11.54

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.