Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief – Nov. 1, 2024

Published 1:03 pm Friday, November 1, 2024

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

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 11.00 higher with 500-600 lbs. trending 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, steers mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher and heifers mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 2.50 lower. Wheat new crop .08 lower. Corn mostly .11 lower. Soybeans mostly .08 to .13 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 228.00-307.00, average 284.79

500-600 lbs. 225.00-286.50, average 268.17

600-700 lbs. 227.00-272.00, average 254.26

700-800 lbs. 220.00-253.00, average 242.01

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 205.00-252.50, average 234.60

500-600 lbs. 200.00-244.00, average 226.16

600-700 lbs. 157.50-230.00, average 219.82, mostly 197.50-230.00

700-800 lbs. 199.50-224.00, average 214.97

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 95.00-134.00, average 115.85

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 106.00-128.00, average 118.91

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 4.97; Norfolk new crop 5.57; Roanoke 6.31, new crop 5.92

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.24-4.34; Harrisonburg 4.91-5.15; Norfolk 3.96-4.51; Richmond-Petersburg 3.96; Wakefield 4.21-4.31

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 9.48-9.58; Harrisonburg 8.70-9.18; Norfolk 9.68-10.03; Richmond-Petersburg 9.73; Wakefield 9.73-9.93

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.