Virginia Market News Service weekly ag brief – Dec. 20, 2024

Published 6:00 pm Friday, December 20, 2024

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Dec. 20:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging mostly 2.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Wheat new crop .24 lower. Corn uneven, ranging .08 lower to .09 higher. Soybeans .23 to .33 lower, new crop .37 lower.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 255.00-340.00, average 325.21

500-600 lbs. 240.00-325.00, average 303.06

600-700 lbs. 261.00-295.00, average 277.70

700-800 lbs. 230.00-255.00, average 250.75

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs. 225.00-288.00, average 268.05

500-600 lbs. 205.00-267.00, average 251.83

600-700 lbs. 210.00-248.00, average 229.18

700-800 lbs. 196.00-236.00, average 208.09

Slaughter Cows

Boning, 800-1,200 lbs., 88.00-120.00, average 107.07

Breakers, 1,200-1,600 lbs., 90.00-115.00, average 108.31

Wheat

Eastern Shore new crop 4.51; Norfolk new crop 5.01; Roanoke 5.83, new crop 5.36

Corn

Eastern Shore 4.46-4.54; Harrisonburg 5.25-5.31; Norfolk 4.26-4.71; Richmond-Petersburg 4.61; Wakefield 4.91-5.06, new crop 4.85

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 9.23-9.33, new crop 9.17-9.27; Harrisonburg 8.65-8.88; Norfolk 9.48-9.93, new crop 9.87; Richmond-Petersburg 9.53; Wakefield 9.63-9.73

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.