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Published 1:00 pm Thursday, August 4, 2022

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on July 29:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 17.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, ranging 12.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 1.00 to 12.00 lower. Wheat mostly .11 to .13 higher. Corn mostly .39 to .45 higher, new crop .45 higher. Soybeans mostly 1.57 to 2.39 higher, new crop 1.39 higher.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 154.00-190.00, average 167.24

500-600 lbs 140.00-192.00, average 180.11

600-700 lbs 156.00-193.00, average 183.24

700-800 lbs 145.00-180.00, average 171.34

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 135.00-170.00, average 156.24

500-600 lbs 125.00-165.50, average 153.75

600-700 lbs 127.00-152.00, average 142.98

700-800 lbs 120.00-160.00, average 141.30

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 60.00-85.00, average 69.75

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 62.00-84.50, average 72.82

WHEAT

Eastern Shore 7.12; Middle Peninsula 7.62; Norfolk 7.60; Roanoke 8.42; and Wakefield 6.80-7.42

CORN

Eastern Shore new crop 6.14; Harrisonburg 7.98-8.05, new crop 6.84-6.94; Middle Peninsula 5.99, new crop 5.99; Norfolk 6.84, new crop 6.04-6.39; Richmond-Petersburg 6.19, new crop 6.34; and Wakefield 6.15-6.84, new crop 6.49-6.59

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 15.59-15.64; Harrisonburg 16.52; Middle Peninsula 16.89, new crop 14.01; Norfolk 16.61, new crop 14.36-14.41; Richmond-Petersburg 16.94, new crop 14.11-14.31; and Wakefield 14.91-15.66, new crop 14.21-14.31

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.