Commodity pricing trends released
Published 5:13 pm Thursday, March 2, 2023
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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Feb. 24: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Wheat .27 lower, new crop .25 lower. Corn mostly .16 lower, new crop mostly .08 lower. Soybeans mostly .06 to .07 higher, new crop .04 higher.
STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE
400-500 lbs 162.00-224.00, average 212.25
500-600 lbs 187.50-220.00, average 208.62
600-700 lbs 164.00-214.00, average 198.17
700-800 lbs 131.00-206.00, average 189.01
STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE
400-500 lbs 158.00-174.50, average 169.17
500-600 lbs 140.00-178.00, average 165.87
600-700 lbs 117.50-166.00, average 154.92
700-800 lbs 138.00-151.00, average 145.77
SLAUGHTER COWS
Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 69.00-89.00, average 80.36
Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 73.00-97.00, average 82.05
WHEAT
Eastern Shore 6.28, new crop 6.66; Middle Peninsula 6.93, new crop 7.26; Norfolk 6.88, new crop 7.15; Roanoke 7.63, new crop 7.81; Wakefield new crop 7.06
CORN
Eastern Shore 6.45, new crop 5.91; Harrisonburg 7.26-7.44; Middle Peninsula 6.70, new crop 5.56; Norfolk 6.51-7.10, new crop 6.16; Richmond-Petersburg 6.60, new crop 5.96; Wakefield 6.85-7.10, new crop 6.26
SOYBEANS
Eastern Shore 14.84-14.94, new crop 13.38-13.48; Harrisonburg 14.52; Middle Peninsula 14.89, new crop 13.38; Norfolk 15.24-15.62, new crop 13.98; Richmond-Petersburg 15.34-15.42, new crop 13.58-13.83; Wakefield 15.37-15.57, new crop 13.78
Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.