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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on April 21: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 4 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 8 to 18 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3 lower. Wheat .01 higher, new crop .04 to .05 higher. Corn mostly .12 to .14 higher, new crop mostly .04 higher. Soybeans mostly .03 to .04 lower, new crop .12 lower.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 146.00-271.00, average 248.03

500-600 lbs 170.00-267.50, average 237.46

600-700 lbs 150.00-247.00, average 222.97

700-800 lbs 150.00-211.00, average 201.24

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 140.00-240.00, average 202.74

500-600 lbs 167.00-224.00, average 190.19

600-700 lbs 145.00-189.50, average 172.30

700-800 lbs 139.00-214.00, average 164.36

WHEAT

Eastern Shore new crop 5.90; Middle Peninsula 6.53, new crop 6.65; Norfolk 6.18, new crop 6.41; Roanoke 6.83, new crop 7.05; Wakefield new crop 6.30

CORN

Eastern Shore 6.49, new crop 5.63; Harrisonburg 7.24-7.34, new crop 6.28-6.38; Middle Peninsula 6.74, new crop 5.28; Norfolk 6.46, new crop 5.49-5.88; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 5.48; Wakefield 5.93-6.64, new crop 5.78-5.93

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 14.68-14.78, new crop 12.51-12.61; Harrisonburg 14.25; Middle Peninsula 14.74, new crop 12.51; Norfolk 15.04, new crop 12.91-13.11; Richmond-Petersburg 14.44, new crop 12.71-12.96; Wakefield 14.64-14.79, new crop 12.91

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.