Ag trends announced: week of May 19

Published 8:00 am Saturday, May 27, 2023

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on May 19: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales unevenly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Wheat .15 lower, new crop mostly .14 to .15 lower. Corn mostly .27 lower, new crop .13 lower. Soybeans mostly .69 to .73 lower, new crop mostly .61 lower.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 177.50-252.50, average 235.34

500-600 lbs 151.00-254.00, average 236.74

600-700 lbs 200.50-240.00, average 230.86

700-800 lbs 139.00-220.00, average 204.27

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 138.00-219.00, average 202.03

500-600 lbs 160.00-212.00, average 201.23

600-700 lbs 158.00-188.00, average 180.38

700-800 lbs 126.00-189.00, average 177.55

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 64.00-106.00, average 88.17

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 78.00-99.00, average 89.86

WHEAT

Eastern Shore new crop 5.22; Middle Peninsula 5.97, new crop 5.97; Norfolk 5.62, new crop 5.75; Roanoke 6.07, new crop 6.37; Wakefield new crop 5.77

CORN

Eastern Shore 5.40, new crop 5.06; Harrisonburg 6.25-6.55, new crop 5.71-5.81; Middle Peninsula 5.55, new crop 4.71; Norfolk 5.75, new crop 4.92-5.31; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 4.91; Wakefield 5.36-5.55, new crop 5.21-5.36

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.