Price of steers, corn fall across Virginia

Published 8:00 am Sunday, May 19, 2024

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on May 10:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, steers mostly 10.00 lower and heifers 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Wheat new crop .34 higher. Corn mostly .03 lower, new crop steady. Soybeans mostly .10 higher, new crop .13 higher.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 282.50-335.00, average 312.80

500-600 lbs 186.00-332.00, average 298.58 mostly 250.00-332.00

600-700 lbs 230.00-311.00, average 279.46

700-800 lbs 170.00-260.50, average 242.42

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 231.00-280.00, average 263.25

500-600 lbs 220.00-272.00, average 250.87

600-700 lbs 165.00-267.00, average 235.77 mostly 208.00-267.00

700-800 lbs 190.00-238.00, average 222.80

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 90.00-136.00, average 114.12

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 103.00-140.00, average 122.49

WHEAT

Eastern Shore new crop 5.53; Norfolk new crop 5.88; Roanoke 6.33, new crop 6.78; Wakefield new crop 5.98

CORN

Eastern Shore new crop 4.70-4.80; Harrisonburg 5.10-5.27, new crop 5.50; Norfolk 4.23-4.67, new crop 4.90; Richmond-Petersburg 4.27, new crop 4.75; Wakefield 4.27, new crop 4.85-5.00

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 11.64-11.74, new crop 11.41-11.51; Harrisonburg 11.20; Norfolk 12.09, new crop 12.11; Richmond-Petersburg 12.19, new crop 11.61; Wakefield 11.84, new crop 11.71-11.91

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.