Virginia agriculture trends updated

Published 6:00 am Friday, July 17, 2020

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends July 10.

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging mostly 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher with 700-800 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 5.00 lower with lean 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Wheat mostly .33 to .36 higher. Corn mostly .05 to .08 higher, new crop mostly .03 higher. Soybeans mostly .05 to .06 higher, new crop mostly .05 higher.

State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1

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400-500 lbs 136.00-154.00, average 144.65

500-600 lbs – 116.00-157.00, average 141.80

600-700 lbs – 115.00-153.00, average 140.08

700-800 lbs – 111.00-140.75, average 131.31

State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1

400-500 lbs – 115.00-131.50, average 125.73

500-600 lbs – 102.00-135.00, average 118.76

600-700 lbs – 98.00-129.50, average 118.62

700-800 lbs – 90.00-121.50, average 115.98

Slaughter Cows

Boning, – 800-1200 lbs, 45.00-69.00, average 56.91

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 47.00-68.00, average 59.55

Wheat

Eastern Shore 4.70-4.80; Hopewell-Petersburg 5.36; Middle Peninsula 5.25; Norfolk 4.86-5.35; Roanoke 5.85; Wakefield 4.90-5.25

Corn

Eastern Shore 3.89-3.99, new crop 3.62; Harrisonburg 3.75-4.31, new crop 4.27-4.37; Middle Peninsula 3.84, new crop 3.62; Norfolk 3.74, new crop 3.57-3.77; Hopewell-Petersburg 3.71, new crop 3.77; Wakefield 3.81-3.99, new crop 3.62-3.87

Soybeans

Eastern Shore 8.62-8.77, new crop 8.57; Harrisonburg 7.60-8.40; Hopewell-Petersburg 9.18-9.23, new crop 8.62-8.82; Middle Peninsula 8.87, new crop 8.62; Norfolk 9.22, new crop 8.72-8.92; Wakefield 8.77-9.22, new crop 8.47-8.87

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.