Wheat, corn prices drop across state: A look at Virginia’s trends

Published 5:03 pm Wednesday, July 24, 2024

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on July 19: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle 10.00 to 23.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales no trend. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 8.00 lower. Wheat mostly .36 lower. Corn prices dropped mostly .06 to .09 lower, new crop .06 lower. Soybeans mostly .18 lower, new crop .25 lower.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 230.00-305.00, average 288.92

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500-600 lbs 252.00-302.00, average 280.54

600-700 lbs 239.00-294.00, average 261.23

700-800 lbs 206.00-275.00, average 242.49

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 200.00-275.00, average 253.67

500-600 lbs 212.50-265.00, average 243.82

600-700 lbs 207.00-257.00, average 232.44

700-800 lbs 190.00-236.00, average 216.08

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 85.00-134.00, average 121.59

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 123.00-144.00, average 135.76

WHEAT

Eastern Shore 4.10-4.20; Norfolk 4.40; Roanoke 5.55; Wakefield 4.70

CORN

Eastern Shore new crop corn prices 4.05-4.15; Harrisonburg 4.55, new crop 4.75; Norfolk 4.01, new crop 3.90-4.15; Richmond-Petersburg 4.05, new crop 3.95; Wakefield 4.15-4.35, new crop 4.25

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore new crop 9.93-10.03; Harrisonburg 9.85; Norfolk 11.29, new crop 10.23-10.53; Richmond-Petersburg 10.79, new crop 10.13; Wakefield 10.89, new crop 10.33

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.