Commodity trends announced

Published 4:41 pm Friday, September 9, 2022

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on September 2:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, with steers ranging 2.00 to 5.00 lower and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 5.00 lower.

Wheat mostly .04 to .24 higher, new crop mostly .09 higher. Corn uneven, ranging mostly .07 lower to .08 higher, new crop .08 to .38 higher. Soybeans mostly .36 to 1.16 lower, new crop mostly .36 lower.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 155.00-199.00, average 184.34

500-600 lbs 130.00-195.00, average 181.15

600-700 lbs 146.00-180.00, average 172.73

700-800 lbs 149.00-169.00, average 162.98

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 143.00-176.00, average 165.12

500-600 lbs 139.50-160.00, average 154.66

600-700 lbs 137.50-159.50, average 155.62

700-800 lbs 131.50-147.50, average 141.69

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 64.00-93.00, average 78.61

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 69.00-101.00, average 80.91

WHEAT

Eastern Shore 6.84, new crop 7.23; Middle Peninsula new crop 7.98; Norfolk 7.19, new crop 7.80;Roanoke 7.99, new crop 8.13; Wakefield 6.39-7.01

CORN

Eastern Shore 6.53; Harrisonburg 7.23-7.28, new crop 7.23-7.33; Middle Peninsula 6.28; Norfolk 6.78-7.33, new crop 6.88; Richmond-Petersburg 6.73; Wakefield 6.73-6.88

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.