Corn, soybean prices climb, as cattle uneven

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on March 22:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging 7.00 lower to 13.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, with steers ranging 2.00 to 6.00 lower and heifers 14.00 to 28.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Wheat new crop .15 higher. Corn .02 to .18 higher, new crop .04 to .14 higher. Soybeans mostly .17 higher, new crop .17 higher.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 265.00- 334.00, average 316.60

500-600 lbs 237.50- 331.00, average 296.31

600-700 lbs 227.00- 305.00, average 276.28

700-800 lbs 155.00- 280.00, average 250.28

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 166.00- 285.00, average 270.84

500-600 lbs 165.00- 261.00, average 252.63

600-700 lbs 190.00- 246.00, average 231.67

700-800 lbs 150.00- 244.00, average 213.01

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 86.00-125.00, average 108.82

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 105.00-131.00, average 121.75

WHEAT

Eastern Shore new crop 4.72; Norfolk new crop 5.12; Roanoke 5.57, new crop 6.02

CORN

Eastern Shore 4.31, new crop 4.67-4.77; Harrisonburg 4.95-5.11, new crop 5.47; Norfolk 4.21-4.51, new crop 4.87; Richmond-Petersburg 4.06, new crop 4.77; Wakefield 3.96, new crop 4.82-5.02

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 11.67- 11.77, new crop 11.44- 11.54; Harrisonburg 10.90; Norfolk 12.12, new crop 12.14; Richmond-Petersburg 11.82, new crop 11.64; Wakefield 11.67, new crop 11.74-11.94

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.

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