Cattle and commodity pricing
Published 6:00 am Friday, September 11, 2020
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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Sept. 4.
In Virginia, state-graded feeder cattle uneven, ranging $3.00 lower to $3.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales $4.00 to $6.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to $3.00 higher. Wheat steady, new crop 2 cents higher. Corn mostly steady to 15 cents higher, new crop mostly 5 cents lower. Soybeans mostly 24 cents to 25 cents higher, new crop mostly 24 cents higher.
State Graded Feeder Steers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. $130-$162, average $157.06
500-600 lbs. $131-$152, average $143.54
600-700 lbs. $116-$150.50, average $138.54
700-800 lbs. $96-$150.50, average $132.88
State Graded Feeder Heifers, Medium and Large 1
400-500 lbs. $124-$143, average $133.69
500-600 lbs. $119-$145, average $129.53
600-700 lbs. $111-$134, average $122.62
700-800 lbs. $108-$125, average $117.25
Slaughter Cows
Boning, 800-1200 lbs., $48-$71, average $58.71
Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs., $50-$71, average $61.83
Wheat
Eastern Shore $4.88-$4.98, new crop $5.14-$5.19;
Middle Peninsula $5.43, new crop $5.54; Norfolk new
crop $5.54; Roanoke $6.03, new crop $5.54
Corn
Eastern Shore $3.64-$3.70, new crop $3.59;
Harrisonburg $3.75-$4.44, new crop $4.29-$4.39;
Hopewell-Petersburg $3.79; Middle Peninsula $3.59;
Norfolk $3.94, new crop $3.54-$3.74; Wakefield $3.40-
$3.94
Soybeans
Eastern Shore $9.16-$9.21, new crop $9.16-$9.21;
Harrisonburg $7.60-$8.65; Hopewell-Petersburg
$9.66, new crop $9.66-$9.76; Middle Peninsula $9.56,
new crop $9.21; Norfolk $9.91, new crop $9.36-$9.76;
Wakefield $8.85-$9.97, new crop $8.70-$9.67
Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per
bushel.