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Published 11:15 am Wednesday, May 18, 2022

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on May 13:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, mostly 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, mostly 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Wheat new crop 0.69 to 0.75 higher. Corn uneven, mostly 0.06 lower to 0.08 higher, new crop 0.14 higher. Soybeans mostly 0.33 lower, new crop 0.11 lower.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

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400-500 lbs 153.00- 203.50, average 184.91

500-600 lbs 148.00- 192.50, average 174.56

600-700 lbs 142.00- 178.00, average 162.53

700-800 lbs 130.00- 160.50, average 145.59

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 113.00- 164.00, average 150.41

500-600 lbs 122.00- 160.25, average 144.14

600-700 lbs 115.00- 160.00, average 138.84

700-800 lbs 111.00- 136.25, average 131.58

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 56.00-92.00, average 73.21

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 66.00-88.00, average 79.66

WHEAT

Eastern Shore new crop 10.89; Middle Peninsula new crop 11.52; Norfolk new crop 11.37; Roanoke 11.82, new crop 11.82

CORN

Eastern Shore 7.54, new crop 7.48; Harrisonburg 8.24-8.44, new crop 8.18-8.28; Middle Peninsula new crop 7.33; Norfolk 8.02, new crop 7.38-7.73; Wakefield 7.92, new crop 7.83

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 15.64- 15.69; Harrisonburg 15.07; Middle Peninsula new crop 14.41; Norfolk 16.54, new crop 14.56- 14.81; Richmond-Petersburg 16.14, new crop 14.66; Wakefield 16.24- 16.54, new crop 14.61- 14.71

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.