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Published 1:25 pm Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on June 3:

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, mostly 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 6.00 to 14.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Wheat new crop mostly .78 to .85 lower. Corn mostly .24 to .35 lower, new crop mostly .25 lower. Soybeans mostly .02 higher, new crop .03 lower.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

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400-500 lbs 141.00- 200.00, average 180.11

500-600 lbs 163.00- 187.00, average 174.64

600-700 lbs 125.00- 194.00, average 162.14

700-800 lbs 114.00- 155.00, average 139.90

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 126.00- 149.00, average 143.53

500-600 lbs 130.00- 148.00, average 142.64

600-700 lbs 120.00- 138.50, average 131.91

700-800 lbs 115.00- 132.00, average 127.28

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 63.00-96.00, average 82.31

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 75.00-100.00, average 82.89

CORN

Eastern Shore 6.90, new crop 6.89; Harrisonburg 7.85-7.90, new crop 7.44-7.69; Middle Peninsula new crop 6.74; Norfolk 7.70, new crop 6.79-7.14; Richmond-Petersburg 6.94, new crop 7.09; Wakefield 7.24-7.30, new crop 7.24-7.29

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 16.79- 16.84; Harrisonburg 15.64; Middle Peninsula new crop 15.02; Norfolk 17.69, new crop 15.37- 15.42; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 15.12- 15.27; Wakefield 17.39, new crop 15.22-15.32

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.