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Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on April 14: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle uneven, with light cattle trending 3.00 to 11.00 higher and heavy cattle mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, ranging 11.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly 1.00 to 10.00 higher. Wheat mostly .09 lower, new crop mostly .12 lower. Corn mostly .08 higher, new crop mostly .03 lower. Soybeans .04 to .10 higher, new crop .03 higher.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 220.00-272.50, average 250.16

500-600 lbs 175.00-266.00, average 238.02

600-700 lbs 119.00-251.00, average 221.94

700-800 lbs 175.00-210.00, average 190.43

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 145.00-212.00, average 198.16

500-600 lbs 162.00-196.00, average 189.04

600-700 lbs 145.00-180.00, average 170.19

700-800 lbs 120.00-176.00, average 163.16

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 71.00-100.00, average 89.23

Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 85.00-101.00, average 93.38

WHEAT

Eastern Shore new crop 5.86; Middle Peninsula 6.52, new crop 6.61; Norfolk 6.17, new crop 6.36; Roanoke 6.82, new crop 7.01; Wakefield new crop 6.26

CORN

Eastern Shore 6.37, new crop 5.59; Harrisonburg 7.12-7.22, new crop 6.24-6.34; Middle Peninsula 6.62, new crop 5.24; Norfolk 6.82, new crop 5.45-5.84; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 5.44; Wakefield 5.79-5.89, new crop 5.89

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 14.71-14.81, new crop 12.63-12.73; Harrisonburg 14.21; Middle Peninsula 14.78, new crop 12.63; Norfolk 15.08, new crop 13.03-13.23; Richmond-Petersburg 14.48, new crop 12.83-13.08; Wakefield 14.83-15.11, new crop 13.03

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.