Wheat, corn prices drop

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on April 12: IN VIRGINIA, state graded feeder cattle mostly 4.00 to 16.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales uneven, with steers trending 2.00 to 13.00 lower and heifers 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Wheat mostly .04 to .06 lower, new crop .06 lower. Corn mostly .06 lower, new crop .07 to .12 lower. Soybeans .11 to .40 lower, new crop .20 lower.

STATE GRADED FEEDER STEERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 232.50-322.50, average 305.68

500-600 lbs 200.00-331.00, average 297.22

600-700 lbs 182.50-285.00, average 270.82

700-800 lbs 118.00-276.00, average 259.15

STATE GRADED FEEDER HEIFERS, MEDIUM AND LARGE

400-500 lbs 210.00-274.00, average 260.12

500-600 lbs 177.50-254.00, average 245.45

600-700 lbs 204.00-241.00, average 232.64

700-800 lbs 125.00-220.00, average 211.96

SLAUGHTER COWS

Boning, 800-1200 lbs, 85.00-149.00, average 112.92, Breakers, 1200-1600 lbs, 105.00-140.00, average 120.07

WHEAT

Eastern Shore 4.56, new crop 4.76; Norfolk new crop 5.16; Roanoke 5.62, new crop 6.06

CORN

Eastern Shore 4.19, new crop 4.56-4.66; Harrisonburg 4.99-5.05, new crop 5.36; Norfolk 4.09-4.49, new crop 4.76; Richmond-Petersburg 3.94, new crop 4.61; Wakefield 3.84, new crop 4.71-4.86

SOYBEANS

Eastern Shore 11.14-11.24, new crop 11.04-11.14; Harrisonburg 10.35; Norfolk 11.69, new crop 11.74; Richmond-Petersburg new crop 11.24; Wakefield 11.14, new crop 11.34-11.54

Livestock prices per hundredweight; grain prices per bushel.

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