Veal If you' have" vealers''to “sell, the sooner you can do it. the better, because the general price trend is downward, and that usually con tinues into June. If you have a chance, you might watch the market for any little hesi tation or upward fluctuation, but for this week it looks like we may have just passed such a time. Virginia auctions last week brought $23.50 to $29 for choice and prime grades. Stocker Cattle Demand was strong in the state graded Stocker cattle sales in Vir ginia this week. Sale results were: Lynchburg, steers, $23-$25.50: heifers, good and medium $17-$18; choice and fancy, $18.50 to $19.50 Richmond sale this week will be Wednesday at 1 p.m Winter Wheat Newest figures released on ex pected winter wheat production adds a bit more optimism to the outlook for this year's crop. U. S. production, based on smaller acreage .promises to be nine per cent below last year; 22 per cent below- the ten year average, at 669 million bushels. Virginia's preliminary forecast is! down ten per cent from last year,: at an estimated 6,480,000 bushels, the smallest crop since 1943. Report of on-farm stocks—a par tial picture of the stock situation—' ihows 23 per cent less than last year. 26 per cent below average,

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