Barns near Salem County
Barn Miles Last sale 5-weight steers Roanoke VARoanoke, VA
5 Nov 9, 2026
$350.22 per cwt · 9 head
Moneta VAMoneta, VA
25 Nov 7, 2026
$340.00 per cwt · 3 head
Dublin VADublin, VA
37 Sep 23, 2026
$379.05 per cwt · 9 head
Steers 500–599 lb, head-weighted average of the sale. Source: USDA AMS Market News sale reports. Past sales, not a bid.
Grain and fuel prices
Grain bid $/bu Range North Panhandle corn $5.01 $4.75–$5.21 North Panhandle sorghum $3.88 $3.60–$4.25 North Panhandle wheat (hard red winter) $5.66 $5.54–$6.04 Hooker, OK corn $4.91 $4.91–$4.91 Hooker, OK sorghum $3.81 $3.81–$3.81
Source: Texas Daily Grain Bids, Nov 13, 2026.
Fuel $/gal No. 2 Diesel (Farm)OK distributor ask, Nov 13, 2026
$5.42 PropaneOK distributor ask, Nov 13, 2026
$2.46 On-highway diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3, incl. Texas)EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$5.74 On-highway diesel, Midwest (PADD 2, incl. Oklahoma, Kansas)EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$6.20 On-highway diesel, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4, incl. Colorado, Montana)EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$6.21 On-highway diesel, U.S. averageEIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$6.13 On-highway diesel, East Coast (PADD 1, incl. Florida, Virginia)EIA retail, week of Nov 9, 2026
$5.92
Sources: Oklahoma Production Cost Report (bi-weekly); EIA weekly retail diesel.
Drought
Washington: D0 Hancock: None Johnson: D0 Cocke: D1 Hawkins: None Greene: D0 Carter: D0 Hamblen: D0 Unicoi: D0 Sullivan: None Johnson: None Knott: None Lawrence: None Lewis: None Harlan: None Magoffin: None Martin: None Perry: None Pike: None Boyd: None Floyd: None Morgan: None Greenup: None Carter: None Elliott: None Letcher: None Breathitt: None Rockingham: D2 Franklin: D2 Randolph: D0 Yadkin: None Alexander: None Orange: D2 Cabarrus: D0 Iredell: None Stokes: D1 Guilford: D2 Person: D3 Vance: D2 Lenoir: D2 Cleveland: None Transylvania: None Craven: D1 Edgecombe: D2 Caldwell: None Pitt: D2 Jones: D1 Forsyth: D1 Wayne: D3 Polk: None Mitchell: None Lincoln: None Haywood: D0 Durham: D2 Greene: D2 Johnston: D3 Chatham: D1 Richmond: D1 Davidson: D0 Anson: D1 Rutherford: None Yancey: None Hertford: D3 Cumberland: D1 Wilkes: None Sampson: D1 Moore: D1 Surry: None Alleghany: None Harnett: D2 Hoke: D1 Granville: D2 Watauga: None Halifax: D2 Jackson: None Warren: D2 Northampton: D2 Ashe: None Buncombe: None Burke: None McDowell: None Caswell: D3 Henderson: None Gaston: D0 Davie: None Avery: None Catawba: None Mecklenburg: D0 Nash: D2 Madison: D0 Stanly: D0 Wilson: D2 Duplin: D2 Martin: D2 Wake: D2 Lee: D1 Bertie: D2 Rowan: D0 Alamance: D2 Montgomery: D0 Union: D0 Beaufort: D1 Greenville: D0 York: D0 Spartanburg: None Cherokee: None Waynesboro: D0 Emporia: D2 Buena Vista: D0 Danville: D3 Galax: None Harrisonburg: D0 Martinsville: D1 Charlottesville: D0 King George: D0 Scott: None Botetourt: D0 Rappahannock: D0 Greene: D0 Radford: None Louisa: D0 Salem: D0 Hopewell: None Falls Church: D0 Lexington: D0 Cumberland: D0 Pulaski: None Loudoun: D0 Appomattox: D1 Norton: None Henrico: None Henry: D1 Highland: None King William: D0 Montgomery: None Richmond: None Amherst: D1 Petersburg: None Goochland: D0 Albemarle: D0 Prince Edward: D0 Caroline: D0 Fluvanna: D0 Manassas Park: D0 King and Queen: D0 Bristol: None Colonial Heights: None Tazewell: None Clarke: D0 Halifax: D3 Arlington: D0 Surry: D1 Warren: D0 Washington: None Wise: None Winchester: D0 Charles City: None Page: D0 Bland: None Sussex: D2 Lunenburg: D1 Buchanan: None Mecklenburg: D2 Amelia: D0 Shenandoah: D0 Dickenson: None Staunton: D0 Floyd: None Roanoke: D0 Alleghany: None Giles: None Franklin: D0 Bath: None Pittsylvania: D2 Culpeper: D0 Fauquier: D0 Orange: D0 Lynchburg: D1 Campbell: D2 Chesterfield: None Craig: None Frederick: D0 Dinwiddie: D1 Powhatan: D0 Greensville: D2 Hanover: D0 Rockbridge: D0 Spotsylvania: D0 Stafford: D0 Carroll: None Grayson: None Prince George: D0 New Kent: None Wythe: None Patrick: D0 Southampton: D2 Charlotte: D2 Rockingham: D0 Smyth: None Alexandria: D0 Brunswick: D2 Fairfax: D0 Manassas: D0 Nottoway: D1 Prince William: D0 Russell: None Buckingham: D0 Augusta: D0 Madison: D0 Fairfax: D0 Westmoreland: D0 Essex: D0 Bedford: D1 Roanoke: D0 Fredericksburg: D0 Nelson: D0 Covington: None Lee: None Tucker: None Pocahontas: None McDowell: None Gilmer: None Wetzel: None Webster: None Doddridge: None Randolph: None Greenbrier: None Mercer: None Barbour: None Preston: None Summers: None Mineral: None Cabell: None Clay: None Wirt: None Calhoun: None Logan: None Pendleton: None Ritchie: None Tyler: None Marion: None Wood: None Harrison: None Taylor: None Boone: None Fayette: None Kanawha: None Roane: None Hampshire: None Lewis: None Mingo: None Morgan: None Grant: None Jefferson: D0 Nicholas: None Putnam: None Wyoming: None Berkeley: D0 Raleigh: None Upshur: None Wayne: None Lincoln: None Braxton: None Pleasants: None Hardy: None Monroe: None Jackson: None Mason: None Abnormally dry
Outlined county is Salem. Colors are the Drought Monitor levels D0 to D4.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map dated Nov 10, 2026.
Disaster designations
S6314 · Contiguous · Drought · approved Jul 31, 2026 Primary or contiguous, both open FSA emergency loans. Source: USDA secretarial designations.
Not on FSA's 2026 drought-pay (LFP) list. FSA file of Nov 5, 2026.
Programs and deadlines
Program Date Days Other crop insurance plans Nov 20, 2026 5 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) Mar 1, 2027 106 Emergency Assistance for Livestock (ELAP) Mar 1, 2027 106 Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) Mar 1, 2027 106
Sources: FSA, RMA and NRCS program pages. Dates change; confirm with your FSA county office.
FSA money in Salem County
FSA county totals are not built for Virginia counties yet.
Burn ban and fire alerts
Burn ban: Cownty doesn't read an official statewide burn-ban list for Virginia; county commissions, sheriffs and fire districts post local fire restrictions, so check your county's own notices.
No National Weather Service fire-weather alerts right now.
No mapped wildfire within 50 miles.
Sources: NWS alerts; NIFC current fire perimeters, updated Nov 15, 2026.
Your FSA office
Call before you drive: hours and addresses change.
Find the nearest office and its phone number: offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app
Cownty does not hold FSA office addresses. The USDA Service Center Locator is the official list.
