How much are you paying for Hay??

We had to buy some 1600 pound hay bales this week, gave $65 for them, was wondering how much hay is bringing, not sure if we got a good deal or not.

40.00 grass mix rounds half ton bit more 1200#'s
second and third cut squares alfafa 7-9.00  75# or so
squares grass  $5.00  60-70# bales

I really like clover but getting harder to find. It was 6.00 square bale.

Just bought some small square bales of grass hay for $1.75 a bale, I have heard of some mixed big rounds trading for $40.00 - $50.00 a bale. RW

these were some grass in them but mostly clover or alfalpha (I know I spelled that wrong)

35- 60 for Coastal Bermudagrass. $5 for squares

Justamom, don't you live near Marshalltown?  I have been buying hay at the Shell Rrock auction and paid as little as 32.50/bale on a load of damaged grass hay and as much as 90/bale for decent alfalfa mixed.    Large rounds of good alfalfa grass hay was down to 77.50/bale this week.  Corn stalks were bringing 15 each.  Large square where running 78 each.  Last week horse breeders paid 5.25 on a load of small squares.

I'm paying $40 for large bales of Coastal Bermuda Here in Texas. <cowboy>

I just bought some 2nd cut gamma grass squares for $2.50 a bale, but I'm in KY. 

Here's what I'm seeing for prices up here in ND right now:
CRP Hay (some is tolerable, some is crap) - around $60/ton
Good Grass Mix - $80/ton
First Cutting Alfalfa - $100/ton
Second Cutting Alfalfa - $130/ton
Third Cutting Alfalfa - $200/ton

Localy here in SW Neb, high end good alfalfa large rounds at 1300-1450 each - running 100.00 ton plus delivery. That is high end cow hay, not dairy.

Horse quality large squares in 3x4x8 size -- 120 ton FOB.

Have heard of some good alfalfa going for 80 m but not close. Some low dairy as high as 200 plus a ton, high end dairy upwards of 230-250 a ton -- couldn't fathom paying that for hay - but it is possible I guess.

Been pretty steady at 100-110 FOB last year or so, trending higher. Delivered cost is about 120-125 ton.

Sure if fun to have to feed the cows 8 months of the year -- small pastures with NO RAIN -- phew!

Terry

Got a load in 2 weeks ago of 1st cutting grinding hay, pretty good with no rain on it for 95aton delivered in southeast south dakota.

We get 1000 pound squar bales of alfalfa for $80. It works real well feeding show cattle, and horses.

I saw an ad yesterday for big rounds of grass hay at $25.    No idea on quality or even if it is this year's hay.    I know we are selling dairy quality alfalfa at $200/T with other alfalfa priced at anywhere from 80 - 150/T depending on quality. 

I just sold a load of 1500-1600lb rounds of good this years brome for 55 ea.

We are fortunate enough to grow our own hay.  If we run out we pay around $75 for a one ton bale.

alfalfa-grass small squares are bring $2-4 here in IL

We sell 1500lb grass round bales for 25.

CM Cattle said:

We sell 1500lb grass round bales for 25.

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Wanna ship 100 of those over to ND for me?

klintdog said:

CM Cattle said:

We sell 1500lb grass round bales for 25.

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Wanna ship 100 of those over to ND for me?

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Me too please. I won't even hint at what CO is bringing. But I'd love some of that $25 stuff

We sell quit a bit. We put up peoples hay for 1/2 of the hay. Last year we bailed almost 1200 roles.