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Centennial Monthly Hay Auction

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, Mar 29
● As filed91 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3679

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
0 ton sold and 7,011 bale · 0 ton at the prior sale (Feb 22) · 0 ton a year ago (Mar 30).

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round——100.00–107.50/bale7.00
Large Round——100/bale24.00
Medium Square 3x3——60.00–62.50/bale6.00
Medium Square 3x3——60–75/bale64.00
Medium Square 3x3——60.00–62.50/bale32.00
Large Square 3x4——97.50/bale42.00
Large Square 3x4——95–110/bale53.00
Large Square 3x4——102.50–115.00/bale145.00
Good
Large Round——130/bale3.00
Small Square——5.00–6.25/bale317.00
Medium Square 3x3——65/bale14.00
Medium Square 3x3——70.00–72.50/bale30.00
Medium Square 3x3——65–80/bale200.00
Medium Square 3x3——65.00–67.50/bale31.00
Medium Square 3x3——77.50/bale3.00
Medium Square 3x3——65–75/bale120.00
Large Square 3x4——115/bale44.00
Large Square 3x4——115/bale32.00
Large Square 3x4——115/bale3.00
Large Round——120/bale45.00
Large Round——125/bale34.00
Premium
Small Square Bundled——9/bale42.00
Medium Square 3x3——82.50–87.50/bale156.00
Medium Square 3x3——77.50–85.00/bale63.00
Medium Square 3x3——80–85/bale123.00
Large Square 4x4——135/bale14.00
Large Square 4x4——130.00–137.50/bale16.00
Large Square 3x4——135/bale10.00
Large Square 3x4——130/bale10.00
Large Round——155/bale9.00
Large Square 3x4——125/bale12.00
Large Round——150–155/bale4.00
Utility
Medium Square 3x3——55.00–57.50/bale99.00
Medium Square 3x3——45.00–47.50/bale120.00
Medium Square 3x3——55–60/bale116.00
Large Round——85.00–92.50/bale27.00
Large Round——90/bale5.00
Supreme
Medium Square 3x3——95–120/bale69.00
Medium Square 3x3——90–105/bale115.00
Large Square 4x4——162.50–190.00/bale60.00
Large Square 3x4——182.50–185.00/bale34.00
Premium/Supreme
Large Square 4x4——155/bale30.00
Large Square 4x4——155/bale6.00
Large Square 3x4——140–160/bale59.00
Good/Premium
Large Square 3x4——117.50–125.00/bale32.00
Large Round——135.00–147.50/bale35.00
Large Round——140–145/bale54.00
Utility/Fair
Large Round——95–100/bale6.00

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——85/bale1.00
Large Round——75/bale34.00
Small Square——7.25/bale20.00
Medium Square 3x3——62.50–77.50/bale126.00
Medium Square 3x3——65.00–77.50/bale773.00
Medium Square 3x3——77.50/bale6.00
Medium Square 3x3——70–75/bale54.00
Large Square 4x4——82.50–90.00/bale14.00
Large Square 3x4——97.50/bale30.00
Premium
Large Round——95–105/bale37.00
Small Square Bundled——8–9/bale189.00
Medium Square 3x3——80.00–87.50/bale159.00
Small Square——7.75/bale70.00
Medium Square 3x3——82.50/bale18.00
Medium Square 3x3——80–90/bale48.00
Large Square 4x4——160–170/bale52.00
Large Square 3x4——90/bale12.00
Large Square 3x4——90.00–112.50/bale60.00
Utility
Small Square——3.75/bale175.00
Fair
Medium Square 3x3——52.50–62.50/bale415.00
Large Square 4x4——65/bale14.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Small Square——5.50/bale56.00
Small Square Bundled——6.00–6.50/bale252.00
Medium Square 3x3——70.00–87.50/bale61.00
Medium Square 3x3——80/bale30.00
Medium Square 3x3——75–85/bale149.00
Medium Square 3x3——72.50–82.50/bale77.00
Good
Small Square Bundled——6.50–8.50/bale630.00
Medium Square 3x3——92.50–100.00/bale18.00
Medium Square 3x3——87.50–92.50/bale54.00
Large Square 3x4——100–120/bale182.00
Large Square 3x4——100–105/bale52.00
Utility
Small Square——4.75–5.25/bale252.00
Medium Square 3x3——60.00–62.50/bale119.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——102.50–107.50/bale16.00
Medium Square 3x3——110/bale2.00
Large Square 3x4——125/bale4.00

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Medium Square 3x3——80/bale51.00
Premium
Large Square 3x4——130/bale36.00
Large Square 3x4——135–145/bale30.00
Large Square 3x4——135/bale6.00

Millet

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Square 4x4——100–115/bale52.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square——5–35/bale200.00
Source: USDA AMS · Greeley, CO. Prices are as filed — nothing recomputed. Hay sells by the ton in some markets and by the bale in others; those are different quantities and are never averaged together.