Livestock Exchange Monthly Hay Auction (3rd Sat)

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, Mar 19
● As filed42 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3627

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
6 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trades to compare against as this is the first report for this market. Some classes of straw (bean, triticale, millet) and hay (wheatgrass) not included in the report body or the total receipts as these are non-typical classes. Wheat grass: Small Squares 2.50-4.50/bale with a weighted average price of 2.60/bale; Rounds 50.00-55.00/bale with a weighted average price of 52.50/bale. Bean Straw: Rounds 37.50-50.00/bale with a weighted average price of 42.50/bale. Proso Millet Straw: Rounds 45.00-57.50/bale with a weighted average price of 51.39/bale. Triticale Grain Straw: Rounds 72.50/bale. The next available report will be Saturday, April 16, 2022.

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Compressed Bales5.00–5.50/bale126.00
Medium Square 3x365.00–72.50/bale136.00
Fair
Large Round80–85/bale26.00
Large Square 3x487.50/bale30.00
Medium Square 3x360/bale76.00
Premium
Large Round130/bale34.00
Medium Square 3x377.50–90.00/bale36.00
Utility
Large Round60–65/bale51.00
Fair/Good
Large Square 3x4105/bale36.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round70/bale13.00
Large Square 3x480.00–97.50/bale456.00
Medium Square 3x357.50–67.50/bale144.00
Good
Large Round115/bale14.00
Large Square 3x4100–125/bale84.00
Large Square 4x4120/bale24.00
Utility
Large Square 3x477.50/bale42.00
Medium Square 3x350.00–52.50/bale72.00
Good/Premium
Large Square 4x4160/bale25.00
Small Square5.00–6.50/bale391.00
Premium
Large Square 4x4120–135/bale42.00
Medium Square 3x380.00–87.50/bale27.00

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round70–75/bale60.00
Good/Premium
Large Round115–130/bale34.00
Utility
Large Round52.50–62.50/bale19.00
Large Square 4x475–85/bale52.00
Good
Large Round80–100/bale25.00
Medium Square 3x360–65/bale82.00
Small Square5/bale39.00

Sudan

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round105–115/bale70.00
Utility
Large Round50.00–57.50/bale8.00
Fair
Large Round90/bale30.00

Triticale

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round60/bale34.00

Oat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Round85–105/bale20.00
Utility
Large Round25/bale6.00
Good
Large Square 4x475–85/bale52.00

Prairie/Meadow Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round65/bale15.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square30–40/bale77.00
Round35–45/bale25.00
Small Square5.00–6.50/bale147.00

Corn Stalk

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square32.50–37.50/bale74.00
Round35.00–57.50/bale110.00

Millet

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Square 3x467.50–75.00/bale54.00
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.