Hay / Colorado / Producers Monthly Hay Auction / 2024-02-10

Producers Monthly Hay Auction

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, Feb 10
● As filed39 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3694

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
7 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade active on moderate demand. In the alfalfa supply, Supreme quality 3x3's sold 22.00/bale higher; Premium/Supreme 3x4's 45.00/bale lower; Premium small squares 5.00/bale lower; Good 3x3's 14.00/bale higher; Fair/Good 3x4's 10.00/bale lower, rounds 40.00/bale lower; Fair rounds 42.00/bale lower. In the alfalfa/grass mix supply, Premium 3x3's sold 28.00/bale lower; Fair rounds 63.00/bale lower. In the grass hay supply, Premium 3x3's sold 29.00/bale lower. Timothy grass Premium 3x3's sold 27.00/bale lower. Large squares of corn stalks sold 29.00/bale lower. The next hay auction for this market will be Saturday, March 9, 2024.

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round40/bale30.00
Large Square 3x442.50–77.50/bale97.00
Premium
Small Square2.50–4.50/bale756.00
Large Square 3x460.00–92.50/bale126.00
Large Round75.00–87.50/bale16.00
Supreme
Medium Square 3x377.50–92.50/bale42.00
Large Square 3x4172.50/bale37.00
Good
Medium Square 3x345.00–52.50/bale63.00
Fair/Good
Large Square 3x465–75/bale42.00
Large Round55/bale20.00
Premium/Supreme
Large Square 3x480–100/bale78.00
Good/Premium
Large Square 3x472.50–82.50/bale42.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round32.50/bale34.00
N/A
Small Square2.75/bale63.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round45–50/bale14.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x352.50/bale18.00
Large Square 3x490/bale39.00

Sudan

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round45/bale14.00
Good/Premium
Large Round42.50/bale29.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round52.50/bale34.00
Large Square 3x447.50–50.00/bale50.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x327.50–32.50/bale85.00
Medium Square 3x355–60/bale18.00
Good/Premium
Small Square6.50/bale136.00
Large Square 3x452.50/bale24.00
Fair
Large Round22.50–82.50/bale94.00
Fair/Good
Large Round35.00–37.50/bale38.00

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x345–50/bale63.00
Premium
Small Square4.50–5.25/bale315.00
Medium Square 3x355–70/bale324.00
Large Square 4x472.50/bale28.00
Good
Medium Square 3x365/bale52.00
Fair/Good
Medium Round32.50/bale7.00

Brome Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x347.50–52.50/bale87.00

Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x355/bale66.00

Millet

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Square 3x435–40/bale78.00

Alfalfa/Triticale Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good/Premium
Large Square 3x447.50–65.00/bale78.00

Forage Mix-Two Way

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good/Premium
Large Round37.50–57.50/bale87.00

Corn Stalk

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square25–60/bale222.00
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.