Hay / Colorado / Producers Monthly Hay Auction / 2025-01-11

Producers Monthly Hay Auction

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, Jan 11
● As filed16 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3694

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
0 ton sold and 1,058 bale · 0 ton at the prior sale (Dec 14) · 0 ton a year ago (Jan 13).

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity and demand moderate. Straw sold 9.00/bale higher than last month. Mountain Meadow 3x3's sold 3.00/bale higher. The next hay auction will be Saturday, February 8, 2025.

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round97.50/bale10.00
Medium Square 3x347.50–52.50/bale60.00
Fair
Medium Square 3x355.00–62.50/bale54.00
Medium Square 3x357.50–67.50/bale24.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Supreme
Large Square 3x4155/bale42.00
Good
Large Square 4x4150–165/bale120.00
Large Square 4x4157.50–165.00/bale28.00
Medium Square 3x365–80/bale63.00
Medium Square 3x352.50–60.00/bale66.00
Premium
Large Square 4x4157.50–162.50/bale30.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Square 3x4127.50–135.00/bale42.00
Utility
Medium Square 3x347.50–60.00/bale69.00
Fair
Medium Square 3x370/bale60.00

Prairie/Meadow Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Medium Square 3x377.50/bale63.00
Medium Square 3x360.00–77.50/bale327.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square22.50–47.50/bale135.00
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.