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Rock Valley Hay Auction (Thur)

Iowa · Hay auction · Thu, Dec 1
● As filed19 linesUSDA AMS · slug 2244

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
22 ton sold · 44 ton a year ago (Nov 30).

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, alfalfa sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while grass sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Straw overall sold steady to 1.00 lower. Buyer demand and attendance was good.

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium/Supreme
Large Round220–240/ton171.00
Medium Square 3x3240/ton25.00
Supreme
Large Round245–280/ton185.00
Large Square 3x4257.50–267.50/ton50.00
Premium
Large Round207.50/ton22.00

Millet

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round165/ton23.00
Large Square 3x4172.50–175.00/ton54.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Round205–245/ton48.00

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good/Premium
Large Round200.00–227.50/ton333.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3235–245/ton47.00
Large Round242.50–265.00/ton84.00
Large Square 3x4232.50/ton25.00
Good
Large Round167.50–197.50/ton233.00

Barley

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square162.50/ton20.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square167.50–172.50/ton99.00
Round162.50–170.00/ton36.00

Oat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Round157.50/ton19.00

Rye

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Round150/ton17.00

Corn Stalk

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Round70–85/ton75.00
Source: USDA AMS · St Joseph, MO. 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.