Hay / Illinois / Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday) / 2023-10-02

Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Oct 2
● As filed12 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
4 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, comparable hays in small squares sold 1.50 to 2.00 per bale higher. Hays in large packages sold mixed from 10.00 lower to 14.00 higher. The exception to this was one package of 3x3 Premium Orchard grass that sold for 180.00 per bale. Trade was active with good demand.

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round50/bale8.00
Small Square5.50–6.50/bale115.00
Premium
Small Square6.50–8.50/bale164.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round50/bale7.00
Small Square4.00–5.75/bale211.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Square 3x495–115/bale21.00
Good
Small Square6/bale31.00

Orchard Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x3180/bale4.00

Clover

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square5.25–6.00/bale33.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square25/bale2.00
Round15/bale8.00
Small Square3/bale30.00
Source: USDA AMS · Springfield, IL. 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.