Hay / Illinois / Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday) / 2024-01-08

Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Jan 8
● As filed21 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
2 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, comparable hays in small squares sold .40 to 2.00 higher. Comparable hays in large packages sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Wheat straw in small squares sold .30 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Clover/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Round115/bale6.00
Medium Square 3x3105/bale6.00
Good
Medium Square 3x365–85/bale18.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round90/bale2.00
Medium Round80–100/bale7.00
Small Square5.50–9.75/bale121.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Round110/bale2.00
Medium Square 3x395/bale6.00
Medium Square 3x3105–120/bale21.00
Good
Small Square7.25/bale70.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x3100–135/bale39.00
Small Square7.25–11.00/bale29.00
Good
Small Square7.50–8.50/bale114.00

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square7.50/bale58.00
Medium Square 3x3115/bale9.00
Good
Small Square7/bale30.00
Medium Square 3x395/bale6.00

Canary Reed

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square10.25/bale20.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square20–25/bale9.00
Round15/bale6.00
Small Square2.00–3.50/bale353.00
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.