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Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Feb 26
● As filed23 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
2 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week prices were mixed with hay in large packages selling from 27.00 lower to 35.00 higher. Hays in small squares followed suite selling from 1.25 lower to 1.75 higher. Wheat straw in small squares traded steady. Trade was active with mixed demand on a good offering on a 77 degree day in February.

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round50–95/bale61.00
Small Square4–7/bale96.00
Medium Square 3x370/bale8.00
Fair/Good
Medium Round50/bale4.00
Premium
Small Square6.75/bale20.00

Clover

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round20/bale6.00
Medium Round30/bale2.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Medium Round3/bale4.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3105–110/bale10.00
Small Square6.50–8.00/bale47.00
Good
Small Square4.50–7.25/bale357.00

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square4.50/bale147.00
Medium Square 3x370/bale4.00
Premium
Small Square8.75–9.75/bale33.00
Medium Square 3x3120–130/bale12.00

Alfalfa/Timothy Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square6.75/bale24.00
Good
Small Square5.50–6.75/bale60.00

Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square6.50–6.75/bale40.00

Clover/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square6/bale20.00
Premium
Small Square6.50–6.75/bale43.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x385/bale2.00

Orchard Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x395/bale6.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Small Square2.50–3.00/bale54.00
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.