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Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Apr 8
● As filed18 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
4 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparable hays in large packages traded steady to slightly higher. Hays in small squares sold mostly .40 to 1.75 higher. Wheat straw sold 16.00 higher in large squares and 1.35 higher in small squares. Trade was active with good demand.

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x3115/bale7.00
Good
Large Round70/bale7.00
Medium Square 3x385/bale9.00
Medium Square 3x350/bale6.00
Small Square7/bale21.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x395–100/bale4.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square5.25–6.75/bale220.00
Premium
Small Square12.50/bale15.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3110/bale4.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square7.25/bale15.00
Medium Square 3x360–80/bale12.00
Premium
Small Square10.50/bale15.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square35/bale15.00
Small Square4/bale12.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round70–105/bale25.00
Small Square4.00–5.25/bale125.00
Fair
Small Square2.50/bale43.00

Clover/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square6–7/bale40.00
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.