Hay / Illinois / Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday) / 2024-08-05

Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Aug 5
● As filed8 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
4 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Another light supply saw generally soft prices. Comparable hays in small squares sold mixed from .80 lower to .30 higher. Most of the comparable large packages traded steady. No comparable Wheat straw prices today Trade and demand were moderate.

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round30/bale13.00
Small Square3/bale41.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x375–95/bale8.00
Premium
Small Square2.75–4.50/bale102.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x330/bale4.00
Small Square1.50–2.25/bale198.00

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square5.25/bale58.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Round3/bale5.00
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.