Southwest Missouri Hay Auction

This month's auction provided the largest offering to date at Southwest Missouri Hay Auction. Consignors filled the yard early and by mid-week prior to the sale were politely told there was no room for them in the inn. The hay market was uneven this month with some hay weaker and some hay stronger without a lot of reasoning to it based on quality. By sale time there was also a full yard of buyers some old and some new but they all seemed to have their wish list made and came with a purpose of getting things checked off. There was a general strong demand for the medium rounds and even with weights provide the lighter small rounds in several cases totaled more dollars per ton than did the large rounds with twice as much actual feed. Although the exception and not the rule there was a couple of lots of Alfalfa hay fell just slightly on either side of the $400 per ton mark once math was done, however as a whole there was only a few select lots of top quality alfalfa that passed the $300 per ton mark. Most fair to good quality round bales fell in the 70-90 dollars per ton with 100-140 per ton catching most of the good to premium rounds of grass. A couple of loads of endophyte free Fescue that had some curb appeal caught a few eyes and sold from 200-250 per ton.