Southwest Missouri Hay Auction

This month's offering was nearly all old crop hay as very little dry hay as been baled so far. Several producers around the state are or have been baling and wrapping haylage. Ever increasing fuel cost is not only making hay production much more expensive this year, it's also preventing some out of state hay from being consigned as fright cost skyrocket. This months' offering consisted of 74 percent (2791) small square bales, 14 percent (521) large squares, and 12 percent (456) round bales. One extreme stick out sale of new crop Alfalfa in large squares, with incredible test results (protein 28, RFV 241, TDN 72), was all the talk before the auction and became even more so after, as per ton price figured to be $559.00. Once math was done and tonnage prices were figured here is how most hay worked out. Alfalfa Good 170.00-200.00, Good to Premium either side of 300.00 and the Supreme sold just under 400.00 with the extreme lot at 556.00. Brome Good 100.00, Good to Premium 150.00, and Premium 175.00-200.00. Parire hay mostly large squares Good 100.00-140.00. Mixed grasses Fair 45.00-75.00, Fair to Good 75.00-100.00, and Good 100.00-150.00.