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Wolgemuth Hay Auction (Wednesday)

Pennsylvania · Hay auction · Wed, Feb 26
● As filed20 linesUSDA AMS · slug 1725

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
295 ton sold · 220 ton at the prior sale (Feb 19) · 31 ton a year ago (Feb 28).

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

LOAD COUNT: 52 Loads Hay | 9 Loads Straw | 5 Loads Corn Fodder

Compared to last Wednesday's sale, all varieties of hay sold mostly 15.00-25.00/ton higher. Straw sold 35.00/ton higher and corn fodder 5.00/ton higher. Quality was average. All prices per ton unless otherwise noted.

Orchard Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round170/ton5.62
Large Square 3x4190–250/ton35.70
Small Square Bundled230/ton5.38
Fair
Large Square 3x4160/ton6.62
Premium
Small Square320–325/ton6.23
Large Square 3x4280/ton4.62
Utility
Large Square 3x4100/ton6.27

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Square 3x4270/ton5.57
Premium
Large Square 3x4325/ton5.67

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Square 3x4270–295/ton31.51
Premium
Large Square 3x4300–360/ton38.19
Supreme
Large Square 3x4405/ton6.95

Prairie/Meadow Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Small Square105/ton3.46
Fair
Large Square 3x4120–150/ton62.82
Good
Large Square 3x4170–225/ton38.86

Orchard/Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square335/ton1.70
Fair
Large Square 3x4120/ton7.89
Good
Large Square 3x4155–195/ton21.67

Corn Stalk

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square80–150/ton25.73

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square170–190/ton45.38
Source: USDA AMS · New Holland, PA. 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.