These are hay prices paid at auction in the recent past weeks. Much of the price information is obtained from USDA Hay Market News. Personal contacts of local
Iowa hay auctions secured price information for these market outlets. Auctions were chosen to reflect prices across Iowa. Other nearby auctions may exist. No
endorsement of the listed auctions is intended.
The USDA Market News group uses the following hay classification designations in their market price reports. Of all hay sold, 1% or less would be designated in the supreme class. There is a general relationship between visual characteristics
and forage analyses. If possible, the following Hay test analyses ranges (on dry matter basis) should be used to establish the appropriate quality designation.
When feeding livestock, sample all forage lots and use forage analysis information for balancing livestock rations.
Relative Acid Neutral (Alfalfa*) (Mixed & Grass)
Feed Detergent Detergent Crude Crude
Value Fiber Fiber Protein Protein
RFV ) (ADF) (NDF) (CP) (CP)
index % % % %
Supreme > 185 < 27 < 34 > 22 **
Premium 170-185 27-29 34-36 20-22 >13
Good 150-170 29-32 36-40 18-20 9 -13
Fair 130-150 32-35 40-44 16-18 5 - 9
Utility < 130 > 35 > 44 < 16 <5
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* Alfalfa & alfalfa with up to 10% grass (USDA)
** The 'Supreme' category is not appropriate for grass hays
Visual hay quality descriptions used in the USDA Hay Market News.
(Note: these visual traits do not necessarily equate to the forage analysis ranges
listed in the previous chart.)
Supreme
Very early maturity, pre-bloom, soft, fine stemmed, extra-leafy. Factors indicative of very high nutritive content. Hay is excellent color and free of damage.
Premium
(dairy quality) pre bloom or very early bloom legumes, grass vegetative, generally green with no rain damage
Good
(dairy and feedlot quality) early to mid-bloom legumes, grass vegetative or very early head, generally no rain
Fair
(feedlot or beef quality) mid- to late-bloom legumes, grass headed, coarse/stemmy, may show some rain damage
Utility
(formerly 'Low') - very late maturity, or very coarse/stemmy, or considerable
discoloration or rain damage
Mid- to Late- January, 2011
Fort Atkinson (NE IA) Wednesdays, 1:00PM
(Kind and Quality of lots not stated)
Alfalfa 1st Cut: SmSq $90-140/T; LgSq $75-100/T; LgRd $20-100/T
2nd Cut: SmSq $125-150/T; LgSq $80-170/T; LgRd $50-122.50/T
3rd Cut: SmSq $185-220T; LgSq $80-155/T; LgRd $60-135/T
4th Cut: (SmSq $120/T Dec); LgSq $115-150/T: LgRd $85-110/T
5th Cut: (LgSq $125/T Dec)
Grass: Good LgSq $70-77.50/T; LgRd $40-95/T
Oat Hay: LgSq $55-97.50/T; LgRd $65-75/T
Straw: SmSq $135-195/T; LgSq $50-95/T; LgRd $40-55/T
Corn Stalks LgRd $42.50-45/T
Dyersville (NE IA ) Thursdays 10:30 AM
Alfalfa:
Supreme: LgSq $190-245/T; (LgRd $162.50/T Dec)
Premium: LgSq $140-185/T; LgRd $125-140/T
Good: (SmSq $1.20/bale Dec); LgSq 90-145/T; LgRd $70-125/T
Fair: LgSq $65-115/T; LgRd $60-90/T
Utility: (SmSq $0.50/bale Dec); LgSq $60-90/T; LgRd $30-60/T
Mixed Legume/Gr
Prem/Good: LgSq $110-230/T; Good LgRd $85-130/T
Grass:
Good: LgRd $52.50-112.50/T
Fair: LgRd $45-65/T
Oats hay: (LgSq $52.50/T Dec); LgRd $52.50/T
CRP: LgSq $57.50/T ; LgRd $57.50/T
Straw: SmSq $1.60/bale; LgSq $24-45/bale;( LgRd $67.50/T Dec)
Corn Stalks: LgSq $16-20/bale; LgRd $20-35/bale
Riceville (NE IA) 1st & 3rd Fri Sales
Alfalfa: LgSq $130/T
Mixed Legume/Grass: SmSq $2.50-3.50/bale; ( LgRd $90/T Dec)
Grass: LgSq: $42.50/bale; $75/T
Straw: (SmSq $2.00/bale Dec); LgSq $125/T
Forest City (NC IA) (Wed eve. sales)
Alfalfa & Mixed Leg/Gr: SmSq $3.00-3.75/bale; (LgSq $38-42.50/b; LgRd $35-45/b Dec)
Grass: SmSq $2.25-2.75/bale : LgRd $ 25-35/Bale
Straw: SmSq $2.25-2.75/bale
Cornstalks: SmSq $1.50-2.25/bale
Spencer Livestock Sales (NW IA) (2nd & 4th Tuesdays)
Alfalfa: SmSq $3.25-4.25/bale; LgRd $95-125/T)
Mixed Leg/Gr: SmSq $3.75-4.00/b; (LgRd $87.50-92.50/T Dec)
Grass: SmSq $3.00-4.00/bale; LgRd $95-105/T
Straw: (SmSq $3.00-3.50/bale Dec)
Cornstalks: LgRd $25/bale
Rock Valley (NW IA) (Monday & Thursdays 1:00PM)
Alfalfa
Supreme: LgSq $135-138/T
Premium: LgSq $110-130/T; LgRd $105-110/T
Good: LgSq $80-105T; LgRd $80-105/T
Fair: LgSq $70/T; LgRd $60-77.50/T
Mixed Hay
Premium: LgSq $110-150/T; LgRd $115/T
Good: LgRd $77.50-100/T
Fair: LgSq $70/T; LgRd $75-77.50/T
Utility: (LgRd $50-52.50/T Dec)
Grass Hay
Premium: SmSq $125-135/T; LgSq $110-137.50/T; LgRd $120/
Good: SmSq $105-107.50/T; LgSq $80-102.50/T; LgRd $77.50-102.50/T
Fair: LgSq $65-75/T; LgRd $65-77.50/T
Utility: LgRd $55/T
Oat Hay: LgSq $70/T
Switchgrass Hay: (LgRd $47.50/T Dec)
Straw: (SmSq $3.50-4.00/bale Dec); LgSq $25-26/b, $75/T; LgRd $25/b, $50-77.50/T
Cornstalks: LgRd $40-52.50/T
Soybean ‘Straw”: (LgRd $30/T Dec)
Maurice (NW IA) (Thurs 12:30P)
Alfalfa:
Supreme: SmSq $170-190/T (LgRd $132.50/T Dec)
Prem: LgSq $110/; LgRd $115-120/T
Good: LgSq $90-95/T; LgRd $85-102.50/T
Utility: (LgRd $45/T Dec)
Mixed Leg/Gr:
Premium: (LgRd $105/T Dec)
Grass:
Premium: SmSq $115-130/T; LgRd $110/T
Good: SmSq $90-105/T; LgSq $90/T; LgRd $85-105/T
Fair: SmSq $75/T; LgRd $67.50/T
Utility: LgRd $50-75/T
Straw: (SmSq $3.80-4.75/bale Dec); LgSq $25/bale
Denison (WC IA) (Sat 11:00A)
Alfalfa: LgSq $65-135/bale
Alfalfa&Mixed: SmSq $3.00-5.00/bale
Grass: SmSq $2.50/bale; (LgRd $60/bale Dec)
Straw: SmSq $3.00-5.00/bale
Stuart (WC IA) Noon Saturdays
Alfalfa: LgRd $69/bale
Mixed: (SmSq $3.50-4.50/bale Dec); LgRd $58-63/bale
Grass: SmSq $3.10/bale; LgSq $45-54/bale; LgRd $45-55/bale
Straw: SmSq $3.25/bale
Corn Stalks: (LgRd $25/bale Dec)
Perry (Central Iowa) (Sat Noon)
Alfalfa & Mixed Legume/Grass: SmSq $4.25-7.50/bale; LgRd $79/bale
Grass: SmSq $3.50-4.50/b: (LgSq $65/bale Dec); LgRd $48-52/bale
Straw $2.00-2.25/bale; LgSq $35/bale
Corn Stalks: LgRd $34-35/bale
Private Broker Sales -- Ave. of prices from
South Central Iowa (Indianola & Adair); and North Central Iowa, (Hampton)
Alfalfa: Prem SmSq $200-225/T; LgSq $200/T
Good LgSq $165/T; LgRd $80/T
Good/Fair: LgRd $65/T
Mixed Legume/Grass
Good LgSq $150-165/T
Grass: Premium LgSq $120/T
Straw: SmSq $150/T ; LgSq $125-140/T
Shell Rock (NE IA) (2nd & 4th Saturday )
Alfalfa &Mixed Leg/Gr: SmSq $2.50-5.20/bale; LgSq $40-50/bale; $50-60/bale
Grass: SmSq $2.50-3.00/bale; (LgRd $50/bale Nov)
Straw: SmSq $2.30-2.60/bale
Edgewood (NE IA) (Tues. 11AM)
Alfalfa : LgSq $150-160/T
& Mixed Leg/Gr: SmSq $3.00-3.40/bale LgRd $85-125/T
Grass: LgSq: $100-140/T; LgRd $60-75/T
Straw: LgSq $38/bale
Corn Stalks: LgRd $25/bale
Bluegrass (EC IA) (Auction formerly at Walcott) 2nd Sat Dec-Mar; Noon
Dec 11 2010 Auction
Alfalfa & Mixed Leg/Gr: SmSq $5.50-7.25/bale; LgSq $45/bale; LgRd $25-65/bale
Grass: (SmSq $5.50/bale Dec); LgRd $40-50/bale
Soybean ‘Straw’ (LgRd $25/bale Dec)
Keosauqua (SE IA) Sat 11:30A
Alfalfa & mixed: SmSq $2.00-7.50/bale
Grass : SmSq $2.00-5.00/bale
Straw: SmSq $3.00-4.50/bale
Soybean ‘straw’: SmSq $1.25/bale
Kalona (SE IA) 1st Wed, Yr-round 11:30AM Wed. (& 3rd Wed Oct-winter)
Alfalfa & Mixed Leg/Gr: SmSq $2.90-5.10/bale; LgSq $41-65/bale. LgRd $37-67/bale
Grass: SmSq $3.00/bale; LgSq $32-49/bale; LgRd $40-56/bale
Straw: SmSq $2.60-3.00/bale; LgSq $30/bale
Cornstalks: LgSq $17/bale; LgRd $25-29/bale
Creston (SW IA) 10:30AM Friday
Alfalfa & Mixed : SmSq $2.50-4.00/bale; LgRd $25-57/bale
Grass: (LgRd $2.50-3.25/bale; LgRd $28-48/bale Dec)
Straw: (SmSq $2.50/bale Dec)
Cornstalks: LgRd $20-25/bale
Red Oak (SW IA) Saturday sales
Alfalfa: SmSq $2.50-6.25/bale
Grass: SmSq $1.75-4.25/bale; LgRd $35-50/bale
Straw: SmSq $3.00-4.00/bale
Cornstalks: SmSq $1.00-1.75/bale
"Missouri Market" (Mid- to late- January 2011 USDA Market Price Report)
Alfalfa Supreme (RFV >185): SmSq $150-170/T
Prem (RFV 170-180): SmSq $140-160/T
Good/Fair: (RFV 130-170) SmSq $90-140/T; LgSq $90-140/T; LgRd $75-120/T
Mixed Leg/Gr: Good SmSq $3.50-5.00/bale LgRd $30-60/bale
Grass :
Supreme/Premium SmSq $5.00-6.50/bale
Prem/Good LgSq $60-150/T
Good SmSq $3.50-5.00/bale; $40-120/T
Good/Fair LgRd $20-40/bale
Fair LgRd $25-50/bale
Prairie hay: Prem/Good SmSq $80-120/T; Good/Fair LgRd $35-75/T
Bermudagrass Good/Fair $80-120/T
Straw: SmSq $2.00-5.00/bale
"Northern & Central Illinois (January 2011 USDA Market Report)
Alfalfa
Premium: SmSq $160-200/T: LgSq $165-180/T
Good: SmSq $140-180/T; LgSq $130-165/T: LgRd $100-145/T
Fair: SmSq $80-120/T; LgSq $75-120/T; LgRd $55-100/T
Utility: SmSq $40-60/T; LgSq $60-80/T; LgRd $40-60/T
Mixed Leg/Grass
Premium: SmSq $160-180/T; LgSq $140-175/T
Good: SmSq $140-160/T; LgSq $110-160/T; LgRd $80-110/T
Fair: SmSq $80-120/T; LgSq $90-125/T; LgRd $60-85/T
Utility: SmSq $40-60/T; LgSq $60-80/T; LgRd $40-60/T
Grass:
Premium: SmSq $120-160/T; LgSq $130-150/T; LgRd $100/T
Good : SmSq $120-140/T; LgSq $100-130/T; LgRd $55-80/T
Fair: SmSq $80-100/T; LgSq $65-125/T; LgRd $50-80/T
Utility; SmSq $40-60/T; LgSq $60-80/T: LgRd $45-50/T
Straw: SmSq $3.00-4.00/bale, $150-200/T; LgSq $85-135/T; LgRd $60-90/T
Wisconsin 'Market'
Tested Hay Auction – Waldo, WI -- 1st Wed
Jan 12, 2011 Auction
RFV >175 (LgRd $ 120/T Dec)
RFV 103-124 (SmSq $120/ton Dec) LgSq $120-150/T
RFV 87-102 LgSq $75-100/T
Soybean ‘Straw” LgRd 20/bale
Beaver Dam WI 1st & 3rd Tues
Jan 4, 2011 Auction
RFV >151 LgSq $160.49/T
RFV 103-124 LgSq $100-114.65/T
RFV 87-102 LgSq $105.26- 114.65/T
RFV 75-86 SmSq $76.47/T
Wheat hay LgSq $28/bale
Tested Hay Auction Jan 18, 2011
RFV >151 ( LgSq $145.88 Dec)
RFV 125-151 LgSq $138.46/T
RFV 87-102 LgSq $108.57-149.59/T
RFV 75-86 (SmSq $92.40/T; LgSq $107.14/T Dec)
Not tested Mixed LgSq $22.50/bale
Not tested Grass LgSq $22.50/T
Straw LgSq $32/bale
Johnson Creek Wisc. (Equity Auction ) Mondays 11AM
Type and Quality not stated
SmSq $150.2.50/bale
LgSq $20-30/T
LgRd $20-30/T
"Minnesota (Pipestone) Market"-SW MN (Mid- to late- January 2011 USDA Market Report)
Alfalfa
Premium: SmSq $137.50/T; LgSq $115-130/T; LgRd $ 115/T
Good: SmSq $92.50-95/T); LgSq $97.50-105/T; LgRd $77.50-105/T
Fair: LgRd $55-75/T
Utility: LgRd $52.50/T
Mixed Leg/Gr
Premium: ( SmSq $117.50/T; LgSq $102.50/T; LgRd $102.50/T Dec)
Good: SmSq $87.50/T; LgSq $90/T; LgRd $80-105/T
Fair: LgSq $62.50/T; LgRd $55-77.50/T
Utility: LgRd $50-55/T
Grass
Premium: SmSq $120/T; LgSq $110/T
Good: SmSq $100/T; LgSq $87.50/T; LgRd $80-97.50/T
Fair: (SmSq $70/T Dec) ; LgRd $57.50-77.50/T
Utility: LgRd $50-57.50/T
Straw: SmSq $2.50-3.85/bale; LgSq $31/bale; LgRd $22-26/bale
Cornstalks: (LgSq $15 bale Dec); LgRd $21-27/bale
Soybean ‘Straw’: (LgRd $17/bale Dec)
"South Dakota - East River” (Mid- to late- January 2011 USDA Market Report)
Alfalfa
Supreme: SmSq $160/T; (LgSq $170-175/T Dec): LgRd $140-145/T
Premium: (SmSq $150/T Dec); LgSq $130-145/T, $175/T delivered; (LgRd $120-130/T Dec)
Good: LgSq $100-120/T; LgRd $80-95/T
Fair: LgSq $75-80/T; LgRd $75-85/T
Utility: LgSq $70-75/T, LgRd $ 70-75/T
Mixed Leg/Gr:
Prem LgSq $115/T
Good: (LgSq $125/T Dec)
Fair: (LgRd $85/T Dec)
Utility: (LgRd $50/T Dec)
Grass:
Premium: LgSq $100/T
Good : (LgSq $100/T; LgRd $90-100/T Dec)
Fair: (SmSq $80/T Dec); LgRd $70-85/T
Utility: LgSq $50-65/T
Oat Hay: (LgSq $85-90/T Dec)
‘Grinding hay’: (Bale type not stated) $60-65/T
Straw: SmSq $3.60/bale; (LgSq $55-75/T , $100/T delivered Dec) ; LgRd $70-75/T
Corn Stalks: LgRd $45/T delivered
Soybean ‘Straw’: (LgRd $ 40/T Dec)
Alcester, SD (SE SD) (Mid- to late- January 2011 USDA Market Report)
Alfalfa
Supreme: SmSq $160/T
Premium: LgSq $115/T; LgRd $110-115/T
Good : SmSq $80/T; LgSq $90-100/T; LgRd $85-105/T
Fair: LgRd $65-87.50/T
Utility: LgRd $45-60/T
Mixed Leg/Gr:
Prem: SmSq $140/T; LgRd $112.50/T
Good: LgRd $90-97.50/T
Grass:
Premium: SmSq $125-130/T; LgRd $107.50-110/T
Good: SmSq $4.50/bale, $105/T; LgSq $85-87.50/T; LgRd $80-100/T
Fair: (SmSq $75/T Dec); LgRd $67.50-72.50/T
Utility: LgRd $ 47.50/T
Straw: SmSq $3.75-5.20/bale
Nebraska Market" (Mid- to late- January 2011 USDA Report)
Alfalfa
Good : LgSq $135-145/T; LgRd $70-80/T, $90-100/T delivered
Fair: LgSq $120-125/T; LgRd $50-60/T
Grass:
Good: LgSq $95/T; LgRd $65-75/T
Fair: SmSq $100-112/T; LgRd $45-50/T
'Grinding Hay - ground & delivered' bale type not stated $95-100/T
Cornstalks: (LgSq $45-55/T, $70/T delivered.; LgRd $45-55/T delivered Dec)
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Internet-based Hay Source possibilities:
The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), responded to drought-induced hay and pasture deficit conditions by its establishing a www website - Hay Net - for producers to list information concerning the need for hay or the availability of hay. The WWW link to this site is listed below.
Using the USDA Hay Net page is not as user-friendly as the earlier version. If you want to see the listings 'for sale', In the center-right 'box' on the page, select the line 'Access eHayNet Service'. That will take you to the 2nd page where you must choose either: NEED (hay ads) or HAVE (hay ads). Then a 'state' (the state where the hay is listed,). The 'Select' button will then take you to the listings
for that state. Contacts and a limited description of hay available or needed can be found. As with other 'hay list'-type www sites, price and details about sales transactions must be completed between buyer and seller. Note: Not all lots listed for a state are located in that state, approximately half are from other states and Canada
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/hayNet?area=online&subject=landing&topic=han&setflag=welcome
I checked this site on 28 January 2011 and found the following # of listings:
State Late-March Listings
Iowa 1
Missouri 11
Illinois 6
Wisconsin 4
Minnesota 5
South Dakota 2
Nebraska 6
IOWA HAY & STRAW DIRECTORY
The Marketing Division of the Iowa Dept. of Agriculture and Land Stewardship publishes a Hay & Straw Directory each Autumn. It includes names & contact information for hay sellers, hay brokers, auctions, commercial grinders, hay market associations, etc,.
They are taking new listings anytime and post them on the WWW Hay and Straw Directory site. Clients are encouraged to use the WWW site. A few printed booklets may be available, but may not be as 'up-to-date' as is the WWW site version. Phone 1-800-383-5079 or (515) 281-5993 for information, or their WWW site:
http://idalsdata.org/IowaData/hayAndStraw.cfm
See Information on the ....
Iowa Noxious Weed Seed Free Forage & Mulch Program being managed by the Iowa Crop Improvement Association. Rules; fees; current listings
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/icia/Forage_Mulch.htm
Upper Midwest Haylist
"Electronic Market Service of Buyers and Sellers"
The Upper Midwest Haylist allows sellers to list lots of hay for 30-60 days, free of charge; & for buyers to access it for hay availability. Sellers can include: name, address, Phone/FAX/e-mail, type of hay (>95%alfalfa, Alf/Gr, Clover, >95% Grass etc), type of bale, which cutting ex. 2000 2nd, tons/bales available,
quality ex. RFV or CP, asking price per ton.
http://www.haylist.umn.edu/index.asp
On 28 January 2011 the following was listed.
State Listings
Iowa -
Missouri -
Illinois -
Wisconsin 5
Minnesota 1
South Dakota -
Nebraska -
WWW 'Hay Lists' from other surrounding states....
South Dakota State University Extension Service -- "Feed Finder" / Hay List This www site provides opportunity to 'post messages' about hay for sale, 'hay wanted', 'pasture for rent' etc. Use this www
address:
http://sdces.sdstate.edu:8080/FeedFinder/?14@778.2gy9a9EQbao.0@
Wisconsin Extension provides a forage hay-list that it has established Listings are by county. The list can be found at the following www site:
http://farmertofarmer.uwex.edu/
Missouri Hay Market www site.
http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/index.htm or call
1-800-877-4HAY (4429)
Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Assn www site. Browse through the "Inventory" tab. http://www.nebraska-alfalfa.com/ Nebraska Dept. of Agric Hay and Forage 'Hotline' www site
http://www.agr.state.ne.us/hayhot/hayhotline.htm
Colorado A PDF version of the Colorado Hay Directory can be found on the "Colorado Hay Directory" link on the Colorado Hay and Forage Assn www page
http://www.coloradohay.org/controller/home?_load=default
Commercial www sites
INTERNET HAY EXCHANGE
http://www.hayexchange.com/index.php
Buyers and sellers can place and find specifics about type of hay, location, quantity, price, quality, delivery options, etc. on this commercial internet site. On 28 January 2011 listings were:
State Listings
Iowa 47
Missouri 48
Illinois 67
Wisconsin 66
Minnesota 51
South Dakota 16
Nebraska 24
Bid-4-Hay
http://www.bid4hay.com/index.php?a=28&b=142&redirect_check=4
Operating in Oklahoma. It is an online hay classifieds and auction listing service. Allows listing and searching for hay. The interactive 'search' engine asks for your Zip Code and the distance range that
you would like to search in. On 28 January 2011 there were 3 listings for hay within 300 miles of Ames Iowa.
Internet Hay Auction
Midwestern Cattle Marketing, LLC (a Sidney, NE, company specializing in video cattle auctions) has established a www-based hay auction patterned after eBay. It can be found at eHayAuctions.com. Sellers register, provide descriptions of their hay (photos
and test results are optional), set prices and establish auction timeframes. Potential buyers also register, then bid on hay until the price is met, the seller accepts a bid or the auction time lapses. Sellers remain in control of their hay until payment is made
and hay is transported by the buyer. A fee of $4/ton is paid to the auction company by the seller at the time of listing. On 28 January 2011 there were no active auctions.
Agri Hay Exchange
http://www.agrihayexchange.com/hay/haylistings.aspx?ltID=2
Operating out of Pennsylvania. It is an online classified listing. It allows for free searching for hay etc. but requires registration on the site. There is a
subscription fee for hay wanted and for sale listings on the site, and to advertise. On 28 January 2011 there were 2 listings for Iowa.
The 'Hay Barn"
http://www.haybarn.com/reports/showads.asp?category=Hay
Hay listings are grouped by state. Sellers list type, description, sometimes price, and telephone number.
The Haymarket
http://www.case-agworld.com/cAw.HM.html The 'main page' has a lot of information. About 1/4 of the way down the page are some 'www links' to hay-related listings by 'region of the country. This leads to various formats of hay listings.
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If you need to look to a farther distance, Check the Manitoba Canada
www Hay & Forage Council site for Hay sellers:
http://www.mbforagecouncil.mb.ca/foragehaymarketing/provincialhaymarketersandprocessors/default.aspx
Stephen K. Barnhart
Professor of Agronomy - Forages Extension
2104 Agronomy Hall, Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1010
Phone (Office) (515) 294-1923
email address sbarnhar@iastate.edu