Nebraska Hay Summary

Week Ending March 10, 2017

     Compared to last week alfalfa, grass hay, ground and delivered hay and dehy alfalfa pellets sold steady. Light to moderate demand for all forage products. Some continue to buy hand and mouth and are not going to spend any more money than they have to before they ship cattle off to summer grass. Very windy weather this week in the trade area has dried the topsoil out a lot and most areas could use some moisture. Some field work has begun with dry fertilizer being applied. There is still quite a lot of large squares of alfalfa in a variety of quality in storage. All sales are dollars per ton FOB (freight on buyer) in the field or hay 
barn, unless otherwise noted. 

Eastern/Central Nebraska
Alfalfa: Premium large square bales 155.00, Good large square bales 110.00-125.00. Good round bales 65.00-70.00. Premium small squares of alfalfa 150.00. Grass Hay: Good large round bales 60.00-70.00, fair large round bales 40.00-50.00. Premium small square bales of grass hay in central part of the state at 120.00, Eastern part of the state from 150.00-160.00. Cane in large round bales 55.00-60.00. 

Platte Valley area of Nebraska
Alfalfa: Good round bales mostly 60.00-70.00 with a few selling at 75.00. Ground and delivered alfalfa 90.00-100.00. Ground and delivered cornstalks 75.00-80.00. Ground and delivered soybean stubble 70.00. Dehy alfalfa pellets 17 percent protein 180.00. Sun-cured alfalfa pellets 15 percent protein 165.00.