California Hay Report

  Compared to last week: All classes traded steady with good demand.  Region 6 
is putting up and is bringing 40.00-50.00 more than this time last year.  
According to the U.S Drought Monitor 2/08/18, the situation across the western 
U.S. presented sharply diverging scenarios, with good season-to-date moisture 
supplies across the northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest in sharp contrast to 
intensifying drought and a lack of vital snowpack’s across central and southern 
portions of the Rockies and Sierra Nevada.  Hay is reported FOB the stack or 
barn unless otherwise noted.  Regions are defined at bottom of report. 

Tons:  5400    Last Week:  2660    Last Year:  2030                                

Region 1: North Inter-Mountain: No New Sales Confirmed.

Region 2: Sacramento Valley:                                                   
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Mixed Grass                                                                  
      Good                   1000  225.00-225.00  225.00 Del                   
  Wheat                                                                        
      Good                    100  106.00-106.00  106.00     Old Crop          
  Rice Straw                                                                   
      Good                   1100   35.00-35.00    35.00                       

Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley:                                         
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Supreme                 200  300.00-300.00  300.00 Del                   
      Fair/Good              1100  210.00-210.00  210.00 Del                   
  Alfalfa/Grain Mix                                                              
      Good                    200  300.00-300.00  300.00 Del                   
  Forage Mix-Two Way                                                           
      Good                    400  145.00-155.00  150.00 Del                   

Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley:                                          
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Supreme                 200  300.00-300.00  300.00 Del                   
      Premium/Supreme         200  280.00-280.00  280.00 Del                   

Region 5: Southern California: No New Sales Confirmed.

Region 6: Southeast California:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Supreme                 200  210.00-220.00  215.00                       
      Premium                 475  210.00-212.00  210.95                       
                              100  200.00-200.00  200.00     Excessive Moisture
                              125  220.00-220.00  220.00     Retail/Stable                            
                     
The following are the counties included in each region:                        
Region 1: Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, and Plumas.                         
Region 2: Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer,  
          Yolo, El Dorado, Solano, Sacramento, Amador, and Alpine.             
Region 3: San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Merced, Mariposa.
Region 4: Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo.                             
Region 5: Kern, Northeast Los Angeles, and Western San Bernardino.             
Region 6: Eastern San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial.