Nebraska Hay Summary

Week Ending July 27, 2018

  Compared to last week alfalfa in large squares steady, rounds of 
alfalfa not enough sales to establish a market trend. Grass hay steady on 
a very thin test. Ground and delivered alfalfa steady to 5.00 lower, 
blended products of ground and delivered and cornstalks sold steady. Dehy 
pellets sold steady. Demand was mostly light. Still up in the air on what 
the price of rounds bales of alfalfa may be worth. Many buyers of ground 
products are buying hand to mouth and are talking about cutting very 
large piles of silage for their added forage needs. A lot of alfalfa hay 
has been priced but very limited sales have occurred as cattlemen have 
ample feed of their own and as a borrower of money they don’t want to 
step out and procure large quantities of feed if they don’t really need 
it. Grass hay production continues at a snail’s pace in a large area of 
the state.  Wet meadows and rain continue to plague these productions 
areas. But, everyone knows when the rain shuts off it may not come back 
around for a few years! Second cutting tonnage on alfalfa has been very 
good with some reports of better than first in some areas. Few, producers 
have started on third cutting. Corn and beans look good to very good 
across most areas of the state. All sales are dollars per ton FOB the 
field or hay barn, unless otherwise noted. 

Eastern/Central Nebraska
Alfalfa: Premium large squares 200.00; Good large squares 160.00. Good 
large rounds 100.00 delivered. Fair large rounds 90.00; Utility rounds 
60.00.  Grass Hay: Good large rounds 100.00. Premium small square bales 
160.00-170.00. Wheat straw in round bales 90.00. Dehy Alfalfa pellets 17 
percent protein 230.00-240.00

Platte Valley area of Nebraska
Alfalfa: Premium round bales 110.00. Standing alfalfa in the field 70.00. 
Round bales of Oat hay 80.00. Ground and delivered alfalfa 130.00-135.00. 
Ground and delivered alfalfa-cornstalk mix 125.00-130.00. Ground and 
delivered cornstalks 90.00-115.00. Dehy Alfalfa pellets 17 percent 
protein 210.00-220.00.


Western Nebraska
Alfalfa: Premium large squares 150.00. Fair to good large squares 130.00-
135.00. Oat hay in large squares 120.00 delivered. Ground and delivered 
alfalfa 155.00-185.00.