Nebraska Hay Summary

Week Ending August 03, 2018

  Compared to last week alfalfa in large squares mostly 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.  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.  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. 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.  According to the United States Drought Monitor, a swath of light 
to moderate precipitation fell in an area roughly covering north and east 
Wyoming, east Colorado and much of Nebraska and Kansas with some of the heaviest 
precipitation falling in western Nebraska.  All sales are dollars per ton FOB 
the field or hay barn, unless otherwise noted. 

Eastern/Central Nebraska
Alfalfa: Premium large squares 180.00-200.00; Good large squares 160.00. Good 
large rounds 100.00 delivered; Fair large rounds 90.00; Utility rounds 60.00.  
Grass Hay: Premium large squares 150.00 delivered. Good large rounds 100.00. 
Premium small square bales 160.00-170.00. Wheat straw in round bales 90.00. 
Large Squares 75.00. Rye straw in large squares 70.00 delivered. 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. Good large squares 160.00. 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. Sun-Cured alfalfa pellets 15 percent 
protein 215.00-230.00.