Friday, March 8, 2019

California Hay Report

  Compared to last week: All classes traded steady with moderate demand.  
According to report contacts, weather (rain) has been effecting early cuttings.  
Chance of rain this coming Monday has a lot of growers trying to get hay up in a 
bale.  Hay is reported FOB the stack or barn unless otherwise noted.  Regions 
are defined at bottom of report.  

Tons:  2075    Last Week:  1680    Last Year:  5701                            

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

Region 2: Sacramento Valley:                                                   
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 275  220.00-280.00  240.91     Retail/Stable     
      Good                     50  215.00-215.00  215.00 Del                   
                               50  195.00-195.00  195.00 Del Weedy             
      Fair/Good               200  220.00-220.00  220.00 Del                   
      Fair                    200  180.00-185.00  182.50 Del                   
  Orchard Grass                                                                
      Premium                  25  240.00-240.00  240.00     Retail/Stable     
  Oat                                                                          
      Good                     25  150.00-150.00  150.00     Retail/Stable     
  Rice Straw                                                                   
      Good                    150   87.50-87.50    87.50     Retail/Stable     
                              100  105.00-105.00  105.00 Del                   

Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley: No New Sales Confirmed.

Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley:                                          
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                  25  265.00-265.00  265.00 Del                   

Region 5: Southern California:                                                 
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 150  279.00-279.00  279.00     Retail/Stable     
  Forage Mix-Three Way                                                         
      Good                     25  275.00-275.00  275.00     Retail/Stable     

Region 6: Southeast California:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium/Supreme         500  215.00-215.00  215.00     New Crop                  
      Premium                 100  205.00-205.00  205.00     New Crop                  
      Good                    200  190.00-190.00  190.00     New Crop                  

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.       

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