Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Kansas Hay Market Report

Ground/Grinding alfalfa movement:   Southwest/South Central 
Tonnage: 7,658/6,046   Last week:  7,748/5,976     Last year: 8,297/5,007
             
Hay market trade activity and demand remains very slow and prices remain steady. 
Much of the hay moving is previously contracted or spot loads. Drier conditions 
have prevailed in Kansas for the last several weeks and southwestern and south-
central producers are starting to say they could use a drink. A windy Easter 
Sunday ushered in thunderstorms that marched across the eastern half of the 
state in the wee hours of Monday morning. Little precipitation was received out 
of the storms and appears to have missed the southwest all together. Total rain 
received was anywhere from a trace to 1.5 inches. The drier weather, however, 
has allowed folks to get field work done and spraying for pests has begun with 
the arrival of aphids and weevils. If you have any extra hay to sell and/or need 
hay here in Kansas, use the services of the Internet Hay Exchange: 
www.hayexchange.com/ks.php.  

Southwest Kansas  
Dairy alfalfa, grass hay, grinding alfalfa, ground/delivered steady; movement 
slow to moderate. Alfalfa: horse, premium small squares 270.00-290.00. Alfalfa: 
Dairy 1.00-1.05/point RFV, Supreme 185.00-210.00, Premium 170.00-195.00, Good 
160.00-170.00. Stock or Dry Cow 190.00-200.00.  Fair/Good grinding alfalfa, 
170.00-180.00. Ground and delivered locally to feedlots and dairies, 195.00-
205.00 with an instance at 210.00-220.00; Bluestem, premium small squares 
140.00-150.00; Sudan: large rounds 70.00-80.00; Cornstalks: Large rounds 65.00-
75.00, ground and delivered 85.00-90.00; Wheat straw: large rounds 65.00-70.00. 
The week of 4/14-4/20, 7,658T of grinding alfalfa and 950T of dairy alfalfa were 
delivered. 

South Central Kansas 
Dairy alfalfa, grinding alfalfa, ground/delivered, alfalfa pellets and grass hay 
steady; movement slow to moderate. Alfalfa: horse, small squares 200.00-210.00. 
Dairy, 1.00-1.10/point RFV, Supreme 195.00-215.00, Premium 175.00-200.00, Good 
165.00-175.00. Stock cow, 185.00-195.00 delivered. Fair/Good grinding alfalfa, 
145.00-155.00. Ground and delivered locally to feedlots 175.00-185.00 with an 
instance at 195.00-200.00; Alfalfa pellets: Sun cured 15 pct protein 215.00-
220.00, 17 pct protein 220.00-230.00, Dehydrated 17 pct 265.00-275.00; Grass 
hay: Bluestem, small squares 8.00/bale, large squares 130.00-140.00; Sudan: 
large rounds 75.00-85.00 with an instance at 100.00-110.00; Wheat Straw: large 
rounds 65.00-75.00. The week of 4/14-4/20, 6,046/T of grinding alfalfa and 
1,025T of dairy alfalfa were delivered. 

Southeast Kansas 
Dairy alfalfa, grinding alfalfa, ground/delivered, grass hay steady; movement 
slow to moderate.  Alfalfa: horse or goat, 220.00-245.00.  Dairy 1.00-1.05/point 
RFV. Stock cow 180.00-190.00. Fair/Good grinding alfalfa, 165.00-175.00. Ground 
and delivered, none reported; Grass hay: Bluestem, premium small squares 140.00-
150.00. Good, mid squares 125.00-135.00, large squares, good quality 110.00-
115.00, better quality, 130.00-140.00, large rounds 110.00-125.00 with an 
instance at 130.00. Brome, good, small squares 150.00-160.00, mid squares 
140.00-150.00, large squares 145.00-155.00, large rounds 125.00-135.00; Sudan: 
large rounds 80.00-90.00; Oat hay, mid squares 150.00-160.00; Wheat Straw: mid 
and large squares 75.00-100.00. Mulch: large rounds 50.00-60.00. The week of 
4/14-4/20, 1,248T of grass hay was delivered.

Northwest Kansas  
Dairy alfalfa, grinding alfalfa, ground/delivered steady, movement slow. 
Alfalfa: Horse or goat, 220.00-230.00. Dairy, Premium/Supreme 1.00-1.05/point 
RFV. Stock cow, fair/good 160.00-165.00. Fair/good grinding alfalfa, 140.00-
150.00.  Ground and delivered locally to feedlots and dairies, 150.00-160.00; 
Alfalfa/oat mix, large rounds 100.00-120.00.

North Central-Northeast Kansas 
Dairy alfalfa, grinding alfalfa, ground/delivered, grass hay steady to 5.00 
lower; movement slow.  Alfalfa: horse, premium small squares 9.00-10.00/bale. 
Dairy 1.00-1.05/point RFV, Supreme 185.00-210.00, Premium 170.00-195.00, Good 
160.00-170.00. Stock Cow, 195.00-200.00. Fair/Good, grinding alfalfa, 140.00-
150.00 with an instance at 160.00. Ground and delivered 165.00-175.00. Grass 
hay: Bluestem, small squares 8.00-8.50/bale, large squares 120.00-130.00, large 
rounds 100.00-110.00. Brome, small squares 8.50-9.50/bale, large squares 145.00-
155.00, large rounds 100.00-110.00 with an instance at 115.00-120.00; Sudan: 
large rounds 80.00-90.00; Wheat Straw: small squares 6.00-7.00/bale, large 
squares 100.00-110.00, and large rounds 85.00-95.00.  The week of 4/14-4/20, 
530T of grinding alfalfa and 400T of dairy alfalfa were delivered.  



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