Colorado Hay Report

   Compared to last week, trade activity and demand light.  According to the U.S 
Drought Monitor’s High Plains Summary released September 10, 2019, unsettled 
weather brought widespread light precipitation to much of the High Plains, 
especially Montana and the Dakotas, while monsoonal moisture produced scattered 
showers in Colorado, western Nebraska, and parts of Kansas and Wyoming. In 
central Colorado, 1-2 inches of rain south of Denver eliminated short-term 
deficiencies, thus D0 was erased. Farther to the southwest and southeast, 
however, dry and warm weather increased 90-day deficiencies as the southwest 
monsoon has been weak and spotty, generating SPIs less than -1.5 on a 30-, 60-, 
and 90-day time scales. The wet winter and spring is fast becoming a faded 
memory as the summer heat and dryness continued to assert itself with impacts. 
Accordingly, D0 expanded into Gunnison, Pitkin, and Saguache counties in the 
southwest, while D0 increased in Las Animas and Otero counties in the southeast. 
D1 also slightly crept northward in southwestern Colorado.  According to the 
NASS Colorado Crop Progress report for week ending September 8, 2019, stored 
feed supplies were rated 3 percent short, 85 percent adequate, and 12 percent 
surplus with 3rd cutting alfalfa progress at 61 percent harvested and 4th 
cutting at 18 percent harvested.  The next available report will be Thursday, 
September 19, 2019.  All prices reported are FOB at the stack or barn unless 
otherwise noted.  Prices reflect load lots of hay.  If you have hay for sale or 
need hay, use the services of the Colorado Department of Agriculture website: 
www.coloradoagriculture.com.

Northeast Colorado Areas
  Alfalfa
   Large Squares: Supreme 190.00.
                  Good 150.00.
                  Fair 135.00, DEL.
   Small Squares: Supreme 285.00 (8.50 per bale), Retail/Stable.
  Alfalfa/Grass
   Small Squares: Premium 280.00-300.00 (8.00-8.50 per bale), Retail/Stable.
                  Good 265.00 (8.00 per bale), Weedy Retail/Stable.
          Rounds: Supreme 230.00, Retail/Stable.
  Alfalfa/Orchard Mix
   Large Squares: Premium 270.00, Retail/Stable.
  Orchard/Brome Grass Mix
   Small Squares: Premium 315.00 (9.00 per bale), Retail/Stable.
  Grass
   Small Squares: Premium 335.00 (10.00 per bale), Retail/Stable.
  Rye Grass
   Small Squares: Premium 290.00 (8.00 per bale), Retail/Stable.
  Oat Hay
   Large Squares: Good 125.00.
   No reported quotes for all other classes of hay.

Southeast Colorado Areas
  Alfalfa
   Small Squares: Premium 322.50 (10.00 per bale), Retail/Stable.
  Grass
   Small Squares: Premium 315.00 (9.00 per bale), Retail/Stable.
  Timothy/Brome Grass Mix
     Mid Squares: Premium 230.00, Retail/Stable.
   No reported quotes for all other classes of hay.

San Luis Valley Areas
  Alfalfa
   Large Squares: Good 200.00, Organic.
  Grass
   Large Squares: Premium 180.00.
   No reported quotes for all other classes of hay.

Southwest Colorado Areas
  Alfalfa
   Large Squares: Supreme 180.00.
   No reported quotes from all other classes of hay.

Mountains and Northwest Colorado Areas
  Meadow Grass Hay
   Small Squares: Premium 275.00 (7.50 per bale), Retail/Stable.
   No reported quotes for all other classes of hay.

Northeast: Weld, Washington, Morgan, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Lincoln, Elbert, 
Adams, Sedgwick, Yuma, Larimer, Jefferson, Douglas, Kit Carson, Phillips, 
Logan, Boulder, Arapahoe, and El Paso.
Southeast: Fremont, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas, Bent, Otero, Prowers, 
Crowley, and Pueblo.
San Luis Valley: Saguache, Alamosa, Costilla, Conejos, Rio Grande, and 
Mineral.
Southwest: Mesa, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel, Montezuma, Dolores, 
San Juan, Hinsdale, Archuleta, and La Plata.
Mountains and Northwest: Moffat, Routt, Jackson, Rio Blanco, Garfield, 
Gunnison, Teller, Grand, Chaffee, Park, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Summit, 
Lake, and Eagle.

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