Nebraska Hay Summary

Week Ending Oct 18, 2019

  Compared to last week all reported forages sold mostly steady. Demand 
picked up this week with several contacts noting they had quite a few 
calls from prospective buyers. Harvest on the most part is slow this 
fall. With the delay in planting and wet summer many crops are at a 
snail’s pace in drying down to a storable moisture content. Many farmers 
are on a day to day basis hoping the moisture tester will give them a 
thumbs up to start rolling crops from fields to bins. Several reports 
that 3rd or 4th cutting of alfalfa is on the ground, some has been baled. 
Some cornstalks getting baled on fields where high moisture corn was 
picked. Note: “All sales are dollars per ton FOB the field or hay barn, 
unless otherwise noted. All reported prices are confirmed sold prices.”


Eastern/Central Nebraska
Alfalfa: Good large rounds 100.00-105.00, few at 115.00, delivered price 
at 135.00. Prairie Hay: Premium large rounds 125.00; Good large rounds 
90.00-100.00; Fair large rounds 75.00-85.00. Premium small squares 
170.00-180.00. Cane in large rounds 70.00. Dehy alfalfa pellets 17 
percent 300.00; Sun-cured alfalfa 15 percent protein 260.00. 

 
Platte Valley area of Nebraska
Alfalfa: Good large rounds 105.00-110.00. Grass hay: Good large rounds 
115.00; Fair large rounds 90.00. Oat hay large rounds 80.00. Ground and 
delivered alfalfa 140.00-145.00. Ground and delivered alfalfa-cornstalk 
mix 125.00-135.00. Cane/stubble mix ground and delivered 115.00.  Ground 
and delivered corn stalks 110.00. Dehy alfalfa pellets 17 percent protein 
275.00; Sun-cured alfalfa 15 percent protein 240.00.

Western Nebraska
Alfalfa: Supreme large squares 195.00-200.00; Premium large squares 
180.00; Good large squares 160.00-165.00; Fair large squares 130.00-
140.00. Millet hay in rounds and large squares 80.00-85.00. Straw large 
squares 80.00. Ground and delivered alfalfa 153.00-158.00. Sun-cured 
alfalfa pellets 15 percent protein 255.00. 

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