Nebraska Hay Summary

Week Ending February 21, 2020

  Compared to last week, baled hay prices sold unevenly steady to weak. 
Ground and delivered hay 5.00 lower and alfalfa pellets steady. Demand 
was sporadic across the state. Best demand is for hay leaving the 
state in large square bales. Quite a variety of hay hitting the market. 
Some grass hay is sitting in potentially wet places and needs to be sold 
and moved before the frost leaves the ground. When the frost goes out it 
will make hauling loads of hay difficult in many areas of the state. Some 
reports of farmers baling cornstalks the last few days before the snow on 
Wednesday. There are a lot of cornstalks bales that have yet to be sold 
and adding negative pressure to that market. Note: “All sales are dollars 
per ton FOB the field or hay barn, unless otherwise noted.” 

Eastern/Central Nebraska
Alfalfa: Good large squares 155.00; Fair to good large rounds 85.00-
100.00, few at 110.00. Prairie Hay: Good large rounds 90.00-100.00; Fair 
large rounds 85.00. Premium small squares 170.00-180.00. Cane in large 
rounds 65.00. Cornstalks large rounds 45.00-55.00 and large squares 
50.00-55.00. Dehy alfalfa pellets 17 percent 320.00-330.00. Sun-cured 
pellets 15 percent 300.00.
 
Platte Valley area of Nebraska
Alfalfa: Ground and delivered alfalfa 135.00-140.00. Ground and delivered 
alfalfa/cornstalk mix 120.00-130.00. Cane/stubble mix ground and 
delivered 115.00. Ground and delivered cornstalks 90.00-105.00. Dehy 
alfalfa pellets 17 percent protein 270.00-285.00; Sun-cured alfalfa 15 
percent protein 250.00-270.00.

Western Nebraska
Alfalfa: Supreme large squares 200.00; Good large squares 160.00-175.00. 
Good large rounds 150.00.  Teff grass: Fair to Good large rounds 150.00. 
Ground and delivered alfalfa 153.00-158.00. Sun-cured alfalfa pellets 15 
percent protein 255.00. 

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