Week ending 3/27/20
The transitions of seasons never fails to surprise those of us in Missouri.
In the past week the state has seen everything from a short lived heavy
snowfall, thunderstorms and flash flooding, and beautiful blue sky sunny
days in the 70’s. Grass is enjoying the moisture and overall warmer
temperatures and growing well. Many cattle farmers especially in the south
are getting very near to turning out as most cattle aren’t caring much for
hay anymore. The continuing rains every few days has made it near impossible
to fertilize pastures and hayfields and that is becoming concerning. Field
work for any spring planting has been at a standstill since the first weekend
of the month when there was a short window and several got some anhydrous
down. The supply of hay is moderate, demand is light, and prices are steady.
The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both
buyers and sellers. To be listed, or to view the directory visit
http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay
http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless
specified and on most recent reported sales.
Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185) 180.00-200.00
small squares 7.00-9.00 per bale
Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180) 160.00-180.00
Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170) 120.00-160.00
small squares 5.00-7.00 per bale
Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150) 100.00-125.00
Good quality Mixed Grass hay 80.00-120.00
Small squares 6.00-8.00 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix)
Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay 60.00-80.00
small squares 3.00-6.00 per bale
Fair quality Mixed Grass hay 35.00-50.00 per large round bale
25.00-40.00 per 4x5 round bale
Good quality Bromegrass 80.00-120.00
Fair to Good quality Bromegrass 50.00-80.00
Wheat hay 40.00-55.00 per large round bale
Wheat straw 3.00-6.00 per small square bale
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