Missouri Weekly Hay Summary

Week ending 5/22/20

Another week with very little sunshine in the state made it hard for 
farmers to get much progress made. Historically there would be a lot of 
hay getting baled this weekend but that doesn’t look to be likely this 
year. The southern half of the state saw more rains this week making it 
hard to even wrap hay. Most fields are too wet to get into and lack of 
sun would make any curing nearly impossible. For the mean time it’s just 
a game of watching and waiting. The supply of hay is moderate, demand is 
light, and prices are mostly steady. The Missouri Department of 
Agriculture has a hay 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 30.00-50.00 per large round bale 
20.00-40.00 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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