Demand and Sales Comments
Prices are steady to a touch stronger. Comments from auction sites is farmers are counting days and bales to see if they can make spring green up. Dairy quality hay is supporting the market with low quality hay being discounted. If you have questions on this report contact richard.halopka@wisc.edu . If you need forage or have forage to sell or straw, connect to the Farmer-to-Farmer website. You may contact your local county agriculture educator if you need help placing an ad. There is no charge for the service.
Straw prices are for oat, barley, or wheat straw. Straw prices are steady to strong. Small square bales averaged $4.90 a bale (range of $3.00 to $6.00). Large square bale straw averaged $40.00 per bale (a range of $25.00 to $65.00). Large round bale straw averaged $48.00 per bale (range of $23.00 – $75.00).
In Nebraska, good quality hay sold steady with grinding hay of fair quality is showing signs of weaker prices. Hay demand has increased as cattlemen have taken cows off winter range and put them in calving lots. In Iowa, no report.
In South Dakota, all classes of hay had steady prices with good demand. Yet hay market activity is very slow and supplies are limited, which is supporting the market.
In Missouri, hay supply is moderate and demand is light to moderate with prices mostly steady. Many farmers are looking at the calendar and county the bales in the hay pile.
In Southwest Minnesota, no report. In Kansas, hay market prices remain steady, movement remains slow, but have picked up a bit. Despite snow the drought monitor has changed little in the state.
In Wisconsin, prices are strong for dairy quality hay.
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