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| Sharing a link I found - hay prices nationwide.
http://hayandforage.com/mag/farming_prices_high_rising
Prices for high-quality hay are moving higher as the winter feeding period approaches. They are below year-ago levels in California and a few other states, but are higher than in fall 2005 in most of the country. These prices were gathered by USDA in early October. Figures followed by (D) are delivered prices. All others are at the farm. Cube and pellet prices are bulk unless otherwise indicated. For weekly updated hay prices, go to the “Hay Price Link” section of HayandForage.com | Horse-quality alfalfa hay: | Price/ton | | | Kansas (southwestern) | $180-200 | | | Kansas (southeastern) | 145-160 | | | Montana | 80 | | | South Dakota (western) | 120 | | | Oregon (Crook County) | 150-165 | | | Utah | 90-120 | | | Washington (Columbia Basin) | 130-165 | | | Premium-quality alfalfa hay: | Price/ton | | | California (northern) | $160-175 | (D) | | California (central) | 165-180 | (D) | | Colorado (northeastern) | 130-220 | | | Colorado (San Luis Valley) | 140-230 | | | Idaho | 120-135 | | | Illinois | 115-140 | | | Iowa (central) | 105-120 | | | Iowa (Rock Valley) | 98-110 | | | Missouri | 100-125 | | | Montana | 90-125 | | | Nebraska (northeastern) | 130-140 | | | Nebraska (western) | 90-110 | | | Nevada | 130-140 | | | New Mexico (southern) | 150-165 | | | Oklahoma | 150-180 | | | Oregon (Klamath Basin) | 135-145 | | | South Dakota (east river) | 85-110 | | | South Dakota (western) | 90-100 | | | Texas (panhandle) | 180-250 | (D) | | Texas (western) | 160-200 | | | Utah | 80-90 | | | Washington (Columbia Basin) | 105-133 | | | Wyoming | 90-120 | | | Good-quality alfalfa hay: | Price/ton | | | California (northern) | $140-161 | (D) | | California (central) | 145-150 | (D) | | Colorado | 120-125 | | | Idaho | 100-110 | | | Illinois | 100-120 | | | Iowa (Rock Valley) | 73-93 | | | Kansas (southwestern) | 140-145 | | | Kansas (southeastern) | 110-120 | | | Minnesota (southwestern) | 60-78 | | | Nebraska (northeastern) | 115-120 | | | Nebraska (western) | 90-95 | | | Nevada | 80-105 | | | New Mexico (southern) | 130-140 | | | Oklahoma | 140-160 | | | South Dakota (east river) | 70-90 | | | South Dakota (Alcester) | 60-70 | | | South Dakota (western) | 75-85 | | | Texas (panhandle) | 180-200 | (D) | | Texas (eastern) | 165-180 | (D) | | Utah | 60-75 | | | Washington (Columbia Basin) | 105-125 | | | Wyoming | 85-100 | | | Fair-quality alfalfa hay: | Price/ton | | | California (northern) | $125 | (D) | | California (central) | 115-125 | (D) | | California (southern) | 95-105 | | | Colorado (northeastern) | 110-120 | | | Idaho | 85-90 | | | Illinois | 70-90 | | | Iowa (central) | 55-60 | | | Iowa (Rock Valley) | 60-65 | | | Kansas (southwestern) | 125-140 | | | Kansas (northwestern) | 100-120 | | | Minnesota (southwestern) | 53-58 | | | Montana | 53-55 | | | Nebraska (northeastern) | 90-110 | | | New Mexico (southern) | 75-100 | (D) | | Oklahoma | 80-110 | | | South Dakota (east river) | 65-75 | | | South Dakota (Alcester) | 47-60 | | | Texas (panhandle) | 140-165 | (D) | | Texas (western) | 130-135 | (D) | | Utah | 45-55 | | | Bromegrass hay | Price/ton | | | Kansas | $80-100 | | | Missouri | 40-100 | | | Texas (panhandle) | 150-185 | (D) | | Oat hay: | Price/ton | | | California (northern) | $67-110 | | | Colorado | 80-105 | | | Nebraska (Platte Valley) | 80 | | | Washington (Columbia Basin) | 85 | | | Straw: | Price/ton | | | Colorado (northeastern) | $70-75 | (D) | | Illinois | 45-80 | | | Iowa (Rock Valley) | 60-65 | | | Kansas (northeastern) | 55-75 | | | Nebraska (Platte Valley) | 45-60 | | | South Dakota (east river) | 50 | | | Wyoming (barley straw) | 25-30 | | | 17% Dehy alfalfa pellets: | Price/ton | | | Colorado | $165 | | | Kansas | 170 | | | Nebraska | 155-160 | | | Wyoming | 142 | (D) | | 15% Suncured alfalfa pellets: | Price/ton | | | Kansas | $150-155 | | | South Dakota | 135 | | | Alfalfa cubes: | Price/ton | | | Colorado | $138 | | | Utah (50-lb bags) | 120-150 | |
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  That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
| In Utah it says $90-120 but we have been paying $190/ton all winter long for horse hay. $150 is the 5 year average.
Edited by Whiteboy 2014-03-06 9:31 AM
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Location: Northern CA | Not sure where they got their CA numbers from, but we haven't had prices that low in years. |
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Posts: 1898
| Ooops, I deleted my original post! Any who I said I just paid $260 for a 1,600 lbs load in California.
And I was going to ETA to say the article was written in 2006. I just found an old check book in my truck from 2008 at that time I was paying $8 a bale for the best alfalfa you can get here. No I am paying $13 a bale for alfalfa that is sub par to say the least. |
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 Swiffer PIcker Upper
Posts: 4015
Location: Four Corners Colorado | $360 a ton for premium grass alfalfa here!
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 Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
Posts: 16390
Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Well, they don't have Louisiana on the list, but I can tell you that the price of quality alfalfa is YOUR FIRST BORN CHILD OR AN ARM AND A LEG. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Small squares were 6.50 last summer
Now they are anywhere from that to 11, 12, 13 a bale.... Depending on where you are looking... |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | Alfalfa squares are $4.50-$5.00 a bale here in KY. |
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 Voice of Reason
Location: NOT at Wal Mart | halter_ego - 2014-03-06 7:34 AM Not sure where they got their CA numbers from, but we haven't had prices that low in years.
I can get #1 alfalfa in Blythe Ca for 160.00 per ton. Might be worth the trip. |
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| justcruzin - 2014-03-06 9:47 AM
halter_ego - 2014-03-06 7:34 AM Not sure where they got their CA numbers from, but we haven't had prices that low in years.
I can get #1 alfalfa in Blythe Ca for 160.00 per ton. Might be worth the trip.
Can you give the ranch info? My husband's parents don't live to far from there. Is it $160 for a true weighed ton or for 16 bales? |
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| Murphy - 2014-03-06 8:42 AM Alfalfa squares are $4.50-$5.00 a bale here in KY.
I WISH I could get ANY hay for that price...........I'm gonna google map Kentucky from Colo. Springs!
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Location: Kentucky | smiley - 2014-03-06 10:50 AM Murphy - 2014-03-06 8:42 AM Alfalfa squares are $4.50-$5.00 a bale here in KY.
I WISH I could get ANY hay for that price...........I'm gonna google map Kentucky from Colo. Springs!
Grass hay is $3.50 per bale, about #50 pounds each. |
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| Murphy - 2014-03-06 8:53 AM smiley - 2014-03-06 10:50 AM Murphy - 2014-03-06 8:42 AM Alfalfa squares are $4.50-$5.00 a bale here in KY.
I WISH I could get ANY hay for that price...........I'm gonna google map Kentucky from Colo. Springs!
What part of Kentucky? That's a HUGE difference. |
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Voice of Reason
Location: NOT at Wal Mart | cyount2009 - 2014-03-06 7:50 AM justcruzin - 2014-03-06 9:47 AM halter_ego - 2014-03-06 7:34 AM Not sure where they got their CA numbers from, but we haven't had prices that low in years. I can get #1 alfalfa in Blythe Ca for 160.00 per ton. Might be worth the trip. Can you give the ranch info? My husband's parents don't live to far from there. Is it $160 for a true weighed ton or for 16 bales?
Edited by justcruzin 2014-03-06 10:01 AM
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | smiley - 2014-03-06 10:57 AM Murphy - 2014-03-06 8:53 AM smiley - 2014-03-06 10:50 AM Murphy - 2014-03-06 8:42 AM Alfalfa squares are $4.50-$5.00 a bale here in KY.
I WISH I could get ANY hay for that price...........I'm gonna google map Kentucky from Colo. Springs!
Check Craigslist in the Louisville area. |
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 Ms. Potato Head
Posts: 9162
Location: BFE, Idaho | I could buy hay for that about 10 years ago, if I can find it for under $200 a ton I am thrilled. What a joke. |
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Posts: 1898
| justcruzin - 2014-03-06 10:00 AM
cyount2009 - 2014-03-06 7:50 AM justcruzin - 2014-03-06 9:47 AM halter_ego - 2014-03-06 7:34 AM Not sure where they got their CA numbers from, but we haven't had prices that low in years. I can get #1 alfalfa in Blythe Ca for 160.00 per ton. Might be worth the trip. Can you give the ranch info? My husband's parents don't live to far from there. Is it $160 for a true weighed ton or for 16 bales?
Thanks! That would be great! |
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Tried and True
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Location: Where I am happiest | http://hayandforage.com/marketing/drought-continues-western-hay-prices-rise?page=2  Currant info. |
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 Firecracker Dog Lover
Posts: 3175
| In the past 5 years I have paid anywhere from $100-$150 a ton for good quality grass hay. The year I bought alfalfa for my pregnant mare I paid $200 a ton - in Idaho. |
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Elite Veteran
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| cyount2009 - 2014-03-06 9:36 AM
Ooops, I deleted my original post! Any who I said I just paid $260 for a 1,600 lbs load in California.
And I was going to ETA to say the article was written in 2006. I just found an old check book in my truck from 2008 at that time I was paying $8 a bale for the best alfalfa you can get here. No I am paying $13 a bale for alfalfa that is sub par to say the least.
$13/bale sounds nice right now. I just bought 70 bales of #1 at $18. Delivered. At a discount. |
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 The best bad guy on the internet
Posts: 3519
Location: Arizona | I guess Arizona doesn't produce any hay!! I don't see it on the list at all! LOL
I guess I will keep it all for myself!  |
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Location: CA | I'm paying just shy of $20 a bale for high quality alfalfa in N Cal. The bales are approx 100 lbs, so that makes about $400 a ton. Makes me cringe every time I go. |
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| HorseMommyFiveO - 2014-03-06 11:46 AM
cyount2009 - 2014-03-06 9:36 AM
Ooops, I deleted my original post! Any who I said I just paid $260 for a 1,600 lbs load in California.
And I was going to ETA to say the article was written in 2006. I just found an old check book in my truck from 2008 at that time I was paying $8 a bale for the best alfalfa you can get here. No I am paying $13 a bale for alfalfa that is sub par to say the least.
$13/bale sounds nice right now. I just bought 70 bales of #1 at $18. Delivered. At a discount.
It would sound nice if it wasn't the same hay they were selling for $5 a bale as cow hay just a few months ago. They moved it to the horse barn and marked it up. It is about 20% weed, has some kind of "native grass" in it I don't recognize and the bales are so light I can pick them up one handed. |
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 Coyote Country Queen
Posts: 5666
| In Southwest Kansas, current prices for a small square of horse quality alfalfa is $10/bale (which usually figures to around $300 per ton). Large squares $250-$270. Supreme dairy $220-$250. Premium $210-$240. A little new crop contracted at $230-$240.
This information is from the Kansas Department of Agriculture and was published in the High Plains Journal on February 24th.
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| I have no idea where they came up with $150-$165 for premium quality Klamath Basin Alfafla. Very few people are selling hay around here and Alfalfa is base price $300 a ton. I know one dealer who is selling it for $275 but you have to buy a minium of 35 tons. Feedstores are charging $18 for a three string bale. ETA: Grass Hay is about $8.00 a bale for 60-65 lb bale.
Edited by kissmybarrelbutt 2014-03-06 12:54 PM
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| I wish!!!! If I could get a ton of Alfalfa under $300 in NV I would be ecstatic. |
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Posts: 473
| In Florida it's over $500 a ton for Alfalfa! |
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Hay prices nationwide - neat list