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Location: Cypress, Texas | What's the weight difference and typical price in north Texas |
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Location: West Texas | 2 strand 65lbs
3 strand 100lbs
That is average weight. Each bale may weigh different. |
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| What are you paying for 3 strand back there in TX? Its 17.00 a bale for trash hay and 20-22 here for Nice heavy bales of good quality. Sunny Southerm CA |
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | Our haybarn here in CTX has nice 3 strand bales for $20. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
Posts: 64864
Location: In the Hills of Texas | I was paying $16.95 for 2 string whether is was trash or great. |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
Posts: 10277
| Feed store in Sealy: $19 for 2 strand- 50 - 60 lbs. $27 for 3 strand - 100 lbs. I have a friend who gets a truck load from New Mexico and sells the 3 strand for $25. |
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 Texas Tenderheart
Posts: 6715
Location: Red Raiderland | We sell 55lbs. 2 strands for $15 each. It comes from New Mexico. We don't carry 3 strand bales. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
Posts: 2554
| Are all of you giving alfalfa prices? Sounds pretty cheap to me! I'm paying $32 a bale for 3 strand, but the weight is 150 plus. Can't remember last time I even saw 2 strand. |
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 Husband Spoiler
Posts: 4151
Location: North Dakota | Oh man! Another reason why I love living up north. I could never afford to own horses down south. Alalfa is anywhere from $4-$7 for a 55-70lb bale. |
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Texas Tenderheart
Posts: 6715
Location: Red Raiderland | luckyjo - 2015-07-30 7:31 PM Are all of you giving alfalfa prices? Sounds pretty cheap to me! I'm paying $32 a bale for 3 strand, but the weight is 150 plus. Can't remember last time I even saw 2 strand.
Yes it's alfalfa goofball! You know we don't carry 3 strand. T said he's pretty sure where you get yours and they have good alfalfa over there.  |
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 Warmblood with Wings
Posts: 27846
Location: Florida.. | ours is 2 strand 50 lb 23.00
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Regular
Posts: 72
Location: Florida | 3 strand alfalfa is $42 here. |
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Expert
Posts: 1226
| Holy cow. I feel really lucky. We have been paying $12 for really really nice three strand. With no tax. But I know we grow it year round here. Will not be complaining of that price again. |
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 Strong Willed Woman
Posts: 6577
Location: Prosser, WA | Wow. Those are light bales. Around here 3 strand bales are about 115 lbs., I bought some Timothy 3 strand and the truckers all charged more per ton to haul them because they considered them light bales at 100 lbs. Most of the 2 string bales are 80 to 90 lbs. |
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 Half-Eaten Cookies
Posts: 2075
Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | 2 strand at a local feed store that says they are 50-60 lbs, but they are way less than that - $18-20
2 strand (another place) - I weighed them at 60-65 lbs $16
3 strand about 115# $28
3 strand about 140# $33
It was costing me close to $800 per month to feed 3 horses and a pony and I was searching for a change quickly. The stems were not getting eaten and turning into bedding all over our pasture.
Now, I just bought 6 strand? approx 1500# for $270. It is going great so far.
Edited by txbredbr 2015-07-31 9:14 AM
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 Experienced Mouse Trapper
Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | Just Bring It - 2015-07-30 7:37 PM Oh man! Another reason why I love living up north. I could never afford to own horses down south. Alalfa is anywhere from $4-$7 for a 55-70lb bale.
same thought! going to go pick up some 60# 2nd cutting alfalfa for $4 each tonight, off a field less than 5 miles from my place! Yay for ND! |
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Posts: 3147
| I bought some 3 strand alfalfa advertised as about 100 lbs. It actually weighed 85 lbs so I would have been better off buying the 2 strand as it cost the same per actual pound and was a lot easier to handle. |
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| Choice on 2 or 3 strand is simple .... which one can you pick up??
Why don't you look at 50# bags of alfalfa cubes ... they are dried and compressed with less than 8% moisture ... around $10/bag ..
Feed them by weight after you have soaked them for 1-2 hours ... or from morning to evening feeding ...
when in doubt always use the KISS system ...
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2015-08-04 1:35 AM
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Location: Texas | Anyone in my area or within 50-60 miles My guys will deliver beautiful 100# plus 3 strand bales $23. Or you can pick up. Will have to let you know the min count for a farther delivery
Edited by hnhfarms 2015-08-04 1:40 AM
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
Posts: 3310
Location: Jersey Girl | BARRELHORSE USA - 2015-08-04 2:32 AM Choice on 2 or 3 strand is simple .... which one can you pick up?? Why don't you look at 50# bags of alfalfa cubes ... they are dried and compressed with less than 8% moisture ... around $10/bag .. Feed them by weight after you have soaked them for 1-2 hours ... or from morning to evening feeding ... when in doubt always use the KISS system ...
I wish alfalfa cubes where $10 a bag around here.....try $16 or 17 a bag!
3 string alfalfa is about $43 |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
Posts: 10794
Location: Kansas | Holy Mackerel.............
I just paid $8.50 a bale for premo alfalfa. Probably around 60 lb. bales.
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 More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | I'm thankful to live in the North country where we grow beautiful prairie and alfalfa hay and put it up myself. I'm waiting for the dew to come off a little right now and heading out to make a few more idiot blocks. |
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 Bulls Eye
Posts: 6443
Location: Oklahoma | I was just quoted $15 for a 2 strand bale here in OKC. Not the greatest quality. I will stick with feeding alfalfa pellets for $8.99/50lb bag |
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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
Posts: 2869
Location: SE Missouri | I charge $6 for 50# square bale. I don't care if I sell it bc I will feed it. It's roundup ready and expensive to establish and maintain. I had to round bale some alfalfa do to the wonderful resistant pigweed (thank goodness it was not headed out) for $50 4x5 round bale..
We are actually tearing it up this fall and going to all grass (orchard, Timothy and rye grass) for a couple years so we can stay ahead of the weeds and get the water drainage issue resolved. It's a terrible problem and we have chopped and sprayed and I'm tired of only having 5 clean acres out of what started out as 17.. Not worth the battle. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Just Bring It - 2015-07-30 7:37 PM Oh man! Another reason why I love living up north. I could never afford to own horses down south. Alalfa is anywhere from $4-$7 for a 55-70lb bale.
Most southerners don't feed alfalfa. Problem solved. |
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