Hay Reports
Compiled by USDA Market News Service * St. Joseph, Mo.- Portland
Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:12 AM
Hay prices are dollars per ton or dollars per bale when sold to retail outlets. Basis is current delivery FOB barn or stack, or delivered customer as indicated.
Grade guidelines used in this report have the following relationship to Relative Feed Value (RFV), Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), TDN (Total Digestible Nutrients), or Crude Protein (CP) test numbers:
Grade RFV ADF TDN CP
Supreme 185+ <27 55.9+ 22+
Premium 170-185 27-29 54.5-55.9 20-22
Good 150-170 29-32 52.5-54.5 18-20
Fair 130-150 32-35 50.5-52.5 16-18
Utility <130 36+ <50.5 <16
WASHINGTON-OREGON HAY
(Columbia Basin)
(USDA Market News)
Moses Lake, Wash.
Dec. 21
This week FOB Last week Last year
1,330 560 562
Compared to Dec. 14, Premium and Supreme Alfalfa not enough reported sales this week for accurate trends. Trade slow with light to moderate demand in pre-holiday trading. Wheat straw firm in a light test. Retail/Feedstore steady. Trade slow with good demand.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Large Square Good 800 $240
Alfalfa Small Square Premium 150 $250-275
Orchard Grass Small Square Premium 95 $250-275
Timothy Grass Small Square Premium 85 $250-275
Wheat Straw Large Square Good 200 $50
OREGON AREA HAY
(USDA Market News)
Portland, Ore.
Dec. 21
This week FOB Last week Last year
1,182 3,107 1,368
Compared to Dec. 14: Hay prices steady in a very limited test. Trading was slow.
Tons Price
CROOK, DESCHUTES, JEFFERSON, WASCO COUNTIES
Alfalfa Small Square Premium 10 $235
Good/Prem. 14 $230
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small Square Premium 2 $250
Orchard Grass Small Square Premium 30 $230
29 $235
Good/Prem. 27 $225
14 $230
EASTERN OREGON
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small Square Good 2 $165
HARNEY COUNTY
Alfalfa Large Square Supreme 31 $220
Premium 33 $200
Good 20 $175
KLAMATH BASIN
Alfalfa Large Square Good/Prem. 250 $215
250 $265
LAKE COUNTY
Alfalfa Large Square Supreme 151 $250
Good 99 $190-200
Small Square Supreme 65 $265
Good 60 $200
Triticale Large Square Premium 95 $140-150
IDAHO HAY
(USDA Market News)
St. Joseph, Mo.
Dec. 21
This week FOB Last week Last year
3,075 5,000 750
Compared to Dec. 14, Premium and Supreme Alfalfa steady to weak in a light test. Trade slow to moderate with light to moderate demand in pre-holiday trading. Retail/feed store/horse steady. Buyer demand good with light to moderate supplies.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Large Square Supreme 100 $215
475 $225
Premium 200 $210
1000 $225
100 $210
Good 200 $190
Alfalfa/Grass Mix Large Square Fair 1000 $170
CALIFORNIA HAY
(USDA Market News)
Moses Lake, Wash.
Dec. 21
This week FOB Last week Last year
6,200 6,105 0
Compared to Dec. 14, All classes of hay traded mostly steady to firm in all regions. Demand good for all classes of hay. Trade activity very light this week. All prices reported FOB the stack or barn unless otherwise noted.
REGION 1
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 50 $240
Good/Prem. 200 $200
Good 50 $275
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Premium 100 $290
Orchard Grass Premium 50 $305
Forage Mix-Three Way Premium 70 $210
REGION 2
Includes the counties of Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Solano, Sacramento, Amador and Alpine.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 200 $280
Prem./Sup. 75 $240
Premium 100 $210
200 $230
Good 50 $200
100 $265
Fair 1 25 $240
Orchard Grass Good 75 $240
Oat Hay Premium 125 $150-170
Good 50 $140
Wheat Straw Premium 225 $62.50
Grass Good/Prem. 50 $250
REGION 3
Includes the counties of San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Merced and Mariposa.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 150 $295
Premium 100 $275
Fair 25 $235
Triticale Good 25 $175
REGION 4
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 275 $300-310
Good 700 $275-290
REGION 5
Includes the counties of Kern, Northeast Los Angeles and western San Bernardino.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Premium 75 $280
Forage Mix-Three Way Premium 50 $260
Forage Mix-Four Way Premium 25 $280
REGION 6
Includes the counties of Eastern San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Premium 1050 $220
220 $205-216
175 $230
Good/Prem. 175 $210
Good 575 $190-195
130 $210
Fair 255 $150
Bermuda Grass Premium 150 $230
150 $260