Hay / Colorado / Centennial Monthly Hay Auction / 2023-09-30

Centennial Monthly Hay Auction

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, Sep 30
● As filed60 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3679

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
4 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: 3x4's of Premium quality alfalfa sold 29.00/bale lower; Good/Premium 17.00/bale lower; Good 10.00/bale lower. 3x3's of Premium quality alfalfa sold 18.00/bale higher; Fair/Good 7.00/bale higher; Fair 13.00/bale higher. 3x3's of Good quality alfalfa/grass sold 3.00/bale higher; Fair/Good 14.00/bale higher; Utility 16.00/bale higher. 3x4's of Premium quality grass hay sold 55.00/bale higher; Good 24.00/bale higher. 3x3's of Fair/Good orchard grass sold 36.00/bale higher. The next available report will be Saturday, October 28, 2023.

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round——120/bale16.00
Medium Square 3x3——62.50–72.50/bale64.00
Good/Premium
Small Square——5.75–13.50/bale819.00
Large Square 3x4——105–120/bale54.00
Good
Small Square——7/bale110.00
Medium Square 3x3——77.50–115.00/bale121.00
Large Square 3x4——77.50–110.00/bale216.00
Premium/Supreme
Medium Square 3x3——90–135/bale128.00
Large Square 3x4——135–160/bale50.00
Fair/Good
Medium Square 3x3——67.50–75.00/bale123.00
Large Round——62.50/bale15.00
Premium
Large Square 3x4——105–135/bale211.00
Supreme
Large Square 3x4——205/bale10.00

Prairie/Meadow Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——90–95/bale28.00
Medium Square 3x3——67.50–95.00/bale210.00
Fair
Large Round——55–70/bale28.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3——77.50–92.50/bale135.00

Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Round——95.00–97.50/bale8.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——65/bale65.00

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round——22.50–35.00/bale157.00
Medium Square 3x3——50.00–57.50/bale96.00
Small Square——2.25–3.00/bale954.00
Utility/Fair
Large Round——40/bale19.00
Medium Square 3x3——40.00–57.50/bale63.00
Fair/Good
Small Square——4.75–6.00/bale1,109.00
Medium Square 3x3——55.00–67.50/bale117.00
Medium Round——67.50–75.00/bale4.00
Fair
Medium Round——37.50/bale10.00
Large Round——40/bale38.00
Premium
Large Square 3x4——147.50–155.00/bale14.00
Good
Large Square 3x4——85–100/bale59.00
Large Round——72.50–90.00/bale55.00

Forage Mix-Two Way

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Small Square——0.50/bale60.00
Fair/Good
Small Square——5.50–6.50/bale819.00
Fair
Medium Square 3x3——67.50/bale63.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——50–75/bale248.00

Brome Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Small Square——1.50–1.75/bale112.00
Medium Square 3x3——10.00–22.50/bale140.00
Large Round——30/bale14.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——5–7/bale372.00
Medium Square 3x3——75–90/bale222.00
Large Round——110/bale28.00
Utility
Small Square——2.00–3.25/bale129.00
Medium Square 3x3——35–60/bale27.00
Fair/Good
Medium Square 3x3——60.00–92.50/bale84.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——102.50–110.00/bale63.00
Large Square 4x4——200/bale26.00
Large Square 3x4——110–135/bale76.00
Fair
Medium Square 3x3——65.00–77.50/bale24.00
Utility/Fair
Large Square 3x4——70/bale51.00

Alfalfa/Forage Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——5/bale80.00

Oat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility/Fair
Small Square——3–5/bale180.00

Alfalfa/Oat Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——95–100/bale18.00
Utility
Large Round——27.50–45.00/bale96.00

Orchard Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair/Good
Medium Square 3x3——100.00–107.50/bale57.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——100–115/bale56.00
Utility
Medium Square 3x3——62.50/bale57.00
Utility/Fair
Medium Square 3x3——67.50–90.00/bale57.00

Millet

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——60–75/bale114.00

Teff

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3——97.50–105.00/bale18.00
Source: USDA AMS · Greeley, CO. Prices are as filed — nothing recomputed. Hay sells by the ton in some markets and by the bale in others; those are different quantities and are never averaged together.