Hay / Colorado / Centennial Monthly Hay Auction / 2024-05-25

Centennial Monthly Hay Auction

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, May 25
● As filed44 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3679

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
3 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month. Trade activity and demand moderate. Alfalfa hay traded mostly sharply higher. Alfalfa/grass and grass hay sold uneven. The next hay auction for this market will be Saturday, June 29,2024.

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round——50/bale6.00
Medium Square 3x3——5–30/bale69.00
Utility/Fair
Large Round——20.00–22.50/bale8.00
Medium Square 3x3——20/bale6.00
Fair
Large Round——65–95/bale30.00
Small Square——2–3/bale185.00
Medium Square 3x3——30–65/bale99.00
Large Square 3x4——65.00–117.50/bale162.00
Premium
Small Square——5–8/bale312.00
Fair/Good
Small Square——6.25–6.50/bale73.00
Large Square 3x4——67.50–70.00/bale34.00
Good
Large Square 3x4——37.50–75.00/bale46.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round——42.50/bale9.00
Medium Square 3x3——105–110/bale24.00
Good/Premium
Large Round——52.50–65.00/bale12.00
Medium Square 3x3——102.50–110.00/bale63.00
Fair
Large Round——10–65/bale48.00
Small Square——1.75/bale80.00
Medium Square 3x3——27.50/bale75.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——62.50–97.50/bale106.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——70–95/bale135.00
Large Square 3x4——55–75/bale42.00
Fair/Good
Large Square 3x4——62.50–70.00/bale42.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——70.00–107.50/bale179.00
Medium Square 3x3——110.00–137.50/bale27.00
Large Square 4x4——132.50–140.00/bale50.00
Premium/Supreme
Medium Square 3x3——77.50–85.00/bale44.00
Supreme
Medium Square 3x3——72.50/bale36.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3——85–95/bale63.00
Medium Square 3x3——67.50–95.00/bale24.00
Large Round——120.00–137.50/bale28.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——80–85/bale63.00
Medium Square 3x3——65.00–72.50/bale14.00
Utility
Medium Square 3x3——60/bale3.00
Large Square 3x4——42.50–70.00/bale39.00
Large Round——40–50/bale45.00
Fair
Large Square 4x4——90–175/bale108.00
Large Square 3x4——55.00–102.50/bale162.00

Oat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——60.00–67.50/bale12.00

Sorghum

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Square 4x4——42.50–55.00/bale71.00
Large Square 3x4——25.00–37.50/bale35.00
Utility/Fair
Large Square 4x4——40/bale14.00

Brome Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Square 4x4——55/bale16.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square——10–40/bale20.00
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.