Hay / Colorado / Centennial Monthly Hay Auction / 2024-08-31

Centennial Monthly Hay Auction

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, Aug 31
● As filed54 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3679

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
6 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Alfalfa hay sold steady to 15.00/bale higher with instances of 30.00 to 40.00/bale higher. Alfalfa/Grass mix hay sold 30.00 to 45.00/bale higher. Grass hay sold 20.00 to 45.00/bale higher. The next hay auction for this market will be Saturday, September 28, 2024.

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round——75–105/bale110.00
Small Square——2–7/bale1,010.00
Medium Square 3x3——62.50–75.00/bale73.00
Fair/Good
Medium Square 3x3——60–70/bale54.00
Medium Square 3x3——80–95/bale18.00
Medium Square 3x3——45–55/bale57.00
Large Square 4x4——125–165/bale78.00
Large Square 3x4——97.50–120.00/bale42.00
Large Round——115/bale34.00
Premium/Supreme
Medium Square 3x3——95/bale9.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3——55–85/bale105.00
Medium Square 3x3——80–90/bale76.00
Large Square 3x4——100–105/bale42.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——65–95/bale149.00
Large Square 3x4——85–120/bale73.00
Large Round——85.00–122.50/bale48.00
Large Square 3x4——102.50–110.00/bale42.00
Utility/Fair
Medium Square 3x3——65.00–67.50/bale10.00
Large Square 3x4——75–95/bale91.00
Premium
Large Square 3x4——115–135/bale57.00
Utility
Large Square 3x4——75–95/bale137.00

Prairie/Meadow Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round——125/bale16.00

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round——35–40/bale25.00
Small Square——3.75–5.75/bale735.00
Large Square 4x4——65/bale13.00
Large Square 3x4——70–80/bale36.00
Fair
Large Round——95/bale12.00
Medium Square 3x3——55–70/bale56.00
Small Square——3.75/bale20.00
Large Square 3x4——70–80/bale49.00
Premium
Small Square——8.50/bale315.00
Large Square 3x4——160–170/bale20.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——42.50–55.00/bale65.00

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——125–135/bale30.00
Medium Square 3x3——75–90/bale195.00
Large Square 3x4——125/bale38.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Round——90/bale24.00
Small Square——4.50–7.50/bale201.00
Medium Square 3x3——80–90/bale54.00
Medium Square 3x3——115–120/bale30.00
Large Square 3x4——110–170/bale159.00
Fair
Small Square——5.25–6.25/bale819.00
Medium Square 3x3——67.50–75.00/bale57.00
Fair/Good
Small Square——4.50/bale132.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——82.50/bale6.00
Large Square 3x4——75.00–127.50/bale66.00

Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair/Good
Medium Square 3x3——85–95/bale57.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——85–110/bale132.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——92.50–160.00/bale63.00
Medium Square 3x3——100–110/bale63.00

Orchard/Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Medium Square 3x3——85–105/bale66.00

Triticale

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Square 3x4——55–70/bale56.00

Barley

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square——35/bale18.00

Corn Stalk

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square——2.50–20.00/bale79.00
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.