Hay / Colorado / Producers Monthly Hay Auction / 2024-05-11

Producers Monthly Hay Auction

Colorado · Hay auction · Sat, May 11
● As filed36 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3694

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
4 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month: Trade activity good on moderate to good demand. In alfalfa hay, Premium 4x4 bales sold 31.25 per bale lower and good 3x4 bales sold 20.75 per bale lower. In Alfalfa/Grass mix hay, Good quality 3x4 bales sold 15.50 per bale higher. In grass hay, Premium 3x3 tarped bales sole 5.50 per bale lower. The next auction at this market will be held Saturday, June 8, 2024.

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Large Round——32.50–40.00/bale34.00
Utility/Fair
Large Round——20–30/bale238.00
N/A
Large Square——10–15/bale151.00

Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Round——25/bale16.00
Large Round——10/bale10.00
Medium Square 3x3——12.50–17.50/bale144.00
Medium Square 3x3——15–20/bale75.00
Fair/Good
Medium Square 3x3——47.50–57.50/bale63.00
Medium Square 3x3——42.50–57.50/bale97.00
Large Square 3x4——57.50–62.50/bale30.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——72.50–77.50/bale18.00
Large Square 4x4——120–125/bale24.00
Utility/Fair
Medium Square 3x3——10.00–37.50/bale156.00
Good
Large Square 3x4——70–85/bale32.00

Oat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility/Fair
Large Round——25/bale10.00
Utility
Large Round——17.50/bale15.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——50–55/bale66.00
Large Square 3x4——72.50–77.50/bale24.00
Good/Premium
Large Square 4x4——82.50/bale4.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility/Fair
Medium Square 3x3——27.50–35.00/bale66.00
Large Square 4x4——92.50–100.00/bale56.00
Large Square 3x4——57.50–62.50/bale42.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3——60–75/bale63.00
Large Square 3x4——92.50/bale18.00
Supreme
Large Square 4x4——127.50/bale8.00
Fair
Medium Square 3x3——35.00–72.50/bale121.00
Large Square 4x4——105–110/bale34.00
Large Square 3x4——65.00–72.50/bale36.00
Good
Large Square 3x4——55.00–72.50/bale99.00
Premium
Large Square 4x4——117.50–137.50/bale24.00
Large Square 3x4——100.00–117.50/bale42.00

Teff

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——40–80/bale24.00

Triticale

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Medium Square 3x3——17.50/bale30.00

Fescue Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Square 4x4——70.00–72.50/bale34.00

Brome Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility/Fair
Large Round——30/bale17.00

Sorghum

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Utility
Large Square 3x4——20–25/bale144.00
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.