Hay / Illinois / Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday) / 2023-03-27

Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Mar 27
● As filed24 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
4 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last year, hays in small squares sold.50 to even up to 4.00 lower. Hays in

large packages mostly were lower as well. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Orchard Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——35–65/bale20.00
Premium
Small Square——9.50/bale26.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——35–70/bale24.00
Small Square——3.50/bale20.00
Small Square——3.75/bale40.00
Medium Square 3x3——40–90/bale32.00
Fair
Small Square——2/bale10.00

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Large Round——85/bale8.00
Small Square——5.75/bale20.00
Small Square——9.50/bale20.00
Medium Square 3x3——100–110/bale30.00
Good
Medium Square 3x3——55/bale6.00
Small Square——4.00–5.75/bale204.00
Good/Premium
Small Square——5.00–8.25/bale95.00

Canary Reed

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Round——40–50/bale4.00
Premium
Small Square——9.75/bale24.00

Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——50/bale6.00

Clover/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good/Premium
Small Square——6.50/bale40.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square——10.25–11.00/bale115.00
Good
Small Square——6.25/bale20.00
Good/Premium
Small Square——7.25/bale100.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——5.75/bale40.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Small Square——3.50–4.50/bale175.00
Small Square——1.25–2.75/bale85.00
Source: USDA AMS · Springfield, IL. 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.