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Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Feb 26
● As filed23 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
2 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week prices were mixed with hay in large packages selling from 27.00 lower to 35.00 higher. Hays in small squares followed suite selling from 1.25 lower to 1.75 higher. Wheat straw in small squares traded steady. Trade was active with mixed demand on a good offering on a 77 degree day in February.

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——50–95/bale61.00
Small Square——4–7/bale96.00
Medium Square 3x3——70/bale8.00
Fair/Good
Medium Round——50/bale4.00
Premium
Small Square——6.75/bale20.00

Clover

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——20/bale6.00
Medium Round——30/bale2.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Fair
Medium Round——3/bale4.00
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——105–110/bale10.00
Small Square——6.50–8.00/bale47.00
Good
Small Square——4.50–7.25/bale357.00

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——4.50/bale147.00
Medium Square 3x3——70/bale4.00
Premium
Small Square——8.75–9.75/bale33.00
Medium Square 3x3——120–130/bale12.00

Alfalfa/Timothy Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square——6.75/bale24.00
Good
Small Square——5.50–6.75/bale60.00

Timothy Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Small Square——6.50–6.75/bale40.00

Clover/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——6/bale20.00
Premium
Small Square——6.50–6.75/bale43.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——85/bale2.00

Orchard Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Medium Square 3x3——95/bale6.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Small Square——2.50–3.00/bale54.00
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.