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Arthur Sale Barn Hay Auction (Monday)

Illinois · Hay auction · Mon, Apr 8
● As filed18 linesUSDA AMS · slug 3652

Receipts

USDA's own comparison
4 bale.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparable hays in large packages traded steady to slightly higher. Hays in small squares sold mostly .40 to 1.75 higher. Wheat straw sold 16.00 higher in large squares and 1.35 higher in small squares. Trade was active with good demand.

Alfalfa/Orchard Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Premium
Medium Square 3x3——115/bale7.00
Good
Large Round——70/bale7.00
Medium Square 3x3——85/bale9.00
Medium Square 3x3——50/bale6.00
Small Square——7/bale21.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3——95–100/bale4.00

Alfalfa

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——5.25–6.75/bale220.00
Premium
Small Square——12.50/bale15.00
Good/Premium
Medium Square 3x3——110/bale4.00

Alfalfa/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——7.25/bale15.00
Medium Square 3x3——60–80/bale12.00
Premium
Small Square——10.50/bale15.00

Wheat

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
N/A
Large Square——35/bale15.00
Small Square——4/bale12.00

Mixed Grass

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Large Round——70–105/bale25.00
Small Square——4.00–5.25/bale125.00
Fair
Small Square——2.50/bale43.00

Clover/Grass Mix

By quality and package
PackageGradeMarketPriceQuantity
Good
Small Square——6–7/bale40.00
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.