Hows your hay prices

R Severe · Post by **R Severe** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:56 am

Wondering how everyone else is weathering the high hay prices. I think the average price here for a ton of alfalfa is 220.00 sposed to get to 300.00 by snowfall. Prem grass for horses is allready at 300.00 if you can believe the rumor mill.

The sale barn's around the country are having to lock all the gates at night because folks are dumping horses.

Travis Stirek · Post by **Travis Stirek** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:25 pm

I grow three hundred acres of grass hay up here and small bales are going for about the same as what you guys are paying.I don't do any small bales.This year I am charging $150 for under ten ton and $135 for ten or over for net wrapped round bales.

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:01 pm

This spring I bought a ton of grass hay for $270 (small bales). Once they started haying this summer the prices were averaging $200-$230 a ton. Now it's averaging $150-$160 a ton. I saw some advertised yesterday at $125 a ton. We've had a bumper crop this year so some of the pain has been eased. I'm buying 10 ton in Aug for my mules.

liontracker · Post by **liontracker** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:10 pm

We are at 6-7 dollars for a 65-70 lb bale and going up.($193.00/ton) Seems as though everyone is using the price of fuel to raise prices. But if you do the math it equates to more than just a fuel increase. Too greedy!

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:12 pm

Here in the northeast, because I am a repeat buyer to the farmer who delivers the wagon to my barn door, I paid $2.75/bale, or about $110/ton. He said this is probably the last time I will see a price that good. He is charging others $3/bale, or $120/ton. Most others are selling at $3.25-$3.50/bale. Round bales are at $35/bale.

Cowboyvon · Post by **Cowboyvon** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:58 pm

$200.00 a ton for 1st or 2nd cut.. $6.00 per bale for 2 string bales no matter what cut if it isn't rained on.. and it depends on who baled it but it comes out anywhere from $200.00 a ton to $240.00 a ton..

Hey Mike what's that Indian hay selling for up there NAPE...?

nmplott · Post by **nmplott** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:49 pm

Von, Try hay in the eastern part it is going for cheaper than that, I am not to sure but my father just bought a lot more hay than he expected for 35k.

highcounrtyblu · Post by **highcounrtyblu** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:07 pm

I'm paying 255.00 for grass hay and alf. Oat hay not much better.

R Severe · Post by **R Severe** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:33 am

A lot of dairys moved into this area, then a couple years ago a lot of hay circles got plowed for corn( ethanol I guess)

Sure glad I ain't putting this hay thru cows, this way I get zero return puttin it thru a horse

kinda slow riding a cow anyhow.

killemallboy · Post by **killemallboy** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:28 am

17.00 dollars a bale in so cal. its out ragies

three rivers catahoulas · Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:28 am

$320 a ton for Alf and grass is no were to be found, Volinteer oat is around $250 a ton and Planted is around $150/ton. We just dont have any water so all the natural water crops are done for and they craked down on the water to irragate with so planted crops went up too. A guy could probly get first & second cutting Alf for about $175-225/ton thats if any one put any up to sell for cow hay this winter.

Mike Leonard · Post by **Mike Leonard** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:46 pm

NAPI hay? Well I haven't checked they got their first cut in and the dairy trucks are running back your way with it. It is premium alfalfa but man they get a lot of blow sand in that stuff. I also hate messing with 150#bales they make you old in a hurry. I buy some of their half tonners occasional and just frop them in a feeder in the dry lots for the saddle stock. Like Liontracker said hay is 6-7 around her and they will tell you those 50 pound bales weight 70 but they don't. I contract a man that grows premium grass hay for me and he runs all his water and everything thru a stanless filter system and it is clean as can be. But for some reason this year the stuff is not growing I mean we should have been working on the third cut by now and we haven't got the 2 nd, off it yet. It;s hot and windy and you can sprinkle water all you want but it doesn't get down 2 inches in these dirt and it's gone. We need some good long soaking rains to perk this stuff up.

liontracker · Post by **liontracker** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:10 pm

Hey Mike,

I have the cure for those 70# bales that don't weigh 50#. It's a set of cabelas hanging scales. They really filter the bullshit!!! P.S. Don't dry up and blow away down there !!!

Mike Leonard · Post by **Mike Leonard** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:25 am

Good idea Tim!

Yes it's dry as corn shucks. We see the clouds gather over your country but about the time they head this way we get a little paw and beller in the clouds and a puff of hot wind and that is it.
Lotta smoke up towards the Mesa Verde night before last. Must still be burning a bit because the old sky was mighty red this morning when the sun started to peek out. The walkers and I headed out early to get a little tracking before it got too hot. Suppose to be more lightning and thunder this evening. Maybe it will rain, because we have the Connie Mach World Baseball Series going on here now and usually you can count on several of the games getting shut down by rain.

zwilso56 · Post by **zwilso56** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:15 pm

Here in Arizona In the Valley we're paying 9:00 a bale and 180 for a ton of alfafa but bermuda is 13.50 a bale!!