Hay Reports
Compiled by USDA Market News Service * St. Joseph, Mo.- Portland
Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013 12:32 AM
Hay prices are dollars per ton or dollars per bale when sold to retail outlets. Basis is current delivery FOB barn or stack, or delivered customer as indicated.
Grade guidelines used in this report have the following relationship to Relative Feed Value (RFV), Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), TDN (Total Digestible Nutrients), or Crude Protein (CP) test numbers:
Grade RFV ADF TDN CP
Supreme 185+ <27 55.9+ 22+
Premium 170-185 27-29 54.5-55.9 20-22
Good 150-170 29-32 52.5-54.5 18-20
Fair 130-150 32-35 50.5-52.5 16-18
Utility <130 36+ <50.5 <16
OREGON AREA HAY
(USDA Market News)
Portland, Ore.
Jan. 18
This week FOB Last week Last year
1,857 4,723 1,660
Compared to Jan 11: Hay prices steady to firm.
Tons Price
CROOK, DESCHUTES, JEFFERSON, WASCO COUNTIES
Alfalfa Small Square Premium 150 $250
Orchard Grass Small Square Premium 77 $225-250
4 $245
Orchard/Bluegrass Small Square Fair/Good 30 $220
EASTERN OREGON
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Large Square Good 30 $265
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Small Square Good/Prem. 100 $200
Mixed Grass Large Square Good 60 $245
Barley Large Square Fair/Good 100 $150
HARNEY COUNTY
Alfalfa Large Square Prem./Sup. 60 $220
Good/Prem. 30 $175
Alfalfa Mid Square Premium 100 $200
KLAMATH BASIN
Alfalfa Mid Square Good 250 $185
Alfalfa Small Square Premium 160 $220
LAKE COUNTY
Alfalfa Large Square Supreme 175 $250
Good 46 $200
Alfalfa Small Square Good 30 $200
30 $200
60 $200
Triticale Straw Large Square Utility 146 $40-45
Forage Mix-Two Way Large Square Good 119 $150
WASHINGTON-OREGON HAY
(Columbia Basin)
(USDA Market News)
Moses Lake, Wash.
Jan. 18
This week FOB Last week Last year
3,075 2,935 2,750
Compared to Jan. 11, not enough Alfalfa reported this week for accurate trends.
Trade slow with light to moderate demand as most interests attended the Washington State Hay Growers Conference this week. Retail/Feedstore steady in a light test.
Trade slow with good demand.
Tons Price
Orchard Grass Small Square Premium 75 $275
Wheat Straw Large Square Good 3000 $40-45
CALIFORNIA HAY
(USDA Market News)
Moses Lake, Wash.
Jan. 18
This week FOB Last week Last year
5,959 7,830 16,015
Compared to Jan. 11: All classes of hay traded mostly steady in all regions. Demand moderate to good for all classes of hay. Trade activity very light this week.
REGION 1
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 80 $220
Prem./Sup. 70 $210
Premium 200 $200
Good/Prem. 50 $200
Oat Good 100 $150
Forage Mix-Two Way Good 107 $180
Corn Stover/Stalks Good 100 $81.63
REGION 2
Includes the counties of Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Solano, Sacramento, Amador and Alpine.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Cubes Supreme 150 $250
Alfalfa Supreme 100 $240
Premium 100 $225
Good/Prem. 50 $200
Fair/Good 80 $184
Oat Good 163 $150-160
Rice Straw Good 50 $87.50
Wheat Straw Good 250 $112.50
Fair/Good 50 $62.50
Grass Premium 25 $250
REGION 3
Includes the counties of San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Merced and Mariposa.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 550 $240-260
Prem./Sup. 200 $250
4 $225
Fair/Good 100 $185
Wheat Good 150 $170
REGION 4
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 200 $260
Wheat Straw Good 125 $129
REGION 5
Includes the counties of Kern, Northeast Los Angeles and western San Bernardino.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Supreme 75 $280
Prem./Sup. 50 $270
Wheat Good 25 $240
REGION 6
Includes the counties of Eastern San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial.
Tons Price
Alfalfa Premium 280 $220-225
225 $245-250
Good/Prem. 1000 $210-215
Good 250 $208
Bermuda Grass Good 1000 $210