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Hay selling slow to moderateIn Kansas, the hay trade is slow to moderate. Demand moderate to strong for dairy alfalfa, moderate for prairie hay, moderate to weak for grinding alfalfa, stock cow quality hay, alfalfa pellets. Currently alfalfa yields are mostly light, quality varies, occasionally some high quality is showing up. Irrigators are dealing with weak wells and where the water is good pumping limits, trying to use the remaining water to grow the most high quality alfalfa possible. Grass hay supplies are good to spots surplus, prices for hay out of the field are discounted, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Aug. 21. Prices given on a per-ton basis, unless otherwise noted. Southwest: Dairy/grinding alfalfa steady. Movement slow to moderate. Horse alfalfa, in small squares, $150 to mostly, $200; supreme dairy, $145-$165; premium, $140-$150; good dairy, some stock cow, $110-$140, fair/good stock cow, $85-$100. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, edge of the field, $75-$80, mostly, $75. Ground and delivered locally to feedlots and dairies, $100-$120. For the week ending Aug. 11, 12,243 tons of grinding alfalfa and 1,578 tons of dairy alfalfa were delivered. Straw, in large bales, $40-$45, a little, $60. Good bermuda grass, in small squares, $180, in large square and rounds, $125. PM6, good, in small squares, $155, in large squares, $135. Native grass, good, in small squares, $120 delivered. South central: Dairy/grinding alfalfa and alfalfa pellets steady. Movement slow to moderate. Supreme dairy alfalfa, $140-$150; premium, $120-$140; good, stock cow, $100-$130, grassy, $85-$100. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, edge of the field, $75-$80, utility, $70-$75. Ground and delivered locally to feedlots, $100-$120. For the week ending Aug. 11, 3,729 tons of grinding alfalfa and 1,600 tons of dairy alfalfa were delivered. Sun-cured alfalfa pellets, 15% protein, $133-$160; dehydrated, 17% protein, $185. Straw, good, in large squares, $45-$50, low quality, $40. Southeast: Alfalfa, brome and prairie hay steady. Movement moderate to spots active. Horse and goat alfalfa, in medium squares, $160, horse, in small squares, $200. Premium dairy alfalfa, $125; good, stock cow, $100-$125. Good bluestem, in small squares, $90 to mostly, $100, in medium and large squares, $75-$90, in large rounds, $55-$70. Good brome, in small squares, $90-$120, mostly, $100-$110, rain damaged, in small or medium squares, $90-$95, good, in medium and large squares, $85-$100, in large rounds, $60-$75. Northwest: Grinding alfalfa steady. Movement slow. Horse alfalfa, in small squares, $180-$200, in medium squares, $150-$160; good dairy, $110-$120; good stock cow, $95-$115; fair, in large rounds, $80-$85. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, edge of the field, $80, Utility, damaged, $70-$75; ground and delivered to feedlots and dairies, $120-$125. Good brome, in large bales, $95. Good oat hay, in large bales, $100; fair, $80-$85. North central/northeast: Dairy/grinding alfalfa, prairie hay and brome steady. Movement slow to moderate. Horse alfalfa, $125-$165; supreme dairy, $140-$150; premium, $130-$140. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, edge of the field, $70-$80, ground on truck, $90-$105. Good bluestem grass hay, in small squares, $90-$100, in medium squares, $80-$90, in large rounds, $60-$75. Premium brome, in small squares, $110-$130; good, in small squares, $90-$110, in medium squares, $90-$100, in large rounds, $75-$80; fair, in large rounds, $60-$75. Straw, in small squares, $2.50/bale or $3.50/bale delivered, in large bales, $50-$75/ton, CWF, in large squares, $60. Source: Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Dodge City, Kan.
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