Hay trading moderately

In Kansas, the hay trade is moderate. Demand is strong for dairy alfalfa and grinding alfalfa, moderate for alfalfa pellets, prairie hay and stock cow quality hay, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, July 22.

The restraining order will remain in place blocking livestock producers from haying and grazing CRP under a special USDA program. If any haying and grazing is allowed in the coming weeks it will be with tighter restrictions. With alfalfa acres and yields down, total production for the year is likely to be 20 to 25 percent, maybe as high as third less than normal. Prairie hay producers are busy swathing, baling and storing hay. The forecast is for mostly hot and dry. Yields are reported lighter than expected and quality good to excellent. Prairie hay prices are steady, some hay is moving right out of the field at a discount. If you have hay for sale or pasture to rent or need hay or grazing, use the service of the Hay and Pasture Exchange website at www.kfb.org/hayandpasture/default.htm

Southwest:

Dairy/grinding alfalfa steady. Movement, ground alfalfa slow to moderate, Dairy alfalfa active. Horse alfalfa, in small squares, $180-$215; supreme dairy, $175-$200; premium, $170-$185; good, $135-$170. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, shipped in or at the edge of the field, $120-$135, a little $140, a little $155 delivered. Ground and delivered locally to feedlots and dairies, $145-$160, contracts to $165. For the week ending July 12, 10,912 tons grinding alfalfa and 2,825 tons of dairy alfalfa were delivered. Good straw, in large bales, $55-$60, $65-$72 delivered, some $85 ground and delivered.

South central:

Dairy/grinding alfalfa steady, alfalfa pellets steady to $5 higher. Movement moderate. Horse alfalfa, in small, medium or large squares, $185; supreme dairy, $170-$195; premium, $160-$180; good, $125-$170. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, at the edge of the field, $100-$120, $100-$125 delivered. Ground and delivered locally to feedlots, $120-$130. For the week ending July 12, 4,200 tons of grinding alfalfa and 1,193 tons of dairy alfalfa were delivered. Sun-cured alfalfa pellets, 15% protein, $170-$175; 17% protein, $170-$195; dehydrated, 15% protein, $205; 17% protein, $225. Good straw, in large bales, $55.

Southeast:

Alfalfa, brome and prairie hay steady. Movement slow to moderate. Horse and goat alfalfa, in small squares, $180-$200, in medium squares, $220. Supreme dairy alfalfa, $185; premium, $175; good, $130-$150. Good bluestem, in small squares, $90-$110, in medium and large squares, $80-$90, in large rounds, $50-$60. Mulch, in large rounds, $50. Good brome, in small squares, $100-$110, in medium and large squares, $85-$100, an instance $145; in large rounds, $50-$60.

Northwest:

Dairy/grinding alfalfa steady. Movement moderate. Horse alfalfa, in small squares, $175-$200. Premium/supreme dairy, $175-$185; good, $165. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, at the edge of the field, $90-$110; ground and delivered to feedlots and dairies, $120-$140.

North central/northeast:

Dairy/grinding alfalfa, prairie hay and brome steady. Movement moderate. Horse alfalfa, in small squares, $185-$200, in medium squares, $165-$185; Supreme dairy, $170-$200; premium, $140-$170. Utility/fair grinding alfalfa, at the edge of the field, $70-$80, contracts to $90, alfalfa ground-on-the-truck, $90-$100. Good bluestem grass hay, in small squares, $100, in medium squares, $80-$90, in large rounds, $50-$60. Good brome, in small squares, $100-$120, a little $4-$4.50/bale, in medium squares, $90-$120, in large rounds, $50-$60. Straw, in small squares, $3-$3.50/bale, in large bales, $50-$55, some ground and delivered $92.

Source: Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Dodge City, Kan.

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Date: 7/22/08

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