Demand remains strong for grinding alfalfa

In southwest Kansas, dairy and grinding alfalfa and alfalfa pellets were steady. Movement was moderate to active. Horse quality alfalfa was $100 to $130 per ton. Supreme quality dairy alfalfa was $100 to $115 per ton, instance, RFV 180 to 225, $120; premium quality, RFV 150 to 180, $100. Fair to good quality grinding alfalfa, at the edge of the field, was $85 to $95 per ton, winter contracts, $90 to $100; ground and short haul to feedlots, $90 to $105, winter contracts, up to $125. For the week ending Oct. 21, 14,804 tons of alfalfa were ground and delivered to feedlots. Sun-cured alfalfa pellets, 15% protein, were $110 to $133 per ton. Sudan, in large round bales, was $60 to $70 per ton.

In south central Kansas, dairy and grinding alfalfa were steady. Alfalfa pellets were steady to $5 higher per ton. Movement was moderate to active. Horse quality alfalfa was $100 to $120 per ton. Supreme quality dairy alfalfa, RFV 180 to 230, was $90 to $110 per ton; premium quality, RFV 150 to 180, $90 to $100. Fair to good quality grinding alfalfa, at the edge of the field, was $80 to $90 per ton, mostly $80 to $85; ground-on-the-truck, $80 to $95. For the week ending Oct. 21, 5,757 tons of alfalfa were ground and delivered to feedlots. Sun-cured alfalfa pellets, 15% protein, were $100 per ton; 17% protein, $110. Dehydrated alfalfa pellets, 17% protein, were $114 to $118 per ton. Sudan, in large round bales, was $60 to $70 per ton.

In southeast Kansas, dairy alfalfa, prairie hay and brome were steady. Movement was slow to moderate. Premium quality dairy alfalfa, RFV 150 to 180, was $90 to $100 per ton. Good quality bluestem, in small bales, was $60 to $80 per ton, mostly $70, in large square bales, $60 to $65, a little, $70, in large round bales, $45 to $60; fair quality and smaller lots, $50 to $60. Good quality brome, in square bales, was $60 to $80 per ton, in large round bales, $45 to $60. Sudan, in large round bales, was $60 per ton.

In northwest Kansas, dairy and grinding alfalfa were steady. Movement was moderate to active. Horse quality alfalfa was $105 to $110 per ton. Supreme quality dairy alfalfa, RFV 180+, was $90 to $105 per ton; premium quality, $85 to $100, some RFV 150 to 180, 47 cents per RFV point. Fair to good quality grinding alfalfa, at the edge of the field, was $70 to $85 per ton; ground-on-the-truck, $80 to $90. Sudan, in large round bales, was $60 to $65 per ton.

In north central-northeast Kansas, dairy and grinding alfalfa, prairie hay and brome were steady. Movement was moderate to active. Horse quality alfalfa was $120 to $130 per ton. Supreme quality dairy alfalfa, RFV 180 to 210, was 50 to 55 cents per RFV point; premium quality, RFV 150 to 180, $85 to $105 per ton. Fair to good quality grinding alfalfa, at the edge of the field, was $70 to $80 per ton; fair quality, $55 to $70. Alfalfa, ground-on-the-truck, was $80 to $90 per ton. Good quality bluestem, in square bales, was $60 to $70 per ton, in large round bales, $45 to $60. Brome, in square bales, was $65 to $80 per ton, mostly $70, in large round bales, $50 to $60. Good quality soybean hay, in large round bales, was $50 to $60 per ton; fair quality, $30 to $45.