Hay Prices?!?!?! What are you paying?

[20kidsonhill]

Hopefully with all this wonderful rain the east has been getting, hay will be a little cheaper this year, My husband deals i corn and soybean pricing(can't remember exactly what it is called) He said there was 5% more corn planted this year in the USA and that should help some, but texas is pretty much a total loss. But hopefully it will balance out by the end of the summer and not bring corn prices up worse than they are. Corn prices went down a little this week and expect them to hold pretty steady until new corn starts to come off. Then it should go down some more.

OUr hay is pretty much 4 to 5 a bale the past 3 years. (50lb bale) either alfalfa or 2nd cutting grass, We fed hay almost all year last year.

Bagged goat pellets 11 a 50lb bag, right now, Has been going up about 10 cents every couple weeks all summer.

We have been able to keep the herd on pasture this year, since April, and we have still lots of wonderful pasture and just got some more rain.

Bring on the rain!!!! I know careful what you wish for. But it is nice having everything so green, we have lots of fields of corn already above our heads. bumper crops of hay.

Rain is such a blessing.

to RAIN!!!!

 

[larryj57]

After reading all these prices I wish I was around one of those high dollar places,I bale square bales of orchard run, fungus free fescue and red clover, I sell out of the field for 2.50 and out of the barn for $3.00 a bale.I have a barn half full all the advertiseing by putting out fliers and cards at the feed stores TSC and everywhere else i can think of does no good. with the price of lime, chicken litter, weed control , fuel for the tractor I figure I"m getting about $0.003 a bale. The most I ever saw hay sell for was $4.00 a bale that was years ago. What I really can't figure out is with hay so cheap around here why does goat feed pellets in the 50lb bag go up every week?

 

[ChickenPotPie]

Hopefully with all this wonderful rain the east has been getting, hay will be a little cheaper this year,

Rain is exactly the reason I've been given for the $20 bales (they're only 100lbs, actually). Orchard grass, when it's available will be $17 a bale.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Hopefully with all this wonderful rain the east has been getting, hay will be a little cheaper this year,

Rain is exactly the reason I've been given for the $20 bales (they're only 100lbs, actually). Orchard grass, when it's available will be $17 a bale.

It is a matter of perspective.. Sorry your prices are so high, that is terrible, I would have to downsize to just a few really high quality animals or just go out of business all together. As it is for our 20 does, we will be spending atleast 1,500 for our winter hay.

 

[oxdrover14]

Well I do not personally buy hay since my dad does his own costume hay baling and so I work for him. My pay for working is I get free hay. We sell grass hay for $4.00 a small square bale (70lbs), then Alfalfa is $5.00, and straw is $2.50. We have pretty much kept the same prices for about 5 years now but it could change any minute.

Same herE exept for my grampa I do all the raking tedding and stack in the wagons and my pay is free hay for my 2 cows and 8 goats

 

[lgdnevada]

$160 a ton for local grown, fine grass alfalfa mix, delivered by the stack.
We had a shortage here before first cutting was down and baled. Was going $18 plus a bale, alfalfa.
Terrible prices. I overbought last year thank goodness and had plenty on hand. Buying more than I need this year
too so I don't get caught short.

 

[rascal]

ANYONE looking share a supplier this year? Sure you all know how dry its been in TX.... Well I'm working on making a few runs to help where I can. Not looking for top of the line as SOME is better then NONE. That or ANYONE with a BIG flatbed willing to haul? I can line up buyers for ya!!

 

[duffontap]

On the North Oregon Coast:

Western grass hay 3 tie bales: $12 (my goats have to be starving to eat it and milk production will plummet).
Orchard/Timothy 3 tie bales: $20
Alfalfa 2 tie good quality: $15-17
10% off by the ton.

I've found the 2nd cutting Orchard grass is the best value here, even at $20 a bale because I have so little waste. We can save a couple dollars on cheaper hay up front but the goats will just pull it all out of the feeder and walk on it. Cheap hay makes expensive bedding.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Have 50 bales being delivered today for 140.00 total. About 2.75 a bale. Once the pigs are gone I will do another order.

 

[Susyr22]

We live in Illinois and I am paying, 3.00-4.00 for grass hay. And 4/4.50 sometimes 5.00 for alfalfa

Man I didn't realize hay was so high around the country. Hope it doesn't get that high here, Wish I had my own hay fields!