Regional Weekly Hay Report

Here is USDA Grain and Livestock Reporter Greg Sanders with the Columbia Basin Hay report from last week.

Sanders: "We had a little over 33,300 tons trade. Compared to last Friday, all grades of export and domestic alfalfa $50 to $10 lower. Trade was active with good demand. Hanjin shipping line — Korea's largest — filed for bankruptcy this week causing major turmoil in the export alfalfa market. Retail and feed store market hay was steady in a light test. Alfalfa mid-squares premium quality for export sold for $140 to $150. Premium Timothy grass mid-square bales sold from $170 to $180 on the export market. Small squares of Timothy grass premium quality for the export market sold for $170."

In Idaho compared the previous week all grades of alfalfa were weak in a light test. Trade was very slow with light demand as large supplies are a hindrance to the market. Mid square bales of alfalfa rated fair to good sold for $70 per ton.

In Oregon, prices trended generally steady compared to the previous week. Most demand lays with the retail/stable hay. In Central Oregon, large square bales of alfalfa rated good sold for $200 per ton. In Lake County large squares or alfalfa rated supreme sold between $170 and $225 per ton. In Klamath Basin large squares of oat rated good sold for $75 per ton. In Eastern Oregon orchard grass small squares rated premium sold for $175 per ton. Harney County had no new sales confirmed.