Hay Report
Heath Dewey has the Colorado Hay Report from the Greeley USDA Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market News Office.
Trade activity moderate on moderate to good demand for feedlot and dairy hay. Trade activity moderate on good demand for Stable and Farm/Ranch quality hay.
Northeast Colorado trade activity moderate and demand good with the bulk of trades going to dairy. Southeast Colorado trade activity moderate on good demand, mostly on Stable quality hay. Trade inactive in the San Luis Valley. Trade activity moderate on good demand in Southwest Colorado for dairy and stable quality hay. Trade activity light on moderate to good demand in the Mountains and Northwest Colorado areas.
Mountains and Northwest CO Hay (Conventional) Orchard/Timothy Grass - Premium (Trade/Per Bale) Qty Price Range Wtd Avg Freight/Use Description Crop Age Small Square 696 7.50 7.50 F.O.B.-Retail 1st Cutting New Crop Northeast Hay (Conventional) Alfalfa - Supreme (Trade/Per Ton) Qty Price Range Wtd Avg Freight/Use Description Crop Age Large Square 3x4 400 220.00 220.00 Delivered-Feedlot/dairy Very High Testing New Crop Large Square 4x4 150 225.00 225.00 Delivered-Feedlot/dairy 4th Cutting New Crop
Southeast Hay (Conventional) Alfalfa - Premium (Trade/Per Bale) Qty Price Range Wtd Avg Freight/Use Description Crop Age Small Square 800 8.50 8.50 F.O.B.-Retail 2nd Cutting New Crop Prairie/Meadow Grass - Premium (Trade/Per Bale) Qty Price Range Wtd Avg Freight/Use Description Crop Age Small Square 342 10.00 10.00 F.O.B.-Stables 1st Cutting New Crop
Southwest Hay (Conventional) Orchard/Timothy Grass - Premium (Trade/Per Bale) Qty Price Range Wtd Avg Freight/Use Description Crop Age Small Square 3 Tie 784 17.00-18.00 17.50 F.O.B.-Stables 1st Cutting New Crop
The U.S. Drought Monitor says a winter storm that dropped southeastward out of Canada and into the northern and central Rockies brought some welcome snows to the mountains, and even at lower elevations of the northern and central Plains. Early mountain snows fell in central Colorado, northwestern Wyoming, and northern New Mexico.
