Cheap Hay

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

I seen this on Facebook sometimes you think they're a scam but I just found a deal like this locally yesterday and it panned out you just never know.

 

[kenny thomas]

Hay here will get very cheap in the next 2 weeks.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Have about 2/3 of next winters hay tucked in a few barns carry over from 2024. Didn't sell hardly any as people were practically giving hay away this winter. Don't plan on making too much this summer.

 

[SBMF 2015]

Hay has been cheap here all winter long.

 

[kenny thomas]

I grazed most of the winter so my barns wont hold many rolls this year.

 

[4hfarms]

Was buying @$50/roll till the first of the year. Now $40ea.

Hope this rain will start growing grass soon...

 

[bird dog]

First cutting of what? Bermuda or stuff out of the highway median?

Saying that to be a smart ass but I bought 20 rolls of 4 x 5 1/2 Johnson grass hay for $45 delivered. I wanted it for feed and to roll out on some bottom land. It was pretty stemmy but the cows did their part eating most of it and fertilizing the rest.

 

[MACVSOG]

First cutting of what? Bermuda or stuff out of the highway median?

Saying that to be a smart ass but I bought 20 rolls of 4 x 5 1/2 Johnson grass hay for $45 delivered. I wanted it for feed and to roll out on some bottom land. It was pretty stemmy but the cows did their part eating most of it and fertilizing the rest.

price is all perspective. asked a friend (who has lots of hay) if he had any cheap hay for sale. he was immediately defensive and said "i do not have cheap hay, i have the best hay." had to rephrase asking for quality hay that was a bit less expensive. i did not think cheap and inexpensive were exclusionary.

decent hay here is $50 to $60 delivered. have seen quite a bit at $70. and did see some which was from the bar ditch/highway median type for $30. seller was just wanting someone to haul off their garbage. we are getting dry again in most of my travels. prefer not to see $120-$170 hat as a few short years ago. at the mercy of the weather/rain as always. all good.

 

[NIdahoShorthorns]

We've had two years of big hay crops and two mild winters. There are people clearing space in their barns. Good deals if you can store it.

 

[cowman82]

everyone has tons of hay they can't sell here. i've seen a lot of nice hay for 35/roll. good time to buy it up if you have storage.

 

[ClinchValley86]

Felt like people had to dang near give it away this year.

 

[Warren Allison]

People made a LOT of hay down here last year, plus there are less cattle down here now, due to everyone selling off everything. Prices on hay are a little low, but the hydro-seeders have kept the prices from falling very low, somewhat. They will pay as much for trash rolls as top-quality bermuda, so people aren't spending lot on fertilizer and herbicide, etc. The only good hay available is from people who raise it for their own horses and cattle, and sell their excess. Good quality, weed-free bermuda will still bring $70 a roll....$10-!5 for square bales.

 

[dorite007]

had people after me about my hay and i couldn't get enough for all of them and my self too had to tell some that i just didn't have no more

 

[BFE]

Seems that 5x6 net wrap fescue bales have been $50 forever here. Smaller twine bales can be had for less.

Last I heard a dedicated hay farm an hour north has pure orchard grass at around $70, another place has pure alfalfa at around $70 as well. These both cater more towards horse owners.

 

[ClinchValley86]

Seems that 5x6 net wrap fescue bales have been $50 forever here. Smaller twine bales can be had for less.

Last I heard a dedicated hay farm an hour north has pure orchard grass at around $70, another place has pure alfalfa at around $70 as well. These both cater more towards horse owners.

wish I could get hay that cheap.

 

[BFE]

wish I could get hay that cheap.

The price on the better stuff may have gone up, I don’t try to keep up on them.

I buy most of my hay, can’t fool with it at those prices.

 

[dorite007]

just standard grass hay here in central ky runs 35 to 60 a 5x5 roll depends on what it is fescue / johnson grass / clover mix round 35 to 45 a roll

 

[Dave]

Hay here is almost always sold by the ton. And round bales are rare as hen's teeth. Grass hay is about $120 a ton. There is grain hay (barley, oats, trit) for $100-$110 a ton. Alfalfa for $160 and up. All in 3x4x8 bales. Park out at the freeway and you will see semi loads of hay going past real regularly. Some of them even pulling a set of triplets.

 

[CowboyRam]

Hay here is almost always sold by the ton. And round bales are rare as hen's teeth. Grass hay is about $120 a ton. There is grain hay (barley, oats, trit) for $100-$110 a ton. Alfalfa for $160 and up. All in 3x4x8 bales. Park out at the freeway and you will see semi loads of hay going past real regularly. Some of them even pulling a set of triplets.

That pretty much the same for around here. There seems to be lots of hay around here, as we didn't get any snow until after Christmas. I didn't really start feeding my cows until after the first of the year. I have hay left over that I never got sold; I guess that is a good thing as I may have to feed all summer. My uncle didn't get much snow at the ranch this winter, and is not going to have any grass for me.

 

[GoWyo]

That pretty much the same for around here. There seems to be lots of hay around here, as we didn't get any snow until after Christmas. I didn't really start feeding my cows until after the first of the year. I have hay left over that I never got sold; I guess that is a good thing as I may have to feed all summer. My uncle didn't get much snow at the ranch this winter, and is not going to have any grass for me.

That could still turn around. April precip is a make or break time. We are in D2 or D3 drought and looking bleak, but fingers are crossed.