Cheap Hay

[Bunny]

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.

Thanks Dave. could you tell me where this is at. ? I am in WA. ST. and I travel 155 miles one way to get good hay, thankyou , Bunnyt

 

[crossbreed]

In the last 2 weeks we have bought 100 5 x 6 coastal bales from 2nd cutting last year for $40 per bale. With greenup hay is going really cheap. With only 25 momma cows I'm not going to bale at all likely. Baling is around $32 and with fert 650 - 700 I'm going to graze all I can and see how it turns out.

 

[Dave]

Thanks Dave. could you tell me where this is at. ? I am in WA. ST. and I travel 155 miles one way to get good hay, thankyou , Bunnyt

I am in eastern Oregon not far from the Idaho line. Those prices are for big bales by the truck load. Small squares and smaller amounts do cost more. Where in WA and what do you define as "good" hay. Lots of hay in eastern WA and decent grass hay on the west side.

 

[Texascowboy73]

I have good quality hay, I can deliver 30 bales per load. If interested, just let me know.

 

[kenny thomas]

We turned out cows here 10 days ago. No more hay sold or fed for a while.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

We turned out cows here 10 days ago. No more hay sold or fed for a while.

Calling for up to 9" of snow by tomorrow am. Add that to what's still on the ground and turn out is at least a month away.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

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.

I remember seeing my first 'triplet' 30+ years ago. My thought was: "What in the world? That's gotta be illegal and someone is going to get quite a fine. That can't exactly be hidden." That was someone who was exposed to the "fairytale" stories of the west up to that point. A semi rig pulling 3 trailers is quite a sight. Gotta take skill to be able to do that.

 

[simme]

I remember seeing my first 'triplet' 30+ years ago. My thought was: "What in the world? That's gotta be illegal and someone is going to get quite a fine. That can't exactly be hidden." That was someone who was exposed to the "fairytale" stories of the west up to that point. A semi rig pulling 3 trailers is quite a sight. Gotta take skill to be able to do that.

Check out the "road trains" in Australia.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Aren't those triple setups out west still limited to 125k gross? That's still 39k less than Michigan allows on a single trailer with proper axle configuration.

 

[cowman82]

We turned out cows here 10 days ago. No more hay sold or fed for a while.

same here. it was 86 yesterday and nothing but 70's in the forecast. we got some good rains.. everything is moist and really growing strong.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Wo

Check out the "road trains" in Australia.

Wow! Apparently there are 'relatives' of the "Big Muskie' (see: Big Muskie Bucket (dragline used for coal surface mining)) that live!

 

[Warren Allison]

I have good quality hay, I can deliver 30 bales per load. If interested, just let me know.

You will get better responses if you go back into your profile and add your location.

 

[crossbreed]

We turned out cows here 10 days ago. No more hay sold or fed for a while.

With all the rye grass growing right now I still keep a couple of bales out. Seems they need a little fiber to stop the 10' blowouts! They will clean up a bale about ever 3-4 days.

 

[Dave]

Aren't those triple setups out west still limited to 125k gross? That's still 39k less than Michigan allows on a single trailer with proper axle configuration.

I have no idea what the gross limit is. But loaded with grass hay it is between the load would be somewhere between 78,000 and 93,600 depending on the weight of the bales. Alfalfa would be heavier. Up to 109,200. I see cattle pots all the time with 4 axles and a drop axle on the trailer and a drop axle on the truck. Don't know what they weigh. Lots of big feedlots in the Treasure Valley (Idaho) and the kill plant is by Pasco WA. The feedlot owners want over sized loads.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

I've noticed most of the western states require all sorts of special trailers, dollys, jeeps, doubles, triples, etc to haul moderately heavy loads. Here if you shove enough axles under a flatbed you can run 164,000 lbs in a single tractor/trailer setup without any special permits or anything. Unfortunately there's no combination that provides enough deck space to get that kind of weight with hay.

 

[EasTex]

With all the rye grass growing right now I still keep a couple of bales out. Seems they need a little fiber to stop the 10' blowouts! They will clean up a bale about ever 3-4 days.

Yeah, you don't want to be close behind them this time of year for sure!!

 

[Bunny]

I am in eastern Oregon not far from the Idaho line. Those prices are for big bales by the truck load. Small squares and smaller amounts do cost more. Where in WA and what do you define as "good" hay. Lots of hay in eastern WA and decent grass hay on the west side.

I feed 1250/ to 1400 lb bales, We R middle of the state. Between Chelan and Omak.. Good hay for me it has been tested, has selenium. Our area is very low in selenium If U can give me the infor for the hay, I will check it out,, thankyou so much. We R
Small farm, But like saving $. have a good day. -- Bunny

 

[Dave]

I feed 1250/ to 1400 lb bales, We R middle of the state. Between Chelan and Omak.. Good hay for me it has been tested, has selenium. Our area is very low in selenium If U can give me the infor for the hay, I will check it out,, thankyou so much. We R
Small farm, But like saving $. have a good day. -- Bunny

I spent a lot of time up the Methow in the 70's and 80's. I was also up there many times assisting with the fire recovery after the 2014 and 2015 fires. The freight from here to there would be a killer. Last I knew they raised a lot of hay in Grant County which would be a lot closer to you. As to the lack selenium. We are also in a low selenium area. That is easily solved with selenium salt blocks or other minerals from the livestock supply.

 

[farmerjan]

I feed 1250/ to 1400 lb bales, We R middle of the state. Between Chelan and Omak.. Good hay for me it has been tested, has selenium. Our area is very low in selenium If U can give me the infor for the hay, I will check it out,, thankyou so much. We R
Small farm, But like saving $. have a good day. -- Bunny

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