Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday August 15, 2024 68 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today the market was a smaller auction with a good buying crowd. The quality of alfalfa was very good! The grass quality was decent. We sold the first wheat straw of the year today. ____________________________________________________ ——ALFALFA-20—— SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3×3 51500 135.00 …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday August 8, 2024 90 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today the market was mostly steady. The median price for alfalfa was $102.50 and the median price for grass was$82.50. Good buyer attendance and a nice selection of hay in. ____________________________________________________ ——ALFALFA-40—— SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3×3 49080 137.50 3rd 3×3 44300 137.50 …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday August 1, 2024 65 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today we had a nice smaller run of hay. We had a nice buying crowd in. The auction seemed to stabilize somewhat. Although the market is in the lower price range, it seemed to have more consistency from load to load. ____________________________________________________ ——ALFALFA-32—— …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday July 25, 2024 123 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today we had a lot of good quality grass and alfalfa in. The market is still low. Good buyer crowd but not too aggressive. Alfalfa was steady and grass a little lower. We will continue to have auctions across from the old haylot- 2713 …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday July 18, 2024 86 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today we had a lot of nice alfalfa and grass. The median price for both was $102.50. Obviously, the market is low, and it looks as if it will be for some time. There was a good buyer crowd but not aggressive. The …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday July 11, 2024 96 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today the market was everywhere. My opinion is that today’s auction was not a very accurate depiction of the market. If we had more steady auctions we would have a better judgement on the market. _________________________________________________________________ ——ALFALFA-52—— SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3×3 51600 …
Due to the devastating flood, we will not be able to have an auction until July 11th. We will not be able to accept hay until Monday July 1st. We will do our best to update the website for private treaty sales starting on Monday July 1st. Our office will remain at the current …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday June 20, 2024 39 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today the market was very weak. The rain during the auction made only the hardiest of buyers present. ____________________________________________________ ——ALFALFA-14—— SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3×3 43640 110.00 1st NEW lgrd 53120 155.00 1st NEW lgrd 53540 130.00 1st lgrd 57740 120.00 3rd lgrd …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday June 13, 2024 54 Loads ___________________________________________________ Today we sold over 50% new alfalfa and about 25% new grass. The market on the alfalfa and grass is not very well established which makes consistency very difficult. The better load of straw sold very well and the poorer straw was met …
Rock Valley Hay Report Thursday June 6, 2024 49 Loads ___________________________________________________ The market was lower today. There were 6 loads of new alfalfa with excellent quality and sold from $117.50 – $165. The old alfalfa sold steady to weaker with the quality being mostly good. With little interest in grass hay, the grass market …