About the Hay Market Report:
All data have been compiled by Melissa Ohlrich, Crops and Soils Educator for Clark and Marathon Counties, UW-Madison Division of Extension. Prices are reported for alfalfa hay and grass hay. Alfalfa hay may include alfalfa/grass mix.
All values are compiled from public and private quality tested sales through Wisconsin and the Midwest and reported on the first and third weeks of each month. All prices are reported on an as-fed basis, and not on a dry matter basis.
Previous hay reports are archived here.
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Note about the values:
Where the table is blank, no sales were reported. In some cases, only sale averages were reported and min/max values were not included. All values in the table represent the average of all values reported; i.e., “maximum” is the average of all maximum values reported, “minimum” is the average of all minimum values reported, and “average” is the average of all average values reported. So, the “average” in the table is often not the mathematical average of the range in the table.
| Hay Grade | Bale Type | Price Per Ton | ||
| Average | Minimum | Maximum | ||
| Alfalfa | ||||
| Prime (>151 RFV/RFQ) | Small Square | 290 | 272 | 424 |
| Large Square | 152 | 120 | 152 | |
| Large Round | 120 | 106 | 136 | |
| Grade 1 (125 – 150 RFV/RFQ) | Small Square | |||
| Large Square | 100 | 125 | 130 | |
| Large Round | 91 | 81 | 94 | |
| Grade 2 (103 – 124 RFV/RFQ) | Small Square | |||
| Large Square | 83 | 83 | 90 | |
| Large Round | 76 | 69 | 92 | |
| Grass | ||||
| Prime (>151 RFV/RFQ) | Small Square | |||
| Large Square | 120 | |||
| Large Round | 113 | 105 | 135 | |
| Grade 1 (125 – 150 RFV/RFQ) | Small Square | 99 | ||
| Large Square | ||||
| Large Round | 78 | 69 | 90 | |
| Grade 2 (103 – 124 RFV/RFQ) | Small Square | |||
| Large Square | ||||
| Large Round | 59 | 53 | 69 | |
Relevant Articles
Additional Information:
The following links are for nearby market reports. These may not be quality-tested auctions. Those that are quality-tested are included in this report.
Equity Cooperative: https://www.equitycoop.com/. Lomira, Reedsville, and Stratford locations contain reports for untested hay and straw.
Reynolds Feed & Supply, LLC of Dodgeville: http://www.reynoldslivestock.com/what1snew/.
Tim Slack Auction and Realty, LLC of Fennimore: http://www.timslackauctionrealty.com/market%20report.html.
Dyersville Sales Company of Dyersville, Iowa: https://www.dyersvillehayandstrawauction.net/results
Fort Atkinson Auction: http://www.fortatkinsonhay.com/
If you have questions on this report contact: melissa.ohlrich@wisc.edu