Contacts: * Steve Barnhart, Iowa State University Extension forage specialist,

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1 9/28/07 Contacts: * Steve Barnhart, Iowa State University Extension forage specialist, sbarnhar@iastate.edu SEPTEMBER HAY PRICES These are hay prices paid at auction in the recent past weeks. Most price information is obtained from USDA Hay Market News. Personal contacts of local Iowa hay auctions secured price information for these market outlets. The USDA Market News Group uses these hay classification designations in their market price reports. Of all hay sold, 1% or less would be designated in the supreme class. Placement in various classifications is often based on visual assessment. There is a general relationship between visual characteristics and forage analyses. If possible, the following Hay test analyses ranges (on dry matter basis) should be used to establish the appropriate quality designation. When feeding livestock, sample all forage lots and use forage analysis information for balancing livestock rations. Relative Acid Neutral (*) (Mixed & Grass) Feed Detergent Detergent Crude Crude Value Fiber Fiber Protein Protein RFV ) (ADF) (NDF) (CP) (CP) index % % % % Supreme > 185 < 27 < 34 > 22 ** Premium >13 Good ` Fair Utility < 130 > 35 > 44 < 16 < * & alfalfa with up to 10% grass (USDA) ** The 'Supreme' category is not appropriate for grass hays Visual hay quality descriptions used in the USDA Hay Market News. (Note: these visual traits do not necessarily equate to the forage analysis ranges listed in the previous chart.) Supreme Very early maturity, pre-bloom, soft, fine stemmed, extra-leafy. Factors indicative of very high nutritive content. Hay is excellent color and free of damage. Premium (Dairy quality) pre bloom or very early bloom legumes, grass vegetative, generally green with no rain damage

2 Good (Dairy and feedlot quality) early to mid-bloom legumes, grass vegetative or very early head, generally no rain Fair (Feedlot or beef quality) mid- to late-bloom legumes, grass headed, coarse/stemmy, may show some rain damage Utility (formerly Low ) Very late maturity, or very coarse/stemmy, or considerable discoloration or rain damage THIS REPORT FOR MID- TO LATE-SEPTEMBER 2007 Fort Atkinson (NE IA) Wednesdays, 1 p.m. (Kind and quality of lots not stated) 1st cut: SmSq $60-105/T; LgSq $80/T; LgRd $40-85/T 2nd cut: SmSq $70-85/T; LgSq $130/T; LgRd $40-100/T 3rd cut: SmSq $50-140/T; LgSq $50-140/T; LgRd $50-105/T 4th cut SmSq $120/T; LgSq $70-90/T; LgRd $55-85/T Straw: SmSq $ /T ; (LgSq $70-95/T; LgRd $90/T Aug) Corn Stalks: LgRd $40/T Dyersville (NE IA ) Thursdays 10:30 AM (Type of hay not stated) Premium: LgSq RFV 169 $190/T; LgRd $90-95/T Good: LgSq $ /T; LgRd $75-90/T Fair: LgSq $ /T; LgRd $60-75/T Utility: SmSq $1.25/bale; (LgSq $70-80/T Aug); LgRd $50-60/T Mixed Leg/Gr: Good: SmSq $2.00/b $102.50/T; LgSq $122.50/T; LgRd $ /T Grass: Good SmSq $2.50/b; LgRd $60-65/T Prairie Hay: Good LgRd $115/T CRP: LgRd $45-52/50/T Oat: (Fair LgRd $70-75/T Aug) Straw: LgSq $26-36//bale; LgRd $16/bale Riceville (NE IA) 1st and 3rd Friday sales : (SmSq $ /bale; LgSq $85-110/T Aug) Grass: SmSq $ /bale; LgSq $85-125/T Straw: (SmSq $2.00/bale Aug); LgRd $10-15/bale Forest City (NC IA) (Wednesday evening sales) : SmSq $ /bale; LgSq $35/bale; LgRd $ 35-40/b Mixed Legume/Gr: SmSq $ /b Grass: SmSq $ /bale; (LgRd $ 35/bale Aug) Straw: SmSq$ /bale Spencer Livestock Sales (NW IA) (2nd and 4th Tuesdays) & Mixed: SmSq $ /bale; (LgRd $ /T Aug)

3 Grass: SmSq $ /bale; LgRd $85-95/T Oat Hay: ( SmSq $2.50/bale Aug) Oat Hay Grinding quality: LgRd $70-75/T Cornstalks: SmSq $ /T Rock Valley (NW IA) (Monday & Thursdays 1 p.m.) Supreme: (LgSq $152.50/T Aug) Premium: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $ /T Good: LgSq $90-95/T; LgRd $ /T Fair: LgSq $70/T; ( LgRd $ /T Aug) Utility: LgRd $52.50/T Mixed Hay Premium: SmSq $135/T; LgSq $110/T; LgRd $105/T Good: LgSq $85/T; LgRd $87.50/T Fair: ( LgRd $70/T Aug) Grass Hay Premium: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $155/T; LgRd $ /T Good: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $85-105/T; LgRd $75-95/T Fair: LgSq $70/T; LgRd $ /T Straw: SmSq $ /b; LgSq $22/b; LgRd ($23/b Aug), $35-75/T Cornstalks: ( LgRd $16/b Aug) Maurice (NW IA) (Thurs. 12:30 p.m.) Premium: LgSq $115/T; LgRd $ /T Good: LgRd $80-100/T Fair: (LgSq $ /T Aug) Mixed Legume/Gr: Premium SmSq $125/T; LgSq $110/T Grass Premium: SmSq $155/T; LgSq $102.50/T; LgRd $122.50/T Good: SmSq $90/T; LgRd $95-100/T Straw: SmSq $2.75/bale; LgSq $28/bale; LgRd $75/T Denison (WC IA) (Sat. 11 a.m.) /Mixed Leg/Gr: SmSq $ /b; LgRd $80-85/bale Grass: SmSq $ /bale; LgSq $80-85/bale Straw: (SmSq $ /bale Aug) Stuart (WC IA) noon Saturdays : SmSq $ /bale Mixed Leg/Gr: LgRd $61-70/b Grass: SmSq $ /bale Perry (central Iowa) (Sat. noon) : SmSq $ /bale; LgRd $76/bale

4 Grass: SmSq $ /bale; LgRd $48/bale Straw: (SmSq $ /bale; LgRd $50-55/bale Aug) Private Broker Sales Average of prices from south central Iowa (Indianola and Adair) and north central Iowa (Hampton) & Mixed Grass/Legume Supreme: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T Premium/Good: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $ /T Grass: Premium SmSq $90-100/T; LgSq $ /T Walcott (EC IA) 2nd Sats December-March, noon Sales Resume in the December Keosauqua (SE IA) Sat. 11:30 a.m. : SmSq $ /ale; Grass : SmSq $ /bale CRP (SmSq $ /bale Aug) Straw: SmSq $ /bale Kalona (SE IA) 1st Thurs, year-round 11:30 a.m. (& 3rd Thurs. October-winter) No sales in September! & Mixed Legume/Gr: (SmSq $ /b; LgSq $ /T; LgRd$ 132/T Aug) Grass: (SmSq $ /bale; LgRd $ /bale Aug) Straw: (SmSq $ /bale Aug) Creston (SW IA) 10:30 a.m. Friday : (SmSq $3.00/bale Aug); LgRd $80/bale Mixed: LgRd $44/bale Grass: SmSq $3.90/b; LgRd $33-50/bale CRP: LgRd $24/bale Oat Hay: LgRd $25/bale Shenandoah (SW IA) Monday Sale No Sales in September! & Alf/Grass Mixed: (SmSq $ /bale Aug) Missouri market (mid/late- September 2007 USDA Market Price Report) Supreme (RFV >185): SmSq $ /T Prem (RFV ): $ /T Good/Fair: (RFV ) SmSq $90-160/T; LgSq $90-160/T; LgRd $80-140/T Mixed Leg/Gr: Good SmSq $ /bale LgRd $40-75/bale Grass Good/Prem: LgSq $80-130/T

5 Good SmSq $70-120/T Timothy SmSq $ /bale Mixed grass Good SmSq $70-120/T Fair LgRd $30-60/bale Prairie hay: SmSq $80-125/T; LgRd $50-75/T Bluestem Good/Fair LgRd $40/bale Bermudagrass Good LgRd $50-65/bale, $70-80/T Wheat Hay: $50-70/T Straw: SmSq $ /bale Northern and central Illinois ( September2007 USDA Market Report) Premium: SmSq $ /T: LgSq $ /T: LgRd $ /T Good: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T: LgRd $90-120/T Fair: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $70-90//T Utility: SmSq $80/T; LgSq $75-120/T; LgRd $50-80/T Mixed Leg/Grass Premium: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T Good: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $80-100/T Fair: SmSq $ T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $70-90/T Utility: SmSq $60-80/T; LgSq $60-80/T; LgRd $50-60/T Grass: Premium: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $80-100/T Good : SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $80-90/T Fair: SmSq $80-120/T; LgSq $80-100/T; LgRd $60-75/T Utility; SmSq $60-80/T; LgSq $60-80/T Straw: SmSq $ /bale, $70-80/T; LgSq $45-70/T Wisconsin market Tested Auction January 07 Lomira WI (1st Friday Jan-April) Sales begin again in the Autumn Tested Auction January 07 Waldo WI (2nd Thursday Dec-April) Sales begin again in the Autumn Minnesota market SW MN (Mid- to late September 2007 USDA Market Report) Premium: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $ /T; LgRd $ /T Good: SmSq $ /T; LgSq $82.50/T; LgRd $ /T Fair: SmSq $ /T; LgRd $72.50/T Mixed Leg/Gr Premium: SmSq $ /T; LgRd $102.50/T Good: SmSq $87.50/T; LgRd $95-100/T Fair: (LgRd $ /T Aug) Utility: LgRd $52.50/T

6 Grass Premium: SmSq $ /T: (LgRd $117.50//T Aug) Good: SmSq $ /T; LgRd $ /T Fair: SmSq $65-75/T; (LgSq $72.50/T Aug); LgRd $ /T Utility: LgRd $40-55/T Straw: SmSq $ /bale; (LgSq $25/bale Aug); LgRd $24/bale Houston County MN Tested Hay Auction January 07 (2nd Fridat December- March) Sales resume in December South Dakota market (mid- to late September 2007 USDA Market Report) Supreme: LgSq $150/T Prem: SmSq $135/T; (LgSq $ /T Aug); LgRd $ /T Good: LgSq $ /T; LgRd $90-115/T Grinding Hay; LgRd $75-85/T Grass Premium: LgSq $135/T Good: (LgSq $85/T Aug); LgRd $80-100/T Straw: LgSq $50-60/T Nebraska market (mid- to late September 2007 USDA Report) Premium: ( RFV) SmSq $ /T; (LgSq $145/T Aug) Grinding Hay ground & Delivered' LgRd $ /T The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), responded to drought-induced hay and pasture deficit conditions by its establishing a Web site for producers to list information concerning the need for hay or the availability of hay. The link to this site is listed below: Using the USDA Hay Net page is not as user-friendly as the earlier version. If you want to see the listings for sale, in the center-right box on the page, select the line Access ehaynet Service. That will take you to the second page where you must choose either: NEED (hay ads) or HAVE (hay ads). Then a state (the state where the hay is listed). The select button will then take you to the listings for that state. Contacts and a limited description of hay available or needed can be found. As with other hay listtype online sites, price and details about sales transactions must be completed between buyer and seller. Note: Not all lots listed for a state are located in that state; about half are from other states and Canada. The new site: =welcome

7 I checked this site on Sept. 27, 2007, and found the following # of listings: State Listings Iowa 10 Missouri 18 Illinois 16 Wisconsin 74 Minnesota 9 South Dakota 6 Nebraska 9 Iowa Hay and Straw Directory The Marketing Division of the Iowa Deptartment of Agriculture and Land Stewardship publishes a Hay & Straw Directory each Autumn. It includes names and contact information for hay sellers, hay brokers, auctions, commercial grinders, hay market associations, etc,. They are taking new listings anytime and post them on the online Hay and Straw Directory site. Clients are encouraged to use the online site. A few printed booklets are available (each October) but are not updated, as is the online site version. Phone or (515) for information, or visit the Web site: South Dakota State University Extension Service Feed Finder / Hay List This site provides opportunity to post messages about hay for sale, hay wanted, pasture for rent, etc. Use this Web address: Following a season of widespread winter-kill, followed by a summer of dry weather, forage production and quality were lower than normal. A forage hay list was established in the summer and will continue into the winter months. Listings are by county. The list can be found at: Upper Midwest Haylist Electronic Market Service of Buyers and Sellers The Upper Midwest Haylist allows sellers to list lots of hay for days, free of charge; & for buyers to access it for hay availability. Sellers can include: name, address, Phone/FAX/ , type of hay (>95%alfalfa, Alf/Gr, Clover, >95% Grass etc), type of bale, which cutting ex nd, tons/bales available, quality ex. RFD or CP, asking price per ton.

8 On Sept. 27, 2007, the following was listed. State Listings Iowa Missouri Illinois 2 Wisconsin 12 Minnesota 19 South Dakota 2 Nebraska Internet Hay Exchange Buyers and sellers can place and find specifics about type of hay, location, quantity, price, quality, delivery options, etc. on this commercial internet site. On 27 Sept. listings were: State Listings Iowa 26 Missouri 54 Illinois 26 Wisconsin 47 Minnesota 31 South Dakota 11 Nebraska 34 A NEW www-based Hay Listing Service Wisconsin Farmer-to-Farmer List or search for hay, straw etc. from Wisconsin. WWW iink... Other WWW - based Hay listing links Bid-4-Hay Operating in Oklahoma. It is an online hay classifieds and auction listing service. Allows listing and searching for hay. The interactive 'search' engine asks for your Zip Code and the Distance range that you would like to search in. On July 31, 2007, there was one listing for 300 miles distance from Ames, Iowa. If you need to look to a farther distance, check the Manitoba, Canada, online hay directory and hay directory for horse hay buyers: Industry_Hay_Directory_5_pages_Oct17_06.pdf Blox/10/Horse_Hay_Directory_12_pgs_logos_Oct pdf