OT Round bale prices

Grass in west central IL would sell $45-65 in my area, alfalfa/red clover $65+. Andy

I would think the hay is worth more than $6. around here $10 might not buy the baling and wrap. And somebody had to cut it and rake it too.

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I also get my net wrap at a pretty good discount from a buddy, $281 plus tax for a 12,000 ft role of Deere Edge-to-Edge 48" wrap, so that means I have about $0.75 per bale in wrap.

Hurst

1979 Allis Chalmers 7000
5800 Hours

I see what you're saying now. I don't think have quite that much tied (no pun intended Tongue

) into them. We do all the stuff ourselves, and already have the equipment to put up hay for the farm. This is just some extra stuff that we don't have room/need. I wouldn't have baled this if I had known I was going to be able to bale my uncle's really nice field by our farm this summer (beautiful grass and red clover mix).

As far as my costs go, I'd say there's a total of about 25 man hours in this field from cutting, fluffing, raking, and baling, 40 gallons of diesel at most, and then a little less than 1/3 of a roll of net, so all said that's about $500 of direct costs in the hay at most. If I hired it out, I can believe that someone would charge $10 to rake and bale it. Balers are not cheap to keep running! I'm definitely aiming for the lower end of the price spectrum because I want it out of here and gone ASAP as we have yearling thoroughbreds in the field and dad isn't a big fan of having bales in the field with horses.

Hurst

1979 Allis Chalmers 7000
5800 Hours

BTW, the cheapest that I have been able to buy a large round of grass was $40 at auction or directly from the seller. And they were light.

I would put a pencil to it to get a a better of just how much could be made if I wasn't having back problems (I was at the hospital in the outpatient surgery today). I would have to hire more help. I do know a couple of guys who may be interested in going into buying hay down there. I would need to know how much they weigh per bale.

Hurst, over here in western Ky even common hay will sell for $20-$25 per roll. I would say your hay is worth a minimum of $30 per roll.

Hurst wrote:

I'm not sure how I'd weigh them off the top of my head... any suggestions for a quick way to get a weight?

Hurst

Grain elevator, fertilizer company, co-op... my old boss lived about three miles from a limestone quarry, so that's where we usually went.

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Hurst-I don't live too far from you(Nicholasville) and I guess we just live in the wrong part of the US. I had the best hay and best yields this year than ever before. Got it all baled in perfect shape with no rain and the old round baler ran perfect. I have way too much hay with alot left over from last year. The problem is that just about everyone has alot of hay this year. I would like to sell some also but there are no buyers and horse farms pretty much demand square bales which I don't have. Sure be nice to get the kind of prices mentioned. Good luck and hope you get some sold !!!!!

6x6 is probably about 2x the weight I have in mine, so it sounds like I am about right for this area then. I know what you mean, central Kentucky is flooding in hay this year, especially since we had a mild winter and early spring. This is the earliest we have been done baling all of our grass in as long as myself or my Dad can remember. Got one guy that is supposed to try to come by tonight to take a look at the rolls.

Hurst

1979 Allis Chalmers 7000
5800 Hours

If all you can get is $16 a bale, it is worth your time to unroll them on the field they came from and grind them up with a bush hog to return the nutrients to your own soil, rather than sell them cheaply and basically give your fertility to someone else. I know it seems like hay grows for free, but decent yields do not last forever if you don't fertilize or return the nutrients to the same ground that the hay is grown on. Don't ask me how I know...

Well I didn't get them sold at $16, my buddy said he is out of room for mixed grass hay but wishes he could use it as it's good grass. I spent all afternoon moving them out of the field and putting them in storage, so now I have a little time to play and get more money. I'll probably try to shoot for around $25 per bale now after hearing what you all have said.

Hurst

1979 Allis Chalmers 7000
5800 Hours

I guess I need to ask to know for sure, but I'm sure wife's uncle who milks cows near Dayton Oh said he was paying $150 per bale. Maybe it was alfalfa?

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Just priced out a large order out this afternoon, 4 feet wide 56 inches tall, average weight per bale 844 # brome grass boot stage, net wrap FOB $140/ton

715 lb round bales of mixed grasses and alfalfa will sell for $30 each around here in Michigan. A business contact says he pays about $7 a square bale in Rhode Island.

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