USDA Colorado Weekly Hay 02/12 10:25
02/12/2026 | 10:25 am CST USDA Colorado Weekly Hay 02/12 10:25
AMS_2905
Colorado Direct Hay Report
Released on February 12, 2026
Direct Hay Weighted Average Report for week ending 02/13/2026
VOLUME
This Week Last Reported Last Year
(01/26/2026)
Bales:
Hay 4798 3804 3300
Straw 112
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Total 4910 3804 3300
Tons:
Hay 385 956 1141
Straw 500 1250
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Total 385 1456 2391
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Compared to last report: Trade activity light on moderate demand.
Prices mostly steady across all hay types.
Drought conditions have begun increasing since January with the more
severe drought categories (D2-D4) covering almost 1/3 of the state,
concentrated
in Pitkin, Lake, Park, Clear Creek, Summit, Eagle, Garfield,
Rio Blanco, Moffat, Routt, Jackson, and Grand counties.
Currently, D2-D4 represents 31.66% of the state, compared to 7.08% for
the same week last year.
According to the U.S.
Drought Monitor's High Plains Summary for February 10, 2026, the High
Plains saw little to no meaningful precipitation this week, with most
of the region receiving less than 25 percent of normal and many locations
at or below 5 percent of normal precipitation.
Any snowfall was light and offered minimal liquid-equivalent benefit.
In eastern Wyoming and eastern Colorado, precipitation deficits continue
to deepen with soil moisture percentiles declining, and recent above-normal
temperatures led to drying where snow cover is limited.
This led to expansion of moderate (D1) and severe drought (D2) across
parts of eastern Wyoming and Colorado into the southwest South Dakota,
the Nebraska Panhandle and the western Nebraska Sandhills.
Similarly, growing short- to medium-term precipitation deficits, below-normal
soil moisture percentiles and elevated evaporative demand led
to the introduction of extreme drought (D3) to Nebraska's Panhandle.
Eastern Nebraska also saw the expansion of abnormal dryness (D0) as the
lack of precipitation has led to drying conditions.
Across Kansas, degradations occurred primarily in the northwest, south
and along the Missouri border in eastern Kansas following another dry
week which, like the rest of the region, added to the growing precipitation
deficits and drying soil moisture.
The next available report will be Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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Mountains and Northwest CO
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Hay Conventional
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Grass Premium Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Medium Square 3x3 150 225.0 225 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
Prairie/Meadow Grass Fair Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Medium Square 3x3 150 150.0 150 F.O.B.- Old Crop
Farm/Ranch
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Northeast
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Hay Conventional
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Alfalfa Per Point/Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Large Square 3x4 0 1.0 0 Delivered- Old Crop
Dairy
Alfalfa Good/Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Medium Square 3x3 10 120.0 120 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
Alfalfa Premium/Supreme Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 100 11.75 11.75 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
Alfalfa/Orchard Mix Premium Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 3x4 85 265.0 265 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
Forage Mix-Three Way Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 1000 10.0 10 F.O.B.- Old Crop
Stables
Forage Mix-Two Way Good/Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Medium Square 3x3 10 115.0 115 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
Medium Square 3x3 30 115.0 115 F.O.B.- Old Crop
Stables
Forage Mix-Two Way Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 200 10.5 10.5 F.O.B.- Old Crop
Stables
Small Square 400 12.0 12 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
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Straw Conventional
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Wheat Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Large Square 112 80.0 80 Delivered Erosion Cont
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Southeast
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Hay Conventional
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Alfalfa Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square Bundled 1008 9.0 9 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
Small Square Bundled 630 10.0 10 F.O.B.- Old Crop
Stables
Prairie/Meadow Grass Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 1410 10.0 10 F.O.B.- Old Crop
Stables
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Southwest
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Hay Conventional
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Alfalfa/Grass Mix Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 0 8.0 0 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
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