USDA Colorado Weekly Hay 10/09 11:10
10/09/2025 | 11:10 am CDT USDA Colorado Weekly Hay 10/09 11:10
AMS_2905
Colorado Direct Hay Report
Released on October 09, 2025
Direct Hay Weighted Average Report for week ending 10/10/2025
VOLUME
This Week Last Reported Last Year
(09/22/2025)
Bales:
Hay 10938 13890 2071
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Total 10938 13890 2071
Tons:
Hay 1646 2140 770
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Total 1646 2140 770
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Compared to last report: Trade activity and demand moderate.
Small squares and medium square 3x3's of horse hay sold unevenly steady.
As the hay season is drawing to an end, it is becoming harder for buyers
to find hay without rain damage or striped from dew.
According to the U.S.
Drought Monitor's High Plains Summary for October 7, 2025, temperatures
this week across the High Plains region were mostly 5-15 degrees above
normal, with parts of central Colorado and southern and western Wyoming
seeing closer to normal temperatures.
Moderate to locally heavy precipitation fell in parts of the San Juan
Mountains in southwest Colorado, the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado
and across much of Wyoming, northwest South Dakota and central to
north-central North Dakota.
Precipitation this week added to a generally wetter recent pattern in
the San Juans, north-central Colorado and southeast Wyoming.
In these areas, short- and medium-term precipitation deficits lessened
and soil moisture conditions improved, allowing for some improvements
to ongoing drought and abnormal dryness.
In north-central Kansas, moderate drought improved in some areas where
locally over 2 inches of rain fell.
In eastern Kansas, short-term abnormal dryness and moderate drought worsened
in spots where streamflow and soil moisture levels dropped along
with growing precipitation shortages.
In northeast Nebraska and southeast South Dakota, dry weather over the
past couple of months continued this week, leading to a large expansion
in abnormal dryness that also extended further into northwest Iowa
and southwest Minnesota.
The next available report will be Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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Mountains and Northwest CO
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Hay Conventional
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Grass Fair Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Medium Square 3x3 30 160.0 160 F.O.B.- New Crop
Farm/Ranch
Grass Premium Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Medium Square 3x3 70 190.0 190 F.O.B.- Covered Old Crop
Stables
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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
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 3x4 0 1.0 0 Delivered- New Crop
Dairy
Large Square 3x4 0 1.0 0 Delivered- Old Crop
Dairy
Alfalfa Fair/Good Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 100 10.0 10 F.O.B.- Rain Damage 4th Cut
Stables
Alfalfa Good/Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Medium Square 3x3 18 115.0 115 F.O.B.- Covered 1st Cut
Stables
Alfalfa Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 100 12.0 12 F.O.B.- Covered 2nd Cut
Stables
Alfalfa/Grass Mix Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 480 11.0 11 F.O.B.- Covered 3rd Cut
Stables
Forage Mix-Three Way Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 1000 12.0 12 F.O.B.- Covered 2nd Cut
Stables
Small Square 500 10.0 10 F.O.B.- 1st Cut
Stables
Forage Mix-Three Way Utility Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 200 6.0 6 F.O.B.- Rain Damage 1st Cut
Farm/Ranch
Forage Mix-Two Way Fair Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Medium Square 3x3 8 90.0 90 F.O.B.- Excessive Mo3rd Cut
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 1st Cut
Stables
Forage Mix-Two Way Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 300 11.25 11.25 F.O.B.- Covered 3rd Cut
Stables
Small Square 300 12.75 12.75 F.O.B.- Covered 2nd Cut
Stables
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Southeast
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Hay Conventional
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Alfalfa Good/Premium Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Medium Square 3x3 46 220.0 220 F.O.B.- Covered 2nd Cut
Stables
Prairie/Meadow Grass Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 850 10.0 10 F.O.B.- 1st Cut
Stables
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Southwest
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Hay Conventional
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Orchard Grass Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 3 Tie 6528 22.0 22 F.O.B.- 2nd Cut
Stables
Small Square 3 Tie 544 18.0 18 F.O.B.- Old Crop
Stables
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San Luis Valley
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Hay Conventional
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Alfalfa Supreme Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 3x4 1500 280.0 280 F.O.B.- Very High Te2nd Cut
Dairy
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