USDA Colorado Weekly Hay 10/23 08:10
10/23/2025 | 8:10 am CDT USDA Colorado Weekly Hay 10/23 08:10
AMS_2905
Colorado Direct Hay Report
Released on October 23, 2025
Direct Hay Weighted Average Report for week ending 10/24/2025
VOLUME
This Week Last Reported Last Year
(10/06/2025)
Bales:
Hay 5214 10938 2100
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Total 5214 10938 2100
Tons:
Hay 4882 1646 2645
Straw 112 5150
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Total 4994 1646 7795
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Compared to last report: Trade activity light on moderate demand.
Small squares and medium square 3x3's of horse hay sold unevenly steady.
Trade activity was light this period as farmers are busy with corn and
forage sorghum silage harvest.
According to the U.S.
Drought Monitor's High Plains Summary for October 21, 2025, a wide range
of precipitation totals were observed last week.
Generally, 1.5 to 3.0 inches hit the northern and western Dakotas, much
of central and eastern Wyoming, and scattered locations in northwestern
Wyoming.
An inch or a little more fell on many locations in a swath from central
Nebraska into southeastern South Dakota, but other locations reported
several tenths of an inch of precipitation at best, with most areas
from southwestern Wyoming through western Nebraska and from eastern Nebraska
through Kansas reporting little or none.
This pattern resulted in less change here than in most other regions.
Areas of deterioration were introduced in parts of the east-central and
southeastern High Plains Region while improvement resulted from heavier
precipitation farther west.
The most widespread areas of improvement covered southwestern Colorado
and western Wyoming.
Coverage of dryness and drought is considerably lower in this region
than in others, with the total area entrenched in some degree of dryness
or drought (D0-D4) dropping slightly to a bit over 36 percent this
week.
The extent of Extreme Drought (D3) was almost cut in half, from 3.3 percent
down to 1.7 percent.
There is no D4 in the Region, but D3 remains across much of southwestern
Wyoming and part of central Colorado.
The proportion of the Great Plains States in this Region experiencing
some degree of dryness or drought (D0-D4) is relatively low compared
to much of the Lower-48; specifically, 3 percent of North Dakota, 32 percent
of South Dakota, 35 percent of Nebraska, and 28 percent of Kansas.
The next available report will be Thursday, November 6, 2025.
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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- New Crop
Dairy
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
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Medium Square 3x3 15 110.0 110 F.O.B.- Covered 1st Cut
Stables
Medium Square 3x3 6 115.0 115 F.O.B.- Covered 2nd Cut
Stables
Alfalfa Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 120 11.0 11 F.O.B.- Covered 2nd Cut
Stables
Small Square 200 12.0 12 F.O.B.- Covered 3rd Cut
Stables
Alfalfa Premium Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Large Square 3x4 300 210.0 210 F.O.B.- 4th Cut
Dairy
Alfalfa Premium/Supreme Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 300 11.0 11 F.O.B.- Covered 4th Cut
Stables
Alfalfa Supreme Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 4x4 400 220.0-230.0 225 Delivered- Very High Te4th Cut
Dairy
Alfalfa/Grass Mix Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 275 11.5 11.5 F.O.B.- 3rd Cut
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.- 1st Cut
Stables
Small Square 500 12.0 12 F.O.B.- Covered 2nd Cut
Stables
Forage Mix-Three Way Utility Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Small Square 300 4.0 4 F.O.B.- Rain Damage 1st Cut
Farm/Ranch
Forage Mix-Two Way Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Small Square 250 10.25 10.25 F.O.B.- Covered 1st Cut
Stables
Small Square 600 11.0 11 F.O.B.- Covered 3rd Cut
Stables
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Straw Conventional
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Barley Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 112 135.0 135 Delivered-
Dairy
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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 798 9.0 9 F.O.B.- 3rd Cut
Stables
Alfalfa Premium/Supreme Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Large Square 3x4 24 200.0 200 F.O.B.- 3rd Cut
Stables
Oat Fair/Good Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 3x4 34 100.0 100 F.O.B.- New Crop
Farm/Ranch
Prairie/Meadow Grass Premium Per Bale
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Small Square 850 10.0 10 F.O.B.- 1st Cut
Stables
Sudan Fair/Good Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
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Medium Round 124 135.0 135 F.O.B.- New Crop
Farm/Ranch
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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 Te3rd Cut
Dairy
Forage Mix-Two Way Good Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 3x4 1000 210.0 210 F.O.B.- New Crop
Dairy
Prairie/Meadow Grass Fair/Good Per Ton
Qty Price Range Wtd Freight/ Description Crop Age
Avg Use
--- ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------
Large Square 3x4 1500 200.0 200 F.O.B.- New Crop
Dairy
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