My son has a few thousand square bales of hay he's looking to sell this winter - he's done selling for now. Prairie bales that were selling for $2.50 to $4 a bale two years ago are now in the $6 to $8 range. Brome is actually going for the same or less than prairie hay. But this is early September - he (and I) think the prices are going to be quite a bit higher in December January - when he has to pay his second semester tuition at K-State. He's been shocked at the floor price even with hay that is in obviously poor condition due to mold and weeds. After watching some sell at live auction he rebaled a some of last year's round bales that sat outside. Pretty much the entire bale went into the square baler making some pretty crappy looking bales. He made a couple hundred and sat them in piles of 30 and they brought $4.50 a bale at Clay Center auction.
I know small square bales are hardly indicative of the hay market in general because they represent a whole different customer. Anyone with no machinery or very few animals has to buy square bales. If you have 10+ head and a tractor with loader you can feed big rounds or big squares.
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