USDA South Dakota Hay                              10/23 09:45
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South Dakota Direct Hay Report

                               Released on October 23, 2020
 
Direct Hay Weighted Average Report for week ending 10/23/2020
 
                                      VOLUME
                    This Week         Last Reported         Last Year
                                       (10/12/2020)
Tons:
      Hay           1300                1300                                    
      Straw         75                  75                                      
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      Total         1375                1375                                    
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Compared to last week:  Too few reported sales in recent weeks to offer 
a good comparison with this week.
Good demand from out of state customers looking to buy high testing, 
dairy quality hay in large square bales, demand more moderate locally 
for either large or square bales.
Calves are starting to be weaned and placed in yards which is helping 
demand for grass hay to start those calves on feed.
Corn harvest is well underway, finishing up in some areas, allowing 
beef cattle producers to turn their cows out to graze on stalks keeping 
the need for supplemental feeding low.
In drought areas that rely on winter grazing there is more demand for 
hay as those producers are needing supplemental feed.
A large winter storm moved across the region dropping more than a foot 
of snow in places.
The snow and freezing rain put an end to corn stalk baling this week.

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Hay Conventional
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Alfalfa Fair Per Ton
                        Qty   Price Range Wtd    Freight/   Description Crop Age
                                          Avg    Use
                        ---   ----------- ---    ---------- ----------- --------
 Large Round            150       120.0   120    F.O.B.                         

Alfalfa Good Per Ton
                        Qty   Price Range Wtd    Freight/   Description Crop Age
                                          Avg    Use
                        ---   ----------- ---    ---------- ----------- --------
 Large Round            100       150.0   150    F.O.B.                         
 Large Square 3x4       150       200.0   200    F.O.B.                         

Alfalfa Premium Per Ton
                        Qty   Price Range Wtd    Freight/   Description Crop Age
                                          Avg    Use
                        ---   ----------- ---    ---------- ----------- --------
 Large Square 3x4       250       225.0   225    F.O.B.                         

Alfalfa Supreme Per Ton
                        Qty   Price Range Wtd    Freight/   Description Crop Age
                                          Avg    Use
                        ---   ----------- ---    ---------- ----------- --------
 Large Square 3x4       100       250.0   250    F.O.B.                         

Alfalfa/Grass Mix Good Per Ton
                        Qty   Price Range Wtd    Freight/   Description Crop Age
                                          Avg    Use
                        ---   ----------- ---    ---------- ----------- --------
 Large Square 3x4       500       150.0   150    F.O.B.                         

Grass Good Per Ton
                        Qty   Price Range Wtd    Freight/   Description Crop Age
                                          Avg    Use
                        ---   ----------- ---    ---------- ----------- --------
 Large Round            50        100.0   100    F.O.B.                         


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Straw Conventional
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Wheat  Per Ton
                        Qty   Price Range Wtd    Freight/   Description Crop Age
                                          Avg    Use
                        ---   ----------- ---    ---------- ----------- --------
 Round                  75        90.0    90     F.O.B.