I was just wondering what the going prices were on hay in different parts of the country,just good grass hay? I have seen prices around here in WNC anywhere from 3.50-5.00 dollars a bale on small squares.I have some extra and wondering if somewhere in the middle would be a fair price,most of mine will avg.50 pounds. THX.

Last year in Eastern NC I paid $5.50 per square bale for Coastal. The price rose from $4.50 because of fuelbeing higher. Wanna bet it didn't go down this year because of fuel prices dropping?

Hay, you have hay???!!! It's been raining here in the northeast for 28 days. Hay is very scarce. I did get 50 bales about 2 weeks ago. I paid $5.00 per bale, usually $4.00 per bale for grass hay.
I called a few places yesterday....nothing available. Hay is in the fields, so is the mud, wet fields, etc. Forecast is more rain for the next three days. Good luck.

I'm having trouble finding anyone who makes small bales. Seems everyone has gone to the big rounds or big squares that I can't use. The two I did find close enough are asking $2.50 and $2.90 per bale, which I would be willing to pay if the hay weren't stemmy and baled "tough" (damp). The guy who'd been making hay on my hayfield sold out and is now gone. If you were closer, I'd buy from you. I'm still looking.

Here in Central VA good old grass hay is going for $3.00 per bale out of the field add a $1 if it is out of the barn. that is just an average have seen it for as little as $2 and as high as $7. Seems if they say horse quality it adds some $$$$$ to it.

Western Michigan you can buy good first cutting hay $3.00 a bale (small squares). All prices for big rounds, depends on size and quality.

Around here in CO,65 lb bales go for $6-$6.50 in the stack .Feed store prices run about $2 more.

Here in N. central Pa. they are asking 1.75 to 2.00 for last years hay trying to clean the barns and trying for 2.50 to 3.00 for this years out of the barns. Most I've talked to are not having a whole lot of luck moving this years hay yet. Might change if the weather turns cold early, but I bought quite a bit of last years and won't have to buy till late fall when I can use round bales. They should be going from 25 to 40 depending on the size and if it ever stops raining here. Many of the dry hay farmers are not doing well as the hay is going to be late and course, makes it tough for horse people.

Seems like alot of good to excellant new hay is going between 2.50 and 3.00 here in South-central Ohio. A good bit of last year's hay is still available for 2.00 or less. We've had a wet Spring and Summer so far. Already mowed pastures 4 times that would normally only need mown twice. That should lead to a good hay year.

Hay prices went so high last two years most people sold most or all of their stock. A friend and his father bale professionally and were charging 3.50-3.75 for good quality heavy bales and dealt fairly with their regular customers. Alot of weedy junk was baled and marketed for 3.00-4.25, while good hay was 5.00-6.00. Most of the better hay went down South when prices were 8.00+ a bale, leaviong alot of us short up here.

Basically some folk (especially the junk-hay guys)got TOO greedy and destroyed the market around here. Now they not only have a surplus from last year left to move, but will probably have a surplus of new hay. The price will probably drop enough to get most of them out of the market. That should stabalize the market for legitimate producers like my friend.

I've seen some priced at $3.00 to $4.50 a square, decent/good greass. (Virginia)

here in western new york good grass hay is usually 1.50$ to 2.25$ for a 40 to 50 pound square bale and 20$ to 25$ for a 4x4 round bale about 500 pounds.but from what i here hay here is about as cheap as anywhere in the country.several local truckers buy hay to haul south and resell

Just picked up a load of hay yesterday. Paid $3.25 for HEAVY square bales of coastal bermuda. Supplier also supplies zoo atlanta. So it's gotta be good. Nice folks to work with.

USDA has a hay market report available online.
They are hauling it out as fast as they can bale it here. Export market must be getting more active. Neighbor has about a 180 acre circle of timothy that was baled one day and hauled out that night.

impaying 3.75 for alfalfa at my barn door--- its closer than his-- i have to have crew to put it in the barn-- and i just bought 50 big rounds-- fescue and grass at $30-- delivered and set when i need it next winter- all prices mid mo

We switched from square bales to big round this year. I met a neighbor down the road that grows really nice coastal. He stopped one day when we were out with the mules and asked where we got our hay. He had a round baler attached to his tractor. I told him that we usually bought square bales because we didn't have a hay ring, and they were easier to feed. He offered to sell me huge round bales for $40 and gave me a hay ring. He and his wife have become friends and the mules and horses eat every last scrap of the hay. I figure it is a win-win!

Thanks for all the responses.I don't have a round baler that is the reason I don't make rounds.I just don't see how people make anything selling 2-3.00 dollar hay.Alot of people have been burned by other people around here the last couple of years with the drought we had.People think that now sense we have started having rain now,and that fuel prices have come down that the prices should be back at 2.00. Fuel prices are the only thing that has come down,fertilize is still around 600 per ton or more depends on what type you get,I try to fertilize 2 times a year and try to spray for weeds at least one time per year.I try to make a good product,but alot of people around here who just keep one or two horses and don't have any equipment don't understand why hay should still be this "high",I always sell my hay out of the barn or deliver it,I have tried selling out of the field but people might show up or they might not so I quit doing that because I'm not going to bale and leave it in the field to take a chance on getting it wet then.

Small 50 lb long stem Bermuda grass hay sells for 7.25 in southeast New Mexico. Even if hay is shipped in we still have to pay the shipping costs and the price still works out about the same.

its been raining here. only 2 days in june with out rain. the weather is cleannin up tho. Hay ranges from 2-5$ last year, i havent seen prices this year cause no one has been cutting. ive got hay from one guy since i got my first pair from him. best hay, best prices. lets us barrow his bale lift. good man. MAINE

Just bought my winters hay. 8 round bales about 1,200 lbs apiece for $40 a bale. Would prefer square bales, as they get too fat, but if I go away for a few days I can't expect my neighbor to feed them. He comes over every day to pick eggs and make sure they are OK.