Auction prices across the Upper Midwest this week ranged pretty widely depending on quality. Supreme hay brought $195 to $242.50 per ton, Premium came in at $160 to $230, Good ran $145 to $162.50, Fair was $125 to $145, and Utility checked in at $97.50. As always, quality is doing a lot of the work in determining where your load lands in that range.
We did not have any marketplace sales to report over the past 30 days, so nothing to share on that front this week.
No drought flags or crop progress data came through for this report, and the extension snippet we received this week did not contain usable market commentary. We will pass along more detail on conditions and outlook as that information becomes available. In the meantime, keep an eye on what is happening with hay supplies in neighboring regions, since tightening conditions elsewhere can bring outside buyers into our market and firm up demand here.