Colorado Hay Report

Colorado Hay Report

Maura Bennett
Maura Bennett
Compared to last week, trade activity light on moderate demand.

Chris Dias has the weekly Hay numbers from the Greeley USDA Livestock Poultry and Grains Market News office.

Northeast Colorado Areas

Alfalfa

Large Rounds: Supreme 245.00, Retail/Stable.

Southeast Colorado Areas

Alfalfa

Mid Squares: Premium 240.00, Retail/Stable.

Grass

Mid Squares: Premium 350.00, Retail/Stable.

Haygrazer

Mid Squares: Good 180.00.

San Luis Valley Areas

Alfalfa

Large Squares: Supreme 245.00.

Alfalfa/Grass

Small Squares: Premium 310.00 (10.00 per bale), Retail/Stable.

Mountains and Northwest Colorado Areas

Grass

Small Squares: Premium 310.00 (8.50 per bale), Retail/Stable.

Most areas of the High Plains were free of drought or saw little change, the exception being Colorado, where the US Drought Monitor says heavy snow continued to build snowpack but also caused avalanches. With well-above average precipitation in February and adequate precipitation in March to date, improvements were made across the Yampa/White Basin. The Gunnison Basin, already well past its normal seasonal

peak, received an additional 2-4 inches of precipitation over the last week.

Severe drought (D2) improved to moderate (D1) over the San Juan Basin east

through the San Luis Valley, where the San Juans have received well-above-

average precipitation and basin-wide snowpack is already past the normal

seasonal peak

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