Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

Henarar · Nov 21, 2020

gone up the hill said:
£126 delivered at auction today for Wheat in Somerset so add on another £5 ton for Devon

Talk today was that prices have reached their peak and will fall going forwards.

Make a fair difference where in Devon wouldn't it

livestock 1 · Nov 22, 2020

glasshouse said:
What?

fieldfarmer · Nov 22, 2020

gone up the hill said:
If every price tracker thread on here has posts removed from people posting what other people have told them what they think trade will be going forward then half the posts on this thread/ the beef lamb thread/ the milk price/ grain price/ fert price tracker threads will all have to be removed.....

Yep the dealers were saying all morning straw prices would go to £200 ton after Xmas, then said dealers only bid £112 for delivered straw so yes i think that is very relevant to this thread and should be posted.

And at the same time this morning most buyers were saying that the straw price has reached its peak and will drop after Xmas so again that needs to be reported on here!

Im not talking prices up or down with the above, just saying what the talk/ feeling at the auction was!

I myself actually thought trade would be dearer today for straw and whilst most buyers think prices have reached their peak now in all honesty im not at all convinced that will the case going forwards this winter.

So to sum up, at an auction the sellers talked the trade up and buyers talked the trade down, "shock horror" and in a removed post berated someone for having a reserve on their straw and not selling it but in the past have encouraged reserves to be left on pens of livestock.

LAMBCHOPS · Nov 22, 2020

Got some big bale quadrant 6 string well made July hay for sale off farm .What sort of money ball park should we be looking at. Selling picked up on a lorry by merchant who we regularly buy straw off. Not in the selling trade normally but have to make some shed room

roscoe erf · Nov 22, 2020

LAMBCHOPS said:
Got some 6 string well made July hay for sale off farm .What sort of money ball park should we be looking at. Selling picked up on a lorry. ?

where?

LAMBCHOPS · Nov 22, 2020

roscoe erf said:
where?

Mid Wales English border.just north of you

livestock 1 · Nov 22, 2020

fieldfarmer said:
So to sum up, at an auction the sellers talked the trade up and buyers talked the trade down, "shock horror" and in a removed post berated someone for having a reserve on their straw and not selling it but in the past have encouraged reserves to be left on pens of livestock.

The loads get ran to whatever price it needs to be (even if the auctioneer or winning bidder is a runner) then it’s passed at the ran price giving the impression that it’s worth more than that ( hence being passed) therefore subsequent similar loads are all sold at the high ran passed price.

Derrick Hughes · Nov 22, 2020

LAMBCHOPS said:
Got some big bale quadrant 6 string well made July hay for sale off farm .What sort of money ball park should we be looking at. Selling picked up on a lorry by merchant who we regularly buy straw off. Not in the selling trade normally but have to make some shed room

No less than £100/ton

livestock 1 · Nov 22, 2020

LAMBCHOPS said:
Got some big bale quadrant 6 string well made July hay for sale off farm .What sort of money ball park should we be looking at. Selling picked up on a lorry by merchant who we regularly buy straw off. Not in the selling trade normally but have to make some shed room

Very very cheap no demand for it whatsoever

Funnily enough when I buy it it will be very very dear there’s absolutely no hay about whatsoever

LAMBCHOPS · Nov 22, 2020

Derrick Hughes said:
No less than £100/ton

To add it's sheep hay quality baled with McHale baler Am I right in saying that the bales weigh circa 330 kg standard so 3 to a ton aprox? Ta

Derrick Hughes · Nov 22, 2020

livestock 1 said:
Very very cheap no demand for it whatsoever

Funnily enough when I buy it it will be very very dear there’s absolutely no hay about whatsoever

Kent and Sussex are pulling the hay trade up . Strange we usually pull a lot of hay out of there but not this time

Derrick Hughes · Nov 22, 2020

LAMBCHOPS said:
To add it's sheep hay quality baled with McHale baler Am I right in saying that the bales weigh circa 330 kg standard so 3 to a ton aprox? Ta

Best weigh them . They could be over 400 kg if well baled

fieldfarmer · Nov 22, 2020

LAMBCHOPS said:
To add it's sheep hay quality baled with McHale baler Am I right in saying that the bales weigh circa 330 kg standard so 3 to a ton aprox? Ta

You really need to weigh them, there is no "standard" setting on a baler it's all down to the pressure their set at.

jondear · Nov 22, 2020

Spencer said:
What are they like for bedding...?

A bit squishy!

LAMBCHOPS · Nov 22, 2020

Derrick Hughes said:
Best weigh them . They could be over 400 kg if well baled

Thanks for the advice

Spencer · Nov 22, 2020

LAMBCHOPS said:
To add it's sheep hay quality baled with McHale baler Am I right in saying that the bales weigh circa 330 kg standard so 3 to a ton aprox? Ta

Didn’t know Mchale did a Quadrant bale..?

Skintagain · Nov 22, 2020

Spencer said:
Didn’t know Mchale did a Quadrant bale..?

I was wondering this too

farmeronecow · Nov 22, 2020

Derrick Hughes said:
No less than £100/ton

You can send a load to West Dorset if it’s £100/ton

Derrick Hughes · Nov 22, 2020

farmeronecow said:
You can send a load to West Dorset if it’s £100/ton

Thats ex farm sorry

farmeronecow · Nov 22, 2020

Derrick Hughes said:
Thats ex farm sorry

In all seriousness I’m after 20/25 ton delivered to DT8 postcode if you would like to quote! Dm if you like

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