going rate for small hay bales

[Bobthebuilder]

got a local horsey place want to buy a few hay bales 20-30 what's the going rate for small square hay bales this year?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I wouldn’t bother if they weren’t £5 not worth the work

 

[Bobthebuilder]

I wouldn’t bother if they weren’t £5 not worth the work

not much work involved chucking 20-30 bales off the stack onto a trailer

 

[Northeastfarmer]

not much work involved chucking 20-30 bales off the stack onto a trailer

No work at all picking 6ft bales of hay up in an air conditioned jcb

 

[Tim G]

not much work involved chucking 20-30 bales off the stack onto a trailer

But too much work in calculating you costs to produce them?

 

[Werzle]

£3/bale

 

[Gedd]

Got to be a fiver don't undersell yourself

 

[TexelBen]

Horse prices for horse people? £5-6?

 

[It was already broken.]

I have got a few thousand here at £4 a bale (straw £3). But quality not great after a catchy summer season so would be good to shift the lot before January. It would help pay for sorting a tractor head gasket and hire costs of the replacement machine too.

 

[valtra]

I sell them at a minimum £4.50 plus delivery

 

[Top Tip.]

£2 a bale up here.

 

[Werzle]

Why pay £5 / bale for small ones when a big round/square are only going to be £15

 

[David.]

What would be a going rate for baling small bales then, assuming minimum 500 in one place?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Why pay £5 / bale for small ones when a big round/square are only going to be £15

Convenience

 

[Bobthebuilder]

But too much work in calculating you costs to produce them?

We produce them for our own use every year, but someone I know has asked if we have any spare to buy and we haven’t sold any for years so was just asking what the going rate is to get an idea what to charge, if it was up to me she could have some but I’m not the boss

 

[Andrew1983]

Why pay £5 / bale for small ones when a big round/square are only going to be £15

Go look at the plastic bag of hay in pets at home, it’s about £5 for 2 flakes of a little bale!!

 

[davidroberts30]

What would be a going rate for baling small bales then, assuming minimum 500 in one place?

50p

 

[HarryB97]

We buy small bales off the field from a few people for £3 a bale and collect with our forklift. When we used to buy it as and when through the winter and have it delivered it was generally £5-£5.50 a bale that was a small lorry load at a time.

 

[organicguy]

Not wishing to high jack, just done a job, 400 small bales baled, 200 carted and stacked in 2 stables.What to charge? 50p to bale?What to cart and stack?
TIA

 

[Werzle]

Not wishing to high jack, just done a job, 400 small bales baled, 200 carted and stacked in 2 stables.What to charge? 50p to bale?What to cart and stack?
TIA

Complete job price £350