Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker

[carpenter1]

Will be interesting to see what happens greenslade Taylor hunts on Saturday, any one going?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Will be interesting to see what happens greenslade Taylor hunts on Saturday, any one going?

Where is that ?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I think most people leaving the sale came to that conclusion. The trouble is our locals do not want or need to sell there straw at a tenner a 4 ft round when they gave £90+/acre for the standing straw, they will keep it till nxt year!

it was strange sitting there when only 9 months ago I saw farmers paying £50 and more for round bale straw ,

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Where is that ?

Sedgemoor

Very little fodder entered - mostly straw

 

[7610 super q]

it was strange sitting there when only 9 months ago I saw farmers paying £50 and more for round bale straw ,

If it wasn't for the NFU's misguided forage aid scheme, they'd still be paying near that. Question is, with full sheds, and field stacks everywhere, has it f**ked up trade for 2019/20 too ?

 

[Grassman]

it was strange sitting there when only 9 months ago I saw farmers paying £50 and more for round bale straw ,

Unfortunately many moaned about arable farmers chopping straw and encouraged them all to bale it to help out the livestock farmers.
Now find me a livestock farmer who will pay more than market price for straw now!
Don't expect the choppers to be turned off in future!

 

[fieldfarmer]

Unfortunately many moaned about arable farmers chopping straw and encouraged them all to bale it to help out the livestock farmers.
Now find me a livestock farmer who will pay more than market price for straw now!
Don't expect the choppers to be turned off in future!

More than market price, ha, ha ha, some of them don't want to pay the agreed price for already delivered off the field straw! If it had got dearer would he be offering to pay a bit more, no I dow't it.

 

[jondear]

it was strange sitting there when only 9 months ago I saw farmers paying £50 and more for round bale straw ,

And you couldn't sell silage for £15 pb and now it's 3× that in SW.

 

[Henarar]

And you couldn't sell silage for £15 pb and now it's 3× that in SW.

a lot of it wasn't making 10 quid for a round bale

 

[carpenter1]

Sedgemoor

Very little fodder entered - mostly straw

Is there any sales in the sw with much fodder entered?
Rendells have a sale next week, not seen the entries yet though.

 

[carpenter1]

I have just seen rendells catoluge 100 straw, and 200 small hay bales
But they are charging 5% commission to purchasures

 

[jerseyjon]

2000+ silage bales Dorset symonds and Sampson sale on 20/11/18 https://www.symondsandsampson.co.uk...ons/131865793917331228-fodder-ctlg-201118.pdf

 

[gone up the hill]

Kivells have an on farm dispersal sale on Sat 24th of March in the Mid Devon area which has quite a lot of silage/ hay/ straw in it, some of the hay is from 2015/16 years so will be intresting to see how that sells.

Also in the sale is a full size snooker table if anyone is looking for one.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Well I must say when I saw Nick Champion failing to get a bid on 300 round bales of straw I was so tempted to buy next years straw now but I have no spare storage

 

[Goweresque]

Well I must say when I saw Nick Champion failing to get a bid on 300 round bales of straw I was so tempted to buy next years straw now but I have no spare storage

Buy some big tarps, use the outside stuff this winter, leave whats in the shed for next?

 

[7610 super q]

The trouble with keeping straw any length of time is you get visited by this chap......

 

[Henarar]

Sedge today

HAY
conventional bales £3.20
quads £31 and £44

silage
round bales £20

quad wheat straw £90/ton and £37/bale
80x80 wheat straw £34 and £22/bale

quad barley straw £30 and £25/bale

 

[sidjon]

Sedge today

HAY
conventional bales £3.20
quads £31 and £44

silage
round bales £20

quad wheat straw £90/ton and £37/bale
80x80 wheat straw £34 and £22/bale

quad barley straw £30 and £25/bale

The same silage bales were unsold in the end of March sale, think they got to £8, I know who's buying the first round in the pub tonight

 

[Woolless]

Sedge today

HAY
conventional bales £3.20
quads £31 and £44

silage
round bales £20

quad wheat straw £90/ton and £37/bale
80x80 wheat straw £34 and £22/bale

quad barley straw £30 and £25/bale

That silage sounds cheap. Had it been analysed?

 

[7610 super q]

That silage sounds cheap. Had it been analysed?

Sounds like they were 2 years ( or more ) old.
That wasn't mentioned.