livestock 1
Member
Wheat straw with some liquid on would be better feed value
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- Ceredigion
I was in Newbury
it was knocked down to a d hughes lampeter any idea
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
He is a little wind up merchant
- Location
- Hereford
They already chomping on straw... straw chopper packed up just before Christmas and haven't bothered to replace it as I just put round bales in a feeder in shed and then mov e feeder found daily and what straw they haven't eaten out of said bale they then spread around themselves. Works well but I think I will start to put some molasses on it now as they draw closer to calving.
livestock 1
Member
We are on filling one feed passage with silage for 4/5 days a week and straw the rest. I am lucky though I have a fit 18 year old son who likes running in with half a dozen drums of molasses now and again to tart it up a bit. Mucks a lot dryer and cows are gaining condition atm anyway
- Location
- Hereford
Last year I upturned round bales of straw and poured molasses over them ready for going into the feeder the next day . Always stood them on top of a few quadrant bales so they caught any that soaked down through to the borrom. Neighbour has been doing the same thing this year and he was saying that the straw is so slivery this year that most of the molasses goes straight through but I will see how I get on .. otherwise I will try the same with the square bales. I may end up putting a molasses feeder in corner of shed .
We wormed our cattle and fluked the cows and big stores early last week. Already making a difference to how they crap as previously it was 'unwise' to stand behind them .
We wormed our cattle and fluked the cows and big stores early last week. Already making a difference to how they crap as previously it was 'unwise' to stand behind them .
livestock 1
Member
We ivomeced ours a few weeks after they came in in end of October and did them again yesterday to catch the end of the fluke no comparison in the cattle after the first dose. They dried up immensely and ate much less
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Fodder Overall Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 1,554 bales of fodder.
Barley Straw Averaged £22.60.
Hay averaged £43.60. Haylage averaged £29.50.
Silage averaged £24.75.
Heston Barley bales sold to £51.
Heston Oat bales sold to £30.
Barley Straw Averaged £22.60.
Hay averaged £43.60. Haylage averaged £29.50.
Silage averaged £24.75.
Heston Barley bales sold to £51.
Heston Oat bales sold to £30.
snipe
Member
- Location
- west yorkshire
got some small bales of barley straw for sale £2.25/bale west yorkshire. next to M1 junction 40
Timbo
Member
- Location
- Gods County
6 string 7ft hay - £45
Bit late but here is Brightwells report from last week:
Brightwells 53rd Annual Sale of Fodder attracted an even larger crowd than what was witnessed in 2018. Purchasers in attendance from near and far, from all corners of Wales throughout Herefordshire and surrounding counties.
In reverse to 2018, Hay was the commodity most in demand and our prices were certainly an excellent result, however did not eclipse some varying stories about fodder which you hear, the mild and dry winter has eased some pressure on fodder supplies and in some cases farmers have sold livestock to avoid the extra expense of purchasing Hay and Silage.
The main of the fodder trade was created by farmers and end users, trade merchants in attendance but many reporting large supplies of straw with demand limited.
The best quality Hay was very well sold throughout the auction with Big Six String Bales to £60/bale, smaller 90’ x 80’ square Bales to £47/bale and averaging just over £40/bale.
Round Bales equally sought after topping at £38/bale with 5’ and 4’ Bales averaging just over £33/Bale. Conventional small Bales of Meadow topped at £3.80 a bale to average £3.20/bale.
Silage and Haylage followed the hay trade although some caution in places and areas where less livestock is kept was at the lower end of the prices, silage to £31.55/bale to average £26/bale.
Round Bale Haylage to £37.50 to average just over £30/bale and a near complete clearance on all the Hay and Silage. The high Hay trade also meant some older Hay was easy to sell with some 4 year old well stored Hay to £25/bale.
A large catalogue of straw with these prices following the national trade, wheat 4’ x 3’ to £25/bale to average £24, quadrants to £25 to average £17/bale. Both 90’ x 80’ and 80’ x 70’ Bales selling well in comparison, these averaging £15.50/bale. Round Bales of Wheat Straw from £5 to £16 to average £13. Small Conventional Wheat Straw to £2.12.
Round Bale Barley Straw to £20/Bale to average £16.65, however several lots of straw remaining unsold.
Brightwells 53rd Annual Sale of Fodder attracted an even larger crowd than what was witnessed in 2018. Purchasers in attendance from near and far, from all corners of Wales throughout Herefordshire and surrounding counties.
In reverse to 2018, Hay was the commodity most in demand and our prices were certainly an excellent result, however did not eclipse some varying stories about fodder which you hear, the mild and dry winter has eased some pressure on fodder supplies and in some cases farmers have sold livestock to avoid the extra expense of purchasing Hay and Silage.
The main of the fodder trade was created by farmers and end users, trade merchants in attendance but many reporting large supplies of straw with demand limited.
The best quality Hay was very well sold throughout the auction with Big Six String Bales to £60/bale, smaller 90’ x 80’ square Bales to £47/bale and averaging just over £40/bale.
Round Bales equally sought after topping at £38/bale with 5’ and 4’ Bales averaging just over £33/Bale. Conventional small Bales of Meadow topped at £3.80 a bale to average £3.20/bale.
Silage and Haylage followed the hay trade although some caution in places and areas where less livestock is kept was at the lower end of the prices, silage to £31.55/bale to average £26/bale.
Round Bale Haylage to £37.50 to average just over £30/bale and a near complete clearance on all the Hay and Silage. The high Hay trade also meant some older Hay was easy to sell with some 4 year old well stored Hay to £25/bale.
A large catalogue of straw with these prices following the national trade, wheat 4’ x 3’ to £25/bale to average £24, quadrants to £25 to average £17/bale. Both 90’ x 80’ and 80’ x 70’ Bales selling well in comparison, these averaging £15.50/bale. Round Bales of Wheat Straw from £5 to £16 to average £13. Small Conventional Wheat Straw to £2.12.
Round Bale Barley Straw to £20/Bale to average £16.65, however several lots of straw remaining unsold.
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Things look to be settling down to where they should be to me. Hay is still dear like but horse people can afford it.
yes that's the problem horsey folk aint too bothered over the prices. Everyone I speak to is making more of there own hay this time so I don't see this happening next winter
No just means bales of silage will be more then !!
DeeGee
Member
- Location
- North East Wales
Very easy to say, but let’s see if next summer’s weather allows everyone to make more hay?
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Half of them are fur coats and no knickers
They are in these parts. Spent all day yesterday haggling over the price of 2 haylage bales.
Horsey folks + Facebook = what a terrible combination.
Awful lot of dash but not alot of cash
- Location
- Ceredigion
Another day another sale
