How much should you pay for hay?

June 7, 2010

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What Are Round Bales Worth?

As we get a good start on rolling up some hay after a little delay due to the wetter-than-normal May in the Ohio Valley, the questions have already started coming in about how much are "large round bales" worth? How can I answer that? What is a "large round bale" by definition?

Regardless if it is the local classifieds, agricultural publications or local radio call-in buy and sell, you often see or hear the advertisement as just that, large round bales for sale, so let's see what we know about large round bales. First of all a large round bale could be defined, as far as dimensions are concerned, as any of the following sizes, if you check with farm machinery dealerships literature on balers. If you look further into the literature you will find that the approximate weight for bales in each of the mentioned dimensions are also listed, or at least a range. If you compare the weights you will find that there are some big differences in what a large round bale is. You can argue the weights, but they are all estimated by the same people, so for comparison, they should be good.

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