hay bales market 2009

glanman

What have people paid for hay this year so far?

Both the price to be baled and also what others are paying to buy bales, small and big?

reilig

glanman wrote: »

What have people paid for hay this year so far?

Both the price to be baled and also what others are paying to buy bales, small and big?

€3 per 4x4 bale to get it baled

€17.50 per 4x4 bale to buy it.

€2.75 per square bale to buy.

glanman

Selling from the field or delivered?

We got small bales done for 30c a bale

irish_bob

reilig wrote: »

€3 per 4x4 bale to get it baled

€17.50 per 4x4 bale to buy it.

€2.75 per square bale to buy.

25 euro a bale in north leinster to buy it , its much dearer than other years despite the good spell of weather recently , fodder has become a valuable commodity having had a few terrible years where shortages were common

mink_man

reilig wrote: »

€3 per 4x4 bale to get it baled

€17.50 per 4x4 bale to buy it.

€2.75 per square bale to buy.

is there 14:50 profit for the 4x4's?

kfk

mink_man wrote: »

is there 14:50 profit for the 4x4's?

14.50e is not all profit. Fertilizer, cutting, turning, rowing etc..

Box09

Depends where you are. Wicklow area is €30 for 4 x 4's or €4.00 for small squares for good hay.

adne

Sligo Area €6 to get Round Bale of Hay made

glanman

Thanks guys. keep the replys coming as I reckon it is good for all of us (making, buying and selling) to know what is a fair price. By the sounds of it there are a lot of people chancing their arm and getting away with it with some of their prices!

€4 a small bale is madness. Is this for a very small quantity?

Keeperlit

Was asked for 4 euro for bales collected from the field......needless to say they are still sitting there......Three euro for the small bale seems to be the goin rate......Between 2.50 to 3 euro would be a fair price for good quality hay IMO

wiggy123

we bought, 250 small bales of hay(good stuff) ex field for €2.50 a bale...northeast! unsure if its the going rate! €4 a bale--is way to much! so is €25 a bale of hay! get good quality silage(1st cut) from €20-22 a bale! b better value

Username John

Paid 3euro per small bale delivered last week. Cork area.

Box09

€4 is for the horse market. It has to be top quality. Easy to get when sold out of the shed in winter for smaller lots of around 50 bales. Farmers are not interested in square bales and sure its not worth the hassle of making them for anything less.

bigblue

glanman wrote: »

Thanks guys. keep the replys coming as I reckon it is good for all of us (making, buying and selling) to know what is a fair price. By the sounds of it there are a lot of people chancing their arm and getting away with it with some of their prices!

€4 a small bale is madness. Is this for a very small quantity?

it really all comes down to the quality and hardness of the bale, i'm getting €4.00 out of the field and €5 out of the shed, but i make the bales the right way and make em good and hard with a modern baler, i worked out that there is about 7 of my square bales in a average round bale

springsprong

glanman wrote: »

What have people paid for hay this year so far?

Both the price to be baled and also what others are paying to buy bales, small and big?

Have got €28 euro for 4x4 horse quality hay, baling straw at moment for €3 per bale. Kildare / laoise area

irish_bob

springsprong wrote: »

Have got €28 euro for 4x4 horse quality hay, baling straw at moment for €3 per bale. Kildare / laoise area

i consider that cheap in the year thats in it but i realise that kildare is hay country , i.e , horses and drier weather

levallat

20 euros for 4x4 top quality horse hay
3 euros for same in small squares in Waterford same as last year, and a neighbour gave 25 euros for 100 4x4 haylege collected from field in June

vincenzolorenzo

adne wrote: »

Sligo Area €6 to get Round Bale of Hay made

Daylight robbery, plain and simple. I would have said €4 was dear but €6 is taking the p1ss altogether!

wiggy123

i give €2.50 a bale just--july pass! gd stuff...
will there b a shortage of feed this year?
no supplies from last yr...

glanman

We brought in 1200 that we cut last Thursday, North Cork area. Sold a few hundred for 2.66 ex field but will probably wait until the winter to sell rest.