Price of Silage bales

littlevillage

Lads,

What prices are Silage/Haylage bales going for nowadays ?

I note that Spring has sprung sotospeak ..and with the mild weather there is a bit of grass growth on the land now... so the demand is dwindling

MFdaveIreland

depends on quality, silage was selling up north here for £15-20 depending on quality, probably around 25 euro if you convert

littlevillage

Thanks Dave,

I know there are factors like transport and quantity etc. , but was just looking for the basic price per bale that people are buying/selling for ? outside of paying/charging for delivery and quantity discounts etc. Lets assume all quality is pretty good, last Summer gave a decent chance for harvesting.

_Brian

littlevillage wrote: »

Thanks Dave,

I know there are factors like transport and quantity etc. , but was just looking for the basic price per bale that people are buying/selling for ? outside of paying/charging for delivery and quantity discounts etc. Lets assume all quality is pretty good, last Summer gave a decent chance for harvesting.

Small surplus here, maybe 20-25 bales, I'll be asking €20, come and load yourself, money before they leave the yard.

Frog Song

We paid €25 here (Cork) including delivery.

tanko

littlevillage wrote: »

Thanks Dave,

I know there are factors like transport and quantity etc. , but was just looking for the basic price per bale that people are buying/selling for ? outside of paying/charging for delivery and quantity discounts etc. Lets assume all quality is pretty good, last Summer gave a decent chance for harvesting.

Have a look on donedeal, €20 seems to be the average. I'm getting some off the next door neighbour for that. You might get them for less.

Jb1989

15 ex yard

20silkcut

_Brian wrote: »

Small surplus here, maybe 20-25 bales, I'll be asking €20, come and load yourself, money before they leave the yard.

Don't think you will get that

_Brian

20silkcut wrote: »

Don't think you will get that

Me either
But all in thats what they cost..

Mad4simmental

_Brian wrote: »

Me either
But all in thats what they cost..

Would you not hold onto them? Who knows what next year will bring or this year.

Pharaoh1

Was going to advertise my 33 at 20 euro but a neighbour agreed to take them. He us the sort that would give you whatever you asked but ill be happy with 18

lab man

winter not over yet lads, april will tell alot ive 700 here to sell only getting enquries now ,with that cold weather there few days ago cows were mowing through bales.

epfff

lab man wrote: »

winter not over yet lads, april will tell alot ive 700 here to sell only getting enquries now ,with that cold weather there few days ago cows were mowing through bales.

Their is lots of beat around that has to be used and xan be got very reasonable at the moment so 18 is the price of good silage atm
But however in 2-3 week that could be a very different story if growth does not appear
I also think noone can predict that

atlantic mist

sold a few bales last week 25euro we load no transport
meet an old fella other day was say what a year it was, he told me dnt b fooled if the dikes arnt filled in feb they get filled in march

farmerjj

atlantic mist wrote: »

sold a few bales last week 25euro we load no transport
meet an old fella other day was say what a year it was, he told me dnt b fooled if the dikes arnt filled in feb they get filled in march

€25:eek::eek: If that fella looked around any bit, he could have got them a lot cheaper.

tanko

Surely the quality of stuff in the bales has to be taken into account. Top quality bales at €30 could be better value than sh1te bales at €15.
Some lads that make bales to sell them don't care about quality, the more bales/acre the better for them.

lab man

farmer jj if you rent ground it costs 22 to make a bale