Know what hay
is actually worth.
A weekly read on the US hay market — built from USDA auction data, delivered free every Tuesday morning. Negotiate from numbers, not guesses.
| Region | Grade | Avg / ton | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
Rock Valley, Iowa Alfalfa |
GOOD/PREMIUM | $181.00 | ▲ +4.9% |
California, North San Joaquin Valley Alfalfa |
SUPREME | $303.00 | ▲ +26.3% |
Kansas, North Central Alfalfa |
FAIR/GOOD | $193.00 | ▲ +41.6% |
Kansas, Southwest Alfalfa |
PREMIUM/SUPREME | $241.00 | ▲ +9.2% |
California, North Inter-Mountains Alfalfa |
SUPREME | $195.00 | ▼ −40.0% |
The hay market,
on Bloomberg’s Odd Lots.
We went on the biggest podcast in finance to talk about the business of hay: a $15 billion market that ran on word of mouth, and the wire we built to fix it. If the episode brought you here — welcome. The story’s short, and the wire is free.
The full US hay market,
in a five-minute read.
Every Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. Central. Real USDA auction prices, organized by region and grade. Built for buyers and sellers who need the number, not the narrative.
- A. Average 178 price records per issue
- B. Twenty-three active auction markets reported weekly
- C. Plain-English commentary on the spreads that matter
What the wire shows this week.
A publicly graded
track record.
Once a week, one market call: buy, hold, or wait. Graded three weeks later against actual USDA price movement. Every result published — including the misses. The point isn't to be right every time. It's to be honest about being wrong.
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one decision.
Pro costs what a 50-ton buyer loses by mistiming a single call. We surface the spreads, the moves, and the spikes — three weeks before they grade out in the data.
One good call covers the next decade.
Free tells you what happened.
Pro tells you what to do.
Free covers the market. Pro is for buyers and sellers who want directional reads, historical exports, and a direct line.
- Tuesday market wire, 69 regions
- Live prices page, sortable & filterable
- Public version of The Call
- Everything in Free
- Friday Pulse — directional read for the week ahead
- Historical price data and CSV exports — coming soon
- Direct line for market questions
Know what hay is worth.
Every Tuesday.
Free USDA-backed hay market intelligence, delivered every Tuesday morning at six o'clock Central.