ML_GR311 Greeley, CO Fri Dec 6, 2019 USDA - CO Dept of Ag Market News California Hay Report Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate on moderate demand. According to report contacts, rain hit region 6 this week putting a holt to haying clippings. Hay is reported FOB the stack or barn unless otherwise noted. Regions are defined at bottom of report. Tons: 1470 Last Week: 0 Last Year: 7950 Region 1: North Inter-Mountain: No New Sales Confirmed. Region 2: Sacramento Valley: No New Sales Confirmed. Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Supreme 200 265.00-265.00 265.00 Del Premium 250 255.00-255.00 255.00 Del Contracted Fair/Good 150 190.00-200.00 193.33 200 210.00-215.00 212.50 Del Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley: No New Sales confirmed. Region 5: Southern California: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Supreme 20 250.00-250.00 250.00 Premium 150 270.00-270.00 270.00 Retail/Stable Forage Mix-Three Way Good 50 260.00-260.00 260.00 Retail/Stable Region 6: Southeast California: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Premium 150 215.00-215.00 215.00 Retail/Stable Fair/Good 300 155.00-155.00 155.00 The following are the counties included in each region: Region 1: Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, and Plumas. Region 2: Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Solano, Sacramento, Amador, and Alpine. Region 3: San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Merced, Mariposa. Region 4: Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo. Region 5: Kern, Northeast Los Angeles, and Western San Bernardino. Region 6: Eastern San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial. Alfalfa hay test guidelines, (for domestic livestock use and not more than 10% grass, used with visual appearance and intent of sale Quantitative factors are approximate and many factors can affect feeding value. ADF NDF RFV TDN-100% TDN-90% CP-100% Supreme <27 <34 >185 >62 >55.9 >22 Premium 27-29 34-36 170-185 60.5-62 54.5-55.9 20-22 Good 29-32 36-40 150-170 58-60 52.5-54.5 18-20 Fair 32-35 40-44 130-150 56-58 50.5-52.5 16-18 Utility >35 >44 <130 <56 <50.5 <16 ADF = Acid Detergent Fiber; NDF = Neutral Detergent Fiber; RFV = Relative Feed Value; TDN = Total Digestible nutrients. RFV calculated using the Wis/Minn formula. TDN calculated using the western formula. Values based on 100% dry matter, TDN both 90% and 100%. Source: USDA-CO Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO Jonathan Gittlein and Greg Sanders Greeley.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov 970-353-9750 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ML_GR311.txt http://marketnews.usda.gov/portal/lg 1100m jpg