Square bales or round bales?

[foreman Etexas]

Nice rig! That's a lot of hay!

Thanks!! We usually dont have to buy hay,but this year been bad only made 31 bales, bought 33 rice bales($80 a roll),10 Alfalfa($150 a roll) and still buying what good coastal we come across,up to 28 so far and going to get 5 more next weekend($100 a roll).We usually make 120 to 180 round bales and can bale up 500/600 squares if some friends need some and I like to have some put up in barn just in case... Heres some pics of the bales we made this year

 

[bigbull338]

i hope we get a good cutting of hay this year.so far we havent had to buy any hay this year.found some for $60 bale if we need it though.

 

[foreman Etexas]

i hope we get a good cutting of hay this year.so far we havent had to buy any hay this year.found some for $60 bale if we need it though.

I'll have some cows for sale if we dont

 

[MotorSeven]

At 12 bales a week- I hope this is my last load until spring. Next year it's going to be 16 round bales.

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Who uses square bales?

Lot's of small horse & goat owners here like square bales because they don't have a tractor. Square here go for under $3 and there are about 11 square bales in a 4x4 round that sells from $8 to $15.

We roll all of our hay into 4x4's and store them in a barn. Kept in the dry they are exactly the same as square in quality. We sell ours for $10 and roll around 350 bales a year. So, if you are going to start using round just don't buy the one's sitting in the field that have been getting rained on for a month or two.

 

[MotorSeven]

$60 a bale...what size? Holeeeey cr@p

 

[foreman Etexas]

$60 a bale...what size? Holeeeey cr@p

MotorSeven you taking orders for hay yet

 

[MotorSeven]

I feel for y'all. If I was faced with having to buy hay at those prices the cattle & horses would be gone in a heartbeat.

Oh, and we are having a wet mild winter. The last wet mild winter here was followed by a drought and yes hay was going for $40 a roll.

 

[foreman Etexas]

I feel for y'all. If I was faced with having to buy hay at those prices the cattle & horses would be gone in a heartbeat.

The 4x5 bales that have been kept outside are $95 to $125 around here. I would have bought your whole barn for $10 a bale and trucked it down here....

 

[MotorSeven]

If you had to feed cattle at that price you are loosing a lot of money, so why not sell off, then re-build the herd?

 

[MotorSeven]

Depending on weight,can get 11 on that trailer. This is some Alfalfa bales I picked up this year $150pc. average around 1800lbs:drool:

1800...you do things bigger in Texas. Mine are around 800 & I can haul 19 at a time: