Hay prices in Southwest Colorado remain high, but steady according to the Dec. 11 figures on current averages per region from the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
The CDA says hay movement statewide was slow last week due to a glut in supply of cow hay, but prices are steady.
In Southwest Colorado, large squares of good grade alfalfa, were averaging $235 per lot. Small bales of premium alfalfa are averaging $270-$280 per lot.
Premium alfalfa/grass mix hay prices are on par with alfalfa, according to the CDA, averaging $270 per lot.
The CDA had no figures on other classes of hay in Southwest Colorado.
Statewide, alfalfa hay prices were lowest in the northeast, with small squares of premium lots averaging $230-$260.