Alfalfa/Grass Sales Results

March Results

MONDAY, March 1, 2010
       35 loads today
HAY DAY slated for March 25.
Rumor:  Strapping contest &
rules in the making...crazy fun!

 

The beauty of mathematics.
Have your children/grandkids
work this out & watch what
happens:
     1 x 8 + 1 = 9
   12 x 8 + 2 = 98
 123 x 8 + 3 = 987
Follow the pattern till you
get to 9s in the formula
on the left.  Next would be
1234 x 8 + 4 = ????

ALFALFA SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3x3s 50160 125.00 2/3 3x3s 43880 110.00 1st 3x3s 46120 100.00 1st lgrd  45500 125.00 2/3 lgrd  47680 115.00 3rd lgrd  46340 115.00 3rd lgrd  44620 110.00 2nd lgrd  45340 102.50 1/2 lgrd  49100   95.00 2nd lgrd  15100   90.00 1/2 lgrd  39360   87.50 2nd lgrd  45380   80.00 nusd lgrd  34560   77.50 1st

GRASS SIZE  LBS  $/TON smsq   3560 135.00 smsq   2480 125.00 3x3s  19720 102.50 3x3s  17800   70.00 3x3s  49160   50.00 lgrds 47040   95.00 lgrds 46060   95.00 lgrds 17720   90.00 lgrds 48240   87.50 lgrds 51020   85.00 lgrds 14840   77.50 lgrds 12580   65.00 lgrds 42920   57.50

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THURSDAY,  March 4, 2010
        78 loads today. 

 

MARK your calendars for MARCH 25 - annual
HAY DAY for 2010 and join us for this fun sale.
Watch for details on a strap throwing contest!!
Prize Categories
  1.  Best 1st or 2nd crop alfalfa
  2.  Best 3rd or 4th crop alfalfa
  3.  Best alfalfa large squares
  4.  Best alfalfa rounds
  5.  Best mixed alf/grass
  6.  Best grass small squares
  7.  Best grass large squares
  8.  Best grass rounds
  9.  Best straw
10. Neatest load
11. Most unique load
12. Load with highest RFV
13. Seller coming greatest distance
14. Person selling the most hay
15. Person buying the most hay
 Trucks may start lining up on Main
 Street @ 9AM.

 

Joe read a Bible story to his son, Jim.
*The man named Lot was warned to take
his wife & flee out of the city, but his wife
looked back & turned to salt.*
Jim asked, *What happened to the flea?*
 

ALFALFA SIZE LBS   $/TON CUT smsq   5220 135.00 2nd smsq   5420 130.00 2nd 3x3s  44600 140.00 1st 3x3s  44620 112.50 1/2 3x3s  13000 107.50 3rd 3x3s  44200 100.00 1st 3x3s  ?????   95.00 1st 3x3s  49340   90.00 1st 3x3s  43360   67.50 1/2 lgrds  39500 110.00 3rd lgrds  29500 110.00 2nd lgrds  39160 110.00 4th lgrds  46920 105.00 3rd lgrds  41960 105.00 1st lgrds  49580 105.00 2/3 lgrds  49140 105.00 2/3 lgrds  51240 105.00 1st lgrds ????? 100.00 1st lgrds    5840 100.00 3rd lgrds  43980 100.00 4th lgrds  39760 100.00 1st lgrds  16940 100.00 1st lgrds  15280   95.00 3rd lgrds  46480   95.00 2nd lgrds  39740   95.00 lgrds  37680   92.50 3rd lgrds  34860   90.00 1st lgrds    7300   90.00 1st lgrds  46680   90.00 lgrds  44620   90.00 2/3 lgrds  34900   87.50 1st lgrds  15040   87.50 1st lgrds  30000   87.50 2nd lgrds  15680   87.50 1/2 lgrds  30680   85.00 2/3

GRASS SIZE LBS  $/TON smsq   6040 135.00 smsq   3420 100.00 smsq   5380   92.50 3x4s  47700   90.00 3x3s  20360   85.00 3x3s  18320   75.00 lgrds  14660 105.00 lgrds  47620   95.00 lgrds  45210   90.00 lgrds  44300   90.00 lgrds  45500   90.00 lgrds  48780   87.50 lgrds  17320   87.50 lgrds  39080   85.00 lgrds  45640   85.00 lgrds  48740   85.00 lgrds  46920   82.50 lgrds  39020   80.00 lgrds  36460   80.00 lgrds    8540   75.00 lgrds    6320   75.00 lgrds  18000   75.00 lgrds  41640   75.00 lgrds  42940   72.50 lgrds  36680   60.00 lgrds    5160   60.00

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MONDAY, March 8, 2010
   27  loads today
HAY DAY slated for March 25.
See the auction of last week for details
of prizes and a planning strap throw contest.

THE STUD
2 priests died at the same time & met St. Peter
(at the gate) who said he could not get them in
today because the computer was down (sound
familiar?)  Peter asked them to go back to Earth
for a week, but said they could not go back as
priests.  So the first priest said he always wanted
to be an eagle, soaring above the Rocky Mts.
Wish was granted.  2nd priest thinks & asks if
this week would *count?*  Peter said it would not
because the computer was down & there was no
way to keep track of what was being done.  *In that
case,* priest says, *I have always wanted to be a stud." 
Wish granted.  The week passes & the Lord tells
Peter to recall the priests.  *It will be easy to locate
the first one; he is flying with eagles over the Rockies. 
The 2nd one will be more difficult.*  *Why?* asks the
Lord.  *He is on a snow tire somewhere in the Midwest.*

ALFALFA SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3x3s 42220 112.50 3x3s 48520 100.00 1st 3x4s 54560   97.50 2nd 3x4s 45060   95.00 2nd lgrd  46340 107.50 3rd lgrd  57380 105.00 1/2 lgrd    7720   90.00 1st lgrd  34980   90.00 3rd

GRASS SIZE  LBS  $/TON smsq   3400 140.00 3x3s  43100   80.00 lgrds    6620  92.50 lgrds  50180  92.50 lgrds  47660  90.00 lgrds  44280  90.00 lgrds  17840  85.00

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THURSDAY,  March 11, 2010
   32 loads today.  Rock Valley High
School played in the state tourney
this morning (as well as Monday -
which sort of wreaks havoc with the
sale) and enters the championship
game tomorrow night!!  Congrats!!
Western Christian in Hull also is
playing today; many Rock Valleyites
attend this school.  Therefore, the
town is more or less shut down -
except for the faithful hay auction!

 

The annual HAY DAY for 2010 is
slated for MARCH 25.  Some local
paper said May 25-that is an error!!
Don't miss this day - trucks begin
lining the streets at 9 a.m.  Some
merchants have hay day specials.
Ask the guys about the strap throwing
contest.

 

A young lady from Maurice, IA in
Feb. overturned her vehicle in a ditch
near Beresford, SD.  In this week*s
paper she wrote a thank you to two hay
haulers from RV who aided her and kept
her calm.  She called them *Angels of the
Highways.*  We are proud of our drivers
and now 2 more of them have their wings:
Andrew & James!

ALFALFA SIZE LBS   $/TON CUT 3x3s  ????? 137.50 3x3s  50200 105.00 3x3s      880 100.00 2nd 3x4s  50560   95.00 2nd lgrds  50200 115.00 lgrds  39680 105.00 lgrds  50060 105.00 1st lgrds  21080 100.00 3rd lgrds  40060   97.50 lgrds  42040   92.50 lgrds  45900   90.00 lgrds  30840   87.50 1/2 lgrds  39800   85.00 2nd lgrds  ?????   82.50 1st

GRASS SIZE LBS  $/TON smsq   3320 185.00 lgrds 15880  105.00 lgrds 46640    95.00 lgrds 51240    92.50 lgrds 53460    90.00 lgrds 47980    82.50

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MONDAY, March 15, 2010
   19  loads today
HAY DAY slated for March
25.  See the previous auctions
for details and prizes. 
NEW -The strap throwing
contest is set for 11 a.m. to
12 noon.  Anyone may enter
this contest.  Prizes will be
awarded.  Plan to be in Rock
Valley for HAY DAY!

 

Ronald Reagan said *It has
been said politics is the 2nd
oldest profession.  I have
learned it bears a striking
resemblance to the first.

ALFALFA SIZE LBS   $/TON CUT 3x3s  44500  137.50 3x3s  50200  105.00 3x3s      800  100.00 2nd lgrds  50560    95.00 2nd lgrds  50200   115.00 lgrds  39680   105.00 lgrds  50060   105.00 1st lgrds  21080   100.00 3rd lgrds  40060     97.50 lgrds  42040     92.50 lgrds  45900    90.00 lgrds  30840    87.50  1/2 lgrds  39800    85.00 2nd lgrds    ???       82.50 1st

GRASS SIZE LBS  $/TON smsq  3320   185.00 lgrds  15880  105.00 lgrds  46640    95.00 lgrds  51240    92.50 lgrds  53460    90.00 lgrds  47980    82.50

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THURSDAY,  March 18, 2010
  54 loads today. 
The annual HAY DAY for 2010 is
slated for MARCH 25.  Some local
paper said May 25-that is an error!!
Do not miss this day - trucks begin
lining the streets at 9 a.m.  Some
merchants have hay day specials.

FIRST ANNUAL
STRAP THROWING CONTEST
Begins 11:00AM-12:00PM
Traffic Light Corner in the middle
of Main Street.  Anyone can enter.
Straps provided, wrap you own style.
THREE THROWS IN 1 MINUTE
JUDGED ON ACCURACY.
MEDALS GIVEN

Smile
A man owned a small farm in Ireland.
The IR determined he was not paying
proper wages to his staff and sent an
investigator to interview him. The investigator
demanded a list of his employees and how
much they were paid. Well, replied the farmer,
there is my farm hand, who has been with me 3
years.  I pay him $200 a week plus free room
and board. The cook has been here for 18
months and I pay her $150 per week plus 
free room and board. Then theres the half wit. 
He works about 18 hours a day and does
about 90% of all the work.  He makes about
$10. a week and pays his own room and board,
and I buy him a bottle of whiskey every Saturday
night.  He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.
Thats the guy I want to talk to ...the halfwit, said the
agent.  That would be ME, replied the farmer.

ALFALFA SIZE LBS   $/TON CUT 3x3s  45760    107.50 3x3s  12960  102.50 2nd 3x3s  51820  100.00 1st lgrds  36720  125.00 4th lgrds  33840  122.50 2nd lgrds  39240  120.00 3rd lgrds  17860  117.50 3rd lgrds  13400  102.50 3rd lgrds    7520   85.00 1st

GRASS SIZE LBS  $/TON smsq   6700  130.00 smsq   3000  127.50 smsq   4480  115.00 smsq   6420    80.00 3x4s  47960   95.00 3x4s  45840   90.00 3x3s  48800   47.50 lgrds 19000  110.00 lgrds 41460  100.00 lgrds 11200  100.00 lgrds 48700    97.50 lgrds 48240    97.50 lgrds 55240    87.50 lgrds  47680   87.50 lgrds  49180   87.50 lgrds  43640   87.50 lgrds  14720   87.50 lgrds  28700   82.50 lgrds  51820   82.50 lgrds  48690   80.00 lgrds  11380   75.00 lgrds    6760   72.50

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MONDAY, March 22, 2010
  29  loads today
HAY DAY Thursday, March 25. 
See the previous auctions for details
and prizes. 
NEW -FIRST ANNUAL
STRAP THROWING CONTEST
Begins 11:00AM-12:00PM
Traffic Light Corner in the middle
of Main Street.  Anyone can enter.
Straps provided, wrap you own style.
THREE THROWS IN 1 MINUTE
JUDGED ON ACCURACY.
MEDALS GIVEN

A Bottle of Wine
Bad car accident.  Both cars totaled.
Neither ot them is hurt.  After they
crawl out of thier cars, the man is
yelling about women drivers. The
woman says, So youre a man.  Im a
woman.  Wow, look at our cars,
but we are unhurt.  This must be a
sign from God that we should be
friends and live in peace for the rest
of our days.  Flattered the man replies,
I agree completely this must be a sign
from God.  But your still at fault. 
Women should not be allowed to drive.
The woman continues, Heres another miracle.
This bottle of wine didnt even break. God
wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our
good fortune.  She hands the bottle to the man.
He nods and opens it and drinks half the bottle
then hands it back to the woman.   She takes the
bottle puts the cap back on and hands it back.
Arent you having any? he asks.
No, she replies, I think Ill just wait for the police...

 

ALFALFA SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3x3s   49840   95.00 1st 3x3s   53680   92.50 2nd lgrds   56040  120.00 2nd lgrds   57060  112.50 lgrds   38560  107.50 2nd lgrds   44840  105.00 lgrds   20700    97.50 2nd lgrds   48160    95.00 1st lgrds   15740    90.00 2nd lgrds   53080    85.00 2nd lgrds   48220    82.50 2nd lgrds   45120    80.00 1st lgrds   10440    75.00 3rd lgrds   37300     72.50 1st lgrds    RW        70.00

GRASS SIZE  LBS  $/TON lgrds    6460   85.00 lgrds  51740   85.00 lgrds  47560   85.00 lgrds  48560   77.50 lgrds  48320   77.50 lgrds  47250   75.00 lgrds  45560   72.50

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THURSDAY,  March 25, 2010
           80 loads today.
Market was a little bit on the weaker
side which reflected the quality of the hay.
MONDAY sales continue through April!
ANNUAL HAY DAY TODAY!
Results of the 1st Strap Throwing Contest
are already known:
Gold Medal - Rick Rook-Rock Valley, IA
Silver Medal - Bart Bartling-Burke, SD
Bronze Medal - Dallas Fitzgerald-Hudson, SD
Winners of the hay prize categories will be
announced with Monday's sales results.  There
were 15 prize categories (found in previous sale
report).
Quips to ponder:  How long a minute is depends
what side of the bathroom door you are on.  Living
on earth is expensive, but it includes a free trip
around the sun every year!  Learn from CRAYONS:
some are sharp, some pretty, some dull, some have
wierd names.  They are all different, but exist nicely
in the same box. 

ALFALFA SIZE LBS   $/TON CUT smsq   8600 205.00 3rd smsq   8140 190.00 3rd smsq 11370 165.00 4th smsq   7100 127.50 2nd 3x3s    4920 135.00 3rd 3x3s  45560 130.00 2nd 3x3s  49300 130.00 2nd 3x3s  28260   90.00 2nd 3x3s  45540   87.50 1st 3x3s  44880   85.00 1st lgrds  27200 140.00 3rd lgrds  53800 115.00 3rd lgrds  50360 102.50 1st lgrds  48620 100.00 2nd lgrds  46040 100.00 lgrds  44080   97.50 3rd lgrds  28520   95.00 2nd lgrds  40680   95.00 1st lgrds  56400   95.00 lgrds  19600   92.50 1st lgrds  17660   92.50 2nd lgrds  33940   90.00 1st lgrds  19300   87.50 3rd lgrds  12120   87.50 2nd lgrds  52520   85.00 1st lgrds  13340   85.00 2nd lgrds  41200   85.00 3rd lgrds  41360   80.00 lgrds  20080   77.50 lgrds  19260   75.00 2nd lgrds  46380   70.00

GRASS SIZE LBS  $/TON smsq   4600 135.00 3x3s  19580 107.50 3x3s  41960 107.50 3x3s  15960 105.00 3x4s  21260 105.00 3x3s  38500   95.00 3x3s  37040   95.00 3x3s  20000   85.00 3x3s  49180   85.00 3x3s  49140   85.00 3x4s  37420   75.00 lgrds  49660   95.00 lgrds  42840   95.00 lgrds  16980   92.50 lgrds  13500   90.00 lgrds  45020   87.50 lgrds    8480   85.00 lgrds  22860   85.00 lgrds  19320   85.00 lgrds  20060   85.00 lgrds  47280   82.50 lgrds  46980   82.50 lgrds  52340   80.00 lgrds  48940   77.50 lgrds  36600   72.50 lgrds  37220   72.50 lgrds  34360   70.00 lgrds  12720   70.00 lgrds  39220   70.00 OATS HAY: lgrds  53760   75.00

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MONDAY, March 29, 2010
  24  loads today
I took a Cadillac Escalade out for a test drive
just to drive that sucker before it became extinct.
The salesman sat in the back seat describing
the car and all its wonderful options.  The
seats were of particular interest.  He explained
they directed warm air to your butt in the winter and
cool air to your butt in the summer heat.  I stated
the car must be a Republican car.  Looking angry,
the salesman asked why I thought that!  I explained
if it were a Democrat car, the seats would blow
smoke up your butt year around.  I had to walk
back to the dealership!

 

PRIZES AWARDED FOR 2010 HAY DAY:
  1.  Best 1st or 2nd crop alfalfa--Rod Gross
  2.  Best 3rd or 4th crop alfalfa--Dave Berndt
  3.  Best alfalfa large squares---Gene Baker
  4.  Best alfalfa rounds-----------Dean Grosz
  5.  Best mixed alf/grass---------Greg Gabrielson
  6.  Best grass small squares---Larry Von Holtum
  7.  Best grass large squares---D & S Stock Farm
  8.  Best grass rounds------------Eric Hoyme
  9.  Best straw----------------------H D P (Paul Iburg)
10. Neatest load--------------------Hills Brothers
11. Load with highest RFV-------Dean Grosz
12. Seller coming greatest distance-Anderson Hay
13. Person selling the most hay--Chad Wosje

ALFALFA SIZE LBS $/TON CUT 3x3s  47180 105.00 1st 3x3s  51860   92.50 2nd  3x3s  47740   82.50 3rd lgrds  44060 122.50 2nd lgrds  44020   87.50 lgrds  14540   85.00 2nd lgrds  50460   80.00 2nd lgrds  ?????   80.00 lgrds  13680   75.00 1/2

GRASS SIZE  LBS  $/TON smsq   5200 105.00 lgrds   8420 100.00 lgrds 16460   82.50 lgrds 49320   72.50 lgrds 32780   70.00 OATS HAY: lgrds 25800   70.00