ATTENTION: WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING MONDAY AND THURSDAY AUCTIONS. WE HAVE HAY FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY ON OUR WEBSITE. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE "HAY FOR SALE" TAB AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE. Rock Valley Hay Auction has been selling hay and straw for over 70 years. We sell on average 4500 loads annually. Let our experience in hay and straw marketing work for you.
Auctions are Monday & Thursday @ 12:30p.m. Monday auctions are held November through April in addition to the year round Thursday sale.
Contact our office if interested or have any questions at 712-476-5541.
Monday March 1, 2021
41 Loads
Market was steady to stronger today. Pretty good buyer attendance.
We now have the option available for you to buy select loads of hay through our website. The loads can be viewed on our website under the “Hay for Sale” tab.
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
lgrd 55220 150.00 3rd
lgrd 53160 150.00 3rd
lgrd 47880 140.00 1st
lgrd 52860 137.50
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
3x4 18240 80.00
lgrd 10780 122.50
lgrd 49080 120.00
lgrd 46040 112.50
lgrd 53260 110.00
lgrd 1440 100.00
lgrd 53960 100.00
lgrd 41440 97.50
lgrd 20080 97.50
lgrd 55480 95.00
3x3 53820 95.00
lgrd 40620 95.00
lgrd 53960 95.00
lgrd 27360 90.00
lgrd 46700 87.50
lgrd 49640 87.50
lgrd 37080 87.50
lgrd 45880 85.00
lgrd 40740 85.00-rye
lgrd 34540 85.00-rye
lgrd 39500 82.50
lgrd 45000 80.00
lgrd 50200 80.00
lgrd 44340 75.00
lgrd 52780 67.50
lgrd 48420 117.50
lgrd 43300 117.50
**Old ranch owner John farmed a small ranch in Montana. The Montana Wage and Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper wages to his workers and sent an agent out to interview him.
“I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,” demanded the agent.
“Well,” replied old John, “There’s my ranch hand who’s been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 a week plus free room and board. Then there’s the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90 percent of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night.”
“That’s the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit,” says the agent.
“That would be me,” replied old rancher John.
Posted: March 1, 2021 by Manager1
Thursday February 25, 2021
96 Loads
Today’s sale brought good volume. Market was steady to stronger in a few instances. Lower end grass was a little weaker and bedding was mostly steady.
We now have the option available for you to buy select loads of hay through our website. The loads can be viewed on our website under the “Hay for Sale” tab.
MIXED (ALFALFA/GRASS)-2
SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
lgrd 17380 145.00
lgrd 54780 125.00
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SIZE LBS $/TON
3x4 49180 90.00
3x4 53020 85.00
3x4 43240 75.00
3x4 60760 70.00
4x4 32860 70.00
3x4 38880 67.50
lgrd 39360 105.00-wheat
lgrd 42840 105.00
lgrd 35280 85.00
lgrd 17480 65.00
lgrd 62.50
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SIZE LBS $/TON
lgrd 41200 42.50
lgrd 40600 42.50
lgrd 41080 42.50
lgrd 41040 42.50
lgrd 41940 42.50
lgrd 48700 42.50
lgrd 48460 42.50
lgrd 38980 42.50
lgrd 46360 40.00
lgrd 29880 40.00
lgrd 49290 40.00
lgrd 41580 40.00
lgrd 41460 40.00
lgrd 48680 37.50
lgrd 10260 30.00
**A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwestern town that he planned to visit on vacation. He wrote, “I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night?” An immediate reply came from the hotel owner. “I’ve been operating this hotel for many years. In all that time, I’ve never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or picture off the walls. I’ve never had to evict a dog in the middle of the night for being drunk and disorderly. And I’ve never had a dog run out on a hotel bill. Yes, indeed your dog is welcome at my hotel. And, if your dog will vouch for you, you’re welcome to stay here as well.”
Posted: February 25, 2021 by Manager1
Thursday February 25, 2021
96 Loads
Today’s sale brought good volume. Market was steady to stronger in a few instances. Lower end grass was a little weaker and bedding was mostly steady.
We now have the option available for you to buy select loads of hay through our website. The loads can be viewed on our website under the “Hay for Sale” tab.
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
3x3 56080 160.00
3x3 48060 135.00 2nd
3x3 50500 125.00 1st
3x4 47020 140.00 2nd
3x4 48700 120.00
3x4 44940 120.00
lgrd 54620 175.00 4th
lgrd 25500 172.50 4th
lgrd 49340 170.00
lgrd 39480 152.50 3rd
lgrd 51900 150.00 3rd-new
lgrd 64020 150.00 1st
lgrd 51900 145.00 1st
lgrd 73100 145.00 4th
lgrd 51440 135.00 2nd
lgrd 46100 130.00 2nd
lgrd 42540 130.00 2nd
lgrd 10880 127.50 1st
lgrd 42300 82.50 2nd
smsq 6180 175.00
lgrd 1900 160.00
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SIZE LBS $/TON CUT
3x3 47740 95.00-millet
3x3 47580 95.00-millet
3x4 46220 110.00
lgrd 40440 140.00 2nd
lgrd 48000 135.00
lgrd 40240 125.00
lgrd 46700 120.00
lgrd 11200 117.50
lgrd 45820 117.50
lgrd 56980 115.00
lgrd 46400 115.00
lgrd 46160 112.50
lgrd 50260 112.50
lgrd 45140 110.00
lgrd 43060 110.00
lgrd 40680 105.00
lgrd 58080 100.00
lgrd 58360 100.00
lgrd 40500 100.00
lgrd 40460 100.00
lgrd 41620 100.00
lgrd 55540 97.50
lgrd 46640 97.50
lgrd 56760 97.50
lgrd 50080 97.50
lgrd 40940 97.50
lgrd 45000 95.00
lgrd 39600 95.00-oats
lgrd 39420 95.00
lgrd 47560 95.00
lgrd 43920 92.50
lgrd 54360 92.50
lgrd 49040 90.00
lgrd 49140 90.00
lgrd 37280 90.00
lgrd 37740 87.50-oats
lgrd 42220 87.50
lgrd 44820 85.00
lgrd 45420 85.00
lgrd 19620 85.00
lgrd 44600 82.50
lgrd 49060 80.00
lgrd 49840 80.00
lgrd 18200 80.00
lgrd 55880 67.50
lgrd 45080 67.50
smsq 2560 145.00
**A man wrote a letter to a small hotel in a Midwestern town that he planned to visit on vacation. He wrote, “I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night?” An immediate reply came from the hotel owner. “I’ve been operating this hotel for many years. In all that time, I’ve never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or picture off the walls. I’ve never had to evict a dog in the middle of the night for being drunk and disorderly. And I’ve never had a dog run out on a hotel bill. Yes, indeed your dog is welcome at my hotel. And, if your dog will vouch for you, you’re welcome to stay here as well.”
Posted: February 25, 2021 by Manager1
Monday February 22, 2021
32 Loads
Things sold a little stronger across the board today.
We now have the option available for you to buy select loads of hay through our website. The loads can be viewed on our website under the “Hay for Sale” tab.
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SIZE BALES $/BL
3x4 3 50.00
SIZE LBS $/TON
lgrd 44000 85.00-wheat
lgrd 41780 77.50
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SIZE LBS $/TON
lgrd 45740 40.00
lgrd 40380 40.00
lgrd 44420 40.00
lgrd 50100 40.00
**A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly the man realized that the next day he would need his wife to wake him a 5:00 A.M. for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, “Please wake me at 5 A.M.” He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning the man woke up only to discover that it was 9:00 A.M. and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go see why his wife hadn’t waken him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, “It 5:00 A.M. Wake up.”
Posted: February 22, 2021 by Manager1
