Attention: The Hudson bridge will close on March 17th until August. You will need to use an alternate route. We're located at 3110 Eagle Ave in Rock Valley. It is located across the road east of Town & Country Implement. ATTENTION: WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING 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 begin @ 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.

Thursday August 5, 2021

90 Loads

Market was called steady, and in some cases slightly stronger today. Stalks and straw sold lower with poorer quality present 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.

 

 

---Cornstalks-16---

SIZE    LBS  $/TON 

SIZE  BALES   $/BL

3x3      60   2.50

SIZE    LBS  $/TON

lgrd  43240  47.50

lgrd  49740  47.50

lgrd  48640  47.50

lgrd  44080  47.50

lgrd  41700  45.00

lgrd  36780  45.00

lgrd  33940  42.50

lgrd  43780  42.50

lgrd  41720  42.50

lgrd  52120  40.00

lgrd  50380  40.00

lgrd  36480  40.00

lgrd  28720  37.50

lgrd  28900  30.00

lgrd  27360  30.00

---Mixed-1----

SIZE    LBS  $/TON CUT

3x4   19500 150.00   

 

-------STRAW-10-------

SIZE    LBS  $/TON

3x4   32060 115.00

lgrd  28540  97.50

lgrd  25200  97.50

lgrd  35800  92.50

lgrd  33400  92.50

lgrd  35740  90.00

lgrd  25660  82.50

lgrd  27480  82.50

lgrd  24500  80.00

lgrd  22720  80.00

 

 

 

My dog was licking his balls. My friend said, “Boy, I wish I could do that.” I said, “You better pet him first. He’s kinda mean.”

Thursday August 5, 2021

90 Loads

Market was called steady, and in some cases slightly stronger today. Stalks and straw sold lower with poorer quality present 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.

 

 

-----Alfalfa-23---

SIZE    LBS  $/TON CUT

3x3   57180 242.50   

3x3   52540 240.00 2nd

3x3   58620 207.50 2nd

3x3   15140 167.50 3rd

3x4   55000 240.00 1st

3x4   49780 190.00 2nd

3x4   53900 190.00   

3x4   52900 187.50   

3x4   55180 177.50 3rd

3x4   57280 177.50 3rd

lgrd  46540 215.00 3rd

lgrd  49370 215.00 3rd

lgrd  51480 195.00 3rd

lgrd  52220 195.00 2nd

lgrd  28320 190.00 1st

lgrd  18240 190.00 1st

lgrd  39310 190.00 2nd

lgrd  56520 190.00 2nd

lgrd  56420 190.00 2nd

lgrd  51380 187.50 2nd

lgrd  52620 187.50   

lgrd  52580 175.00 2nd

lgrd  63280 160.00 3rd

-------GRASS-40------

SIZE  BALES   $/BL

smsq     24   4.75   

SIZE    LBS  $/TON

lgrd  43900 177.50   

lgrd  41480 175.00   

lgrd  40780 175.00   

lgrd  53220 167.50   

lgrd  18580 167.50   

lgrd  49620 165.00   

lgrd  43680 165.00   

lgrd  45820 165.00   

lgrd  43120 165.00   

lgrd  50280 165.00   

lgrd  46100 162.50   

lgrd  42020 162.50   

lgrd  37740 160.00   

lgrd  38540 160.00   

lgrd  39740 160.00   

lgrd  45320 157.50   

lgrd  45320 157.50   

lgrd   9000 155.00   

lgrd  50200 155.00   

lgrd  48960 155.00   

lgrd  48280 147.50   

lgrd  47880 142.50   

lgrd  36380 142.50   

lgrd  54140 140.00   

lgrd  23080 140.00   

lgrd  44380 140.00   

lgrd  57140 140.00   

lgrd  44320 140.00   

lgrd  46860 135.00   

lgrd  51600 135.00   

lgrd  46920 132.50   

lgrd  52600 130.00   

lgrd  55860 130.00   

lgrd  50960 130.00   

lgrd  46600 117.50

lgrd               115.00   

lgrd  53550 112.50   

lgrd                95.00

lgrd  44820  20.00 cattails  

lgrd  50980  20.00 cattails  

My dog was licking his balls. My friend said, “Boy, I wish I could do that.” I said, “You better pet him first. He’s kinda mean.”

Thursday July 29, 2021
105 Loads

Alfalfa sold steady to slightly stronger today. Grass was steady to slightly weaker. Bedding remained about the same from last week.

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- 3-----

SIZE    LBS  $/TON 

3x4   48940 100.00   

lgrd  45160 180.00   

lgrd  43240 130.00   

 

----STRAW-7---

SIZE    LBS  $/TON 

lgrd  33080 107.50

lgrd  33040 107.50

lgrd  28540 100.00

lgrd  33580  97.50

lgrd  34740  92.50

lgrd  36980  92.50

lgrd  37660  75.00

--CORNSTALKS-21----

SIZE    LBS  $/TON

lgrd  26460  55.00

lgrd  45500  52.50

lgrd  42460  50.00

lgrd  42100  50.00

lgrd  44160  50.00

lgrd  33020  50.00

lgrd  44300  50.00

lgrd  42620  50.00

lgrd  43260  50.00

lgrd  42440  47.50

lgrd  47020  47.50

lgrd  43400  47.50

lgrd  49460  47.50

lgrd  44860  47.50

lgrd  28960  47.50

lgrd  49180  45.00

lgrd  33820  45.00

lgrd  47340  45.00

lgrd  28010  45.00

lgrd  28980  42.50

lgrd  10620  40.00

 

I sing at many funerals, and was recently asked by a funeral director to perform at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends so the service was to be at a countryside cemetery. I was not familiar with the area and I got lost. I arrived an hour late and the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I apologized for my late arrival. I went to the graveside and looked down. The vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I began to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family or friends. I sang like I’ve never sang before. As I sang and played “Amazing Grace,” the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my keyboard and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I’ve never seen nothing’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.” Apparently I’m still lost…

Thursday July 29, 2021
105 Loads

Alfalfa sold steady to slightly stronger today. Grass was steady to slightly weaker. Bedding remained about the same from last week.

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.

 

 

------ALFALFA-31------

SIZE    LBS  $/TON CUT

3x3   56540 245.00 2nd

3x3   49900 200.00 3rd

3x3   40340 170.00 2nd

3x4   53060 202.50 1st

3x4   49880 197.50 2nd

3x4   50260 195.00 2nd

3x4   52280 195.00 2nd

3x4   53300 187.50 2nd

3x4   50780 180.00 2nd

lgrd  11600 205.00 1st

lgrd  65360 205.00   

lgrd  66240 205.00 1st

lgrd  50240 205.00 3rd

lgrd  37480 197.50 1st

lgrd  48160 197.50 1st

lgrd  55100 197.50 2nd

lgrd  48280 195.00   

lgrd  53340 195.00 1st

lgrd  31160 192.50 1st

lgrd  46720 192.50 2nd

lgrd  20140 190.00 3rd

lgrd  27860 190.00 2nd

lgrd  50060 190.00 2nd

lgrd  49140 190.00 1st

lgrd  50080 187.50 2nd

lgrd  43500 187.50 2nd

lgrd  53700 185.00   

lgrd  42960 182.50 2nd

lgrd  30100 180.00 1st

lgrd  30260 175.00 1st

lgrd  50180  85.00   

-------GRASS-44----

SIZE    LBS  $/TON

3x3   21560 167.50

lgrd  39820 185.00   

lgrd  34160 180.00   

lgrd  25160 175.00   

lgrd  52240 167.50   

lgrd  44680 165.00   

lgrd  49040 165.00   

lgrd  53920 165.00   

lgrd  45580 162.50   

lgrd  45900 162.50   

lgrd  41560 160.00   

lgrd  42220 160.00   

lgrd  49560 157.50   

lgrd  43660 157.50   

lgrd  47040 157.50   

lgrd  52740 155.00   

lgrd  53040 155.00   

lgrd  47280 155.00   

lgrd  46220 152.50   

lgrd  48680 150.00   

lgrd  55200 150.00   

lgrd  55160 150.00   

lgrd  46540 150.00   

lgrd  45380 150.00   

lgrd  40680 147.50   

lgrd  44560 147.50   

lgrd  36040 145.00   

lgrd  35640 145.00   

lgrd  48800 142.50   

lgrd  53800 142.50   

lgrd  20080 140.00   

lgrd  48980 140.00   

lgrd  53780 140.00   

lgrd  48700 135.00   

lgrd  52080 132.50   

lgrd  46980 132.50   

lgrd  45980 125.00   

lgrd  50900 122.50

lgrd              122.50   

lgrd  47620 110.00   

lgrd  50520 105.00   

lgrd  51360  87.50

lgrd               65.00

lgrd               62.50  

I sing at many funerals, and was recently asked by a funeral director to perform at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends so the service was to be at a countryside cemetery. I was not familiar with the area and I got lost. I arrived an hour late and the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I apologized for my late arrival. I went to the graveside and looked down. The vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I began to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family or friends. I sang like I’ve never sang before. As I sang and played “Amazing Grace,” the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my keyboard and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I’ve never seen nothing’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.” Apparently I’m still lost…