Record prices at hay and straw auction

The first of four annual hay, straw and fodder auctions held by Tayler & Fletcher of Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds has seen record prices achieved for all commodities.

The star lot in last Friday’s auction (26 November) was an entry of MF187 bales of meadow hay which sold for £116 per bale. There was also competitive bidding for conventional bales with seed hay reaching a top price of £395/t. Conventional wheat straw bales topped £77/t and there was a top price of £35 per bale for MF190 barley straw bales.

“We certainly did not expect to receive such strong and competitive bidding across all commodities,” Rose Simmons of Tayler & Fletcher “Hopefully this marks the beginning of a very buoyant season.”