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Hay and straw prices
Updated weekly
These figures, from the British Hay and Straw Merchants' Association, show average merchant buying prices in £/tonne (ex-farm) for hay, barley straw and wheat straw in Great Britain.
Prices for big bales are shown on a weekly basis.
See the downloadable Excel file for weekly and monthly prices for the key regions across GB as well as prices for big and conventional/small bales.
GB big bale hay, barley and straw prices
£/tonne (ex-farm) | 01/12/2024 | 24/11/2024 | Weekly change | 03/12/2023 | Annual change |
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Big bale hay | 73 | 73 | 0 | 85 | -12 |
Big square baled barley straw | 75 | 75 | 0 | 68 | 7 |
Big square baled wheat straw | 66 | 66 | 0 | 57 | 9 |
Source: British Hay & Straw Merchants Association
GB big square-baled barley straw, wheat straw and hay prices
Download dataset of weekly and monthly prices from 2019 (Excel)
Types of hay and straw include:
- Pick up baled seed hay
- Pick up baled meadow hay
- Big bale hay
- Pick up baled barley straw
- Pick up baled wheat straw
- Big square baled barley straw
- Big square baled wheat straw
- Big baled rape straw
Bale sizes and price information
Big square bales are quadrants which are the most commonly traded bales. However, prices for different size of quadrant will be included.
Pick-up bale sizes are classified as being conventional/small.
Please note products listed may not be comprehensive and reflect those with prices captured by the BHSMA.
Round bales
Prices of round bales are not collected by the BMHSA due to the wide differences in bale quality and weights. Also, round bales are used more for farm-to-farm trade and are not normally traded by merchants.
Units for all the prices are £ per tonne (ex-farm). We don’t provide price per bale, due to variation in size and weight.
Contact us
This dataset was produced by our Data and Analysis team.
If you need any further help, email Martin, Dorian, Gavin or Esther at datum@ahdb.org.uk
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