#96729
Wheaten hay variety Big Red in 8x4x3 bales. Cut with mower conditioner. Cured over 30 days in cool curing conditions. Small amount of rain during curing. No raking.
Wheaten hay in 8x4x3 bales with 8 strings. Heavy bales. Cut with mower conditioner and cured over 30 days in cool condition with dews and light rain. Soft in texture with variable stem lengths.
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: B
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Wheaten (awned)
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Sunchaser
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
6.9
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
6.01
Protein (%)
8.2
ME (MJ / kg)
9.41
Moisture (%)
9
Visual Grade
B
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
3996 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
740 kg
Visual
Wheaten hay in 8x4x3 bales with 8 strings. Heavy bales. Cut with mower conditioner and cured over 30 days in cool condition with dews and light rain. Soft in texture with variable stem lengths.
Crop
Type / Species
Wheaten (awned)
Variety
Sunchaser
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
5400
Bale / Package Weight
740 kg
Volume in Tonnes
3996
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
8 - String
Material Consistency
Very even <5% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
New large shed with good all weather access
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Gravel
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
13.5
Moisture High (%)
17.1
Moisture Low (%)
11
Number of Tests
25
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Rye grass evident with some variation in % between bales
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Water marking leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
30
Weather while Curing
Light Rain or Heavy Dew
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Full Flower, possible milky dough seed
Raked Times
0
Comment
cool conditions with a couple of light falls rain
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
14-Dec-2025
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
Some variability
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
60
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE4 - <50% mottled colours remainder green
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
15/07/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (96729-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.41
Relative Feed Value
93
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
8.98
Relative Forage Quality
110
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
25.7
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
10.6
% Crude Fat
1.9
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.18
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.87
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.18
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.25
Crude Protein (CP)
8.2
% Available Protein
7.3
Soluble Protein
3
Degradable Protein
6
% ADICP
0.9
% NDICP
2.1
Soluble Protein % of CP
41
Degradable Protein % of CP
73
Est. Lysine
0.34522
Est. Methionine
0.14514
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
58.7
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
38.7
aNDFom
54.5
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
16.2
% TDN
61
% Starch
2.3
% Lignin
3.3
% Moisture
9
% Dry Matter
91
% Ash
7.7
uNDFom 30hr
25
uNDFom 120hr
15.1
uNDFom 240hr
13.2
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
39
Potassium (K)
1.47
Calcium (Ca)
0.38
Magnesium (Mg)
0.13
Phosphorus (P)
0.24
Sulfur (S)
0.18
Chloride (Cl)
0.93
Total Fatty Acids
0.5
C18:1 Oleic
0.06
C18:2 Linoleic
0.05
C18:3 Linolenic
0.02
What You'll Pay
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