#90656
Wheaten Hay - 8x4x3 bales averaging approx. 650kgs. New season awned wheaten hay, nice and green in colour with sweet aroma. Hay was cut using a mower conditioner with steel rollers and cured for 3 weeks .Received 11 mm rain on 6 days after cutting with mower conditioner. Good leaf and quality, good heavy krone bales. Trucks weighed locally on registered weigh bridge.
Wheaten hay in heavy 8x4x3 bales stacked 6 high with no covers on plastic. Cured over 16 days with 7 mm rain towards end of curing period. Rain has had little effect on green colour or quality. Minimum 10% maximum 12.9% Average moisture of 11.8%. Dry in texture. Cut at flowering. Small amount of dust in core sample.
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: A
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Wheaten (awned)
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Lancer
Storage Status / Stage
Paddock Stacked (No Covers)
Season
2025
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
2.74
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.26
Protein (%)
12.2
ME (MJ / kg)
10.23
Moisture (%)
10.1
Visual Grade
A
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
65 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
650 kg
Documents
Visual
Wheaten hay in heavy 8x4x3 bales stacked 6 high with no covers on plastic. Cured over 16 days with 7 mm rain towards end of curing period. Rain has had little effect on green colour or quality. Minimum 10% maximum 12.9% Average moisture of 11.8%. Dry in texture. Cut at flowering. Small amount of dust in core sample.
Crop
Type / Species
Wheaten (awned)
Variety
Lancer
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
100
Bale / Package Weight
650 kg
Volume in Tonnes
65
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
6 - string
Material Consistency
Very even <5% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
Stacked outside no covers. Plastic on ground
Storage Status / Stage
Paddock Stacked (No Covers)
Storage Surface
Floor lining - rubber, plastic, etc
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
11.8
Moisture High (%)
12.9
Moisture Low (%)
10
Number of Tests
35
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Milk thistle
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
16
Weather while Curing
Light Rain or Heavy Dew
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Heads formed, no milky dough seed evident
Raked Times
1
Comment
7mm towards end of curing period
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
19-Sep-2025
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
35
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE2 - Fresh green to dark green <25% sun bleached to bright white / golden colour
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to dry texture
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
30/09/2025
Inspection Manager
Stephen Page
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (90656-NIRD-1)
MJ/kg Metabolisable Energy (ME)
10.23
Relative Feed Value
122
MJ/kg Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
10.1
Relative Forage Quality
158
% Non Fibre Carbo. (NFC)
32.2
% ESC (Simple Sugars)
14.5
% Crude Fat
2.1
MJ/kg Digestible Energy (DE)
11.99
MJ/kg Net Energy Gain (NEg)
3.38
MJ/kg Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.87
MJ/kg Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.81
% Crude Protein (CP)
12.2
% Available Protein
11.3
% Soluble Protein
5
% Degradable Protein
9
% ADICP
0.9
% NDICP
3.4
Soluble Protein % of CP
42
Degradable Protein % of CP
77
% Est. Lysine
0.51362
% Est. Methionine
0.21594
% Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
50
% Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
29.8
% aNDFom
45.4
% WSC (Water Sol. Carbs.)
22.7
% TDN
65
% Starch
0.7
% Lignin
3.6
% Moisture
10.1
% Dry Matter
89.9
% Ash
6.9
% uNDFom 30hr
13.1
% uNDFom 120hr
11.8
% uNDFom 240hr
8.8
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
51
% Potassium (K)
1.42
% Calcium (Ca)
0.24
% Magnesium (Mg)
0.14
% Phosphorus (P)
0.26
% Sulfur (S)
0.23
% Chloride (Cl)
0.21
Total Fatty Acids
0.85
C18:1 Oleic
0.02
C18:2 Linoleic
0.09
C18:3 Linolenic
0.11
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