#97663
2026 Wheaten Hay
Bearded wheaten hay in 8 string 8x4x3 bales stacked in paddock. Cut at full flower with little to nothing grain evident. Cured in good conditions. Has retained good colour. Normal to dry in texture
Summary
Visual grade: FS-A
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Wheaten (awned)
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Tomahawk
Storage Status / Stage
Paddock Stacked (No Covers)
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
4.56
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.31
Protein (%)
7.3
ME (MJ / kg)
10.05
Moisture (%)
9.9
Visual Grade
FS-A
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
2800 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
700 kg
Visual
Bearded wheaten hay in 8 string 8x4x3 bales stacked in paddock. Cut at full flower with little to nothing grain evident. Cured in good conditions. Has retained good colour. Normal to dry in texture
Crop
Type / Species
Wheaten (awned)
Variety
Tomahawk
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
4000
Bale / Package Weight
700 kg
Volume in Tonnes
2800
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
Stacked in paddock
Storage Status / Stage
Paddock Stacked (No Covers)
Storage Surface
Earth / paddock surface
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
12.9
Moisture High (%)
16
Moisture Low (%)
11.7
Number of Tests
70
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Rye grass, oat
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Foreign Material Comments
Nil
Cutting & Curing
How Long Cured (days)
14
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
Weather while Curing
Ideal curing conditions, light dews
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Heads formed, no milky dough seed evident
Raked Times
1
Comment
Good weather curing conditions
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
05-Oct-2026
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
some longers stems but well conditioned
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
50
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
Leaf Retention comment
Good leaf content
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
06/10/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (97663-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
10.05
Relative Feed Value
113
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
9.92
Relative Forage Quality
121
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
33.3
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
10.1
% Crude Fat
2.1
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.81
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
3.43
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.85
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.86
Crude Protein (CP)
7.3
% Available Protein
6.6
Soluble Protein
3
Degradable Protein
6
% ADICP
0.7
% NDICP
1.6
Soluble Protein % of CP
44
Degradable Protein % of CP
76
Est. Lysine
0.30733
Est. Methionine
0.12921
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
51.7
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
33.3
aNDFom
48
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
23.4
% TDN
65
% Starch
1.4
% Lignin
2.5
% Moisture
9.9
% Dry Matter
90.1
% Ash
7.3
uNDFom 30hr
16.2
uNDFom 120hr
10.4
uNDFom 240hr
8.4
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
44
Potassium (K)
1.47
Calcium (Ca)
0.31
Magnesium (Mg)
0.14
Phosphorus (P)
0.24
Sulfur (S)
0.14
Chloride (Cl)
0.23
Total Fatty Acids
0.76
C18:1 Oleic
0.07
C18:2 Linoleic
0.04
C18:3 Linolenic
0.04
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