How much does a bale of hay weigh?

Question

How much does a bale of hay weigh?

Answer 1

According to sources I read online, this weight varies considerably.  If you are filling in blanks on a listing to sell hay, you have to calculate the average weight to give a true answer.

However, if you just need a general figure, this site says their bales are 70-80 pounds.  I saw others listed as low as 45 pounds and as high as 110 pounds.

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Answer 2

Depends on the size of the bale and how tightly it's baled.

Farmers use all different sizes of baling machines so it all depends....

There are round as well as square bales but again...it depends on the size and how tight it's baled...

Hoping that the hay is dry when baled of course....

Answer 3

depends on the size of the bale and the type of crop being baled. There are bales that are 2 feet by 3 feet, 3 by 3, 3 by 4 and round bales. For the bales that are 2 by 3, the wieght can range from 80 pounds to 150 pounds, depending on crop and moisture and the pressure that the baler is baling it at. For an average most 2x3 bales and around 110-120 pounds, thats the optimum size for the best quality bale.

Answer 4

It depends on what type of bale your talking about. The moisture content , the type of hay your baling.

Answer 5

There is an adjustment on hay balers that allows the person baling to pack as much hay or as little hay into a bale as he wishes (to a certain point).  So the weight can vary greatly, usually depending on the use of the hay. If a farmer wants the hay for his own use, he will make the bales as heavy as possible.  I've hauled hay weighing as much as 130 lbs.  It is cheaper for him to get his hay put up.  If he's selling the hay at so much per bale he will back it off to 70 or 80 pounds.  He will want to get as many bales as possible, but still give a fair weight.  There also is a difference in weight of types of hay.  For example grass hay tends to be a lot heavier than alfalfa hay.  So all things considered it is hard to give you a direct answer to your question.  To be fair to the seller and buyer, I would say a 75 lb bale would be a good weight.

Answer 6

I've never actually weighed one, but the square bales we feed our horses weigh enough in my humble opinion!!

Answer 7

I hauled hay for years for all the live stock and the bales were 70 to 90 to 190 depending on where you purchased, quality and moisture content of the bales.  If you clean fields of newly baled hay you will lose at least 25% of the weight.  I purchased by the pound and went to a scale for each load and had it weighed.  Field cleaning was by the bale.

Answer 8

It depends on what kind of hay you're talking about, too.

When we were making clover hay, it ran about 40 pounds for a fully-dry small bale, and over 75 pounds for a newly-baled large bale.

I'm told alfalfa hay weighs more. Timothy hay, which is what bunny lovers feed their wabbits, would weigh less.

Answer 9

Hay bales in this area  ( Idaho) vary from 75 pounds to 2000 pounds.  A  bale is not a measure.

Answer 10

it varies.

Answer 11

16 kg

Answer 12

large round  bales about  2000 lbs

square bales  about 75 lb

mini square bales for decoration about 2 lbs