Alfalfa
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Alfalfa Hay
in Big Spring, Texas
Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Alfalfa hay serving Big Spring.
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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.
Sample count and comparability are required before publishing an aggregate.
Deterministic composite of production depth, supplier coverage, sourcing distance and price-discovery radius.
Local interpretation
What the local hay data shows
USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Big Spring. The latest 2025 raster shows 1,070 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 91st percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 43rd percentile nationally. Howard County reports 4,977 head of beef cattle in 2022, giving HayQuotes regional production context without treating that published geography as live city inventory. No compatible public price benchmark is stored for this market, so the page does not invent pricing. The sourcing graph points to nearby alternatives such as Denver City, Texas, 93 miles away with 2,984 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 97% as of 2026-09-01, which can affect how quickly buyers should confirm quality and freight.
Buyer decision panel
What the evidence says now
Price dataLIMITED
Local supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED
The 25-mile mapped alfalfa footprint ranks at the 91st percentile among analyzed Texas localities.
Trace this statement
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
Production evidence is relatively strong, but HayQuotes currently has no observed active supplier coverage in this market.
Trace this statement
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
Satellite crop map
Local alfalfa footprint
Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.
5 mi
8 ac
10 mi
59 ac
25 mi
1,070 ac
50 mi
2,829 ac
100 mi
4,935 ac
150 mi
18,685 ac
250 mi
115,616 ac
Within 25 miles1,070mapped acres · 0.085% of radius · 2025
91th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities · 43th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Big Spring · radius
Counts preserve native CDL pixels in 32×32 blocks; a block is included in a radial total when its projected center falls inside the requested radius. Acreage uses the raster's projected pixel area.
- Source
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
- Snapshot
usda-cdl-2025-30m:3621cf215579b174- Source record
4810- Evidence
- EXACT
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 4810 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:6fb4984521670a1d39840826bfd0- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
77.3 / 100 persistence · HIGH
20082025
Agricultural census
Production & livestock context
The smallest published agricultural geography is shown with each measure. These values are never attributed directly to the city.
88.2production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
4,977 headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 4,977 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:c703e4d9d8c7baff3f3660e7d4a8- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
7,984 headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 7,984 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:49f2f4274d56e6c4ba99ac6d4550- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- - head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:0cdd93a64e14f16b701eb0972333- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
352 headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 352 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:6d5b7fbbfc0aa2a7633db8ad2a58- Official record
- Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
4,977 headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 4,977 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:c703e4d9d8c7baff3f3660e7d4a8- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
7,984 headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 7,984 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:49f2f4274d56e6c4ba99ac6d4550- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- - head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:0cdd93a64e14f16b701eb0972333- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
352 headHoward County · 2022
How calculated
Howard County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48227:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 352 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:6d5b7fbbfc0aa2a7633db8ad2a58- Official record
- Open source ↗
Production depth measures evidence of production capacity; it is not an estimate of tons available for sale.
Comparable market observations
Price intelligence
No defensible Alfalfa benchmark
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Official 1991–2020 normals
Local climate context
Annual precipitation19.6 in
How calculated
BIG SPRING, TX US · nearest station
Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.
- Source
- noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020
- Snapshot
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020:0fdb814203150780- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2020-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- in
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:83b18a151228a60047351edd8a55- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature64.8 °F
How calculated
BIG SPRING, TX US · nearest station
Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.
- Source
- noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020
- Snapshot
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020:0fdb814203150780- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2020-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- °F
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:92c07fa495b8f796f0e0276ac761- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance1.9 miles
How calculated
BIG SPRING, TX US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Big Spring reference point to the official station.
- Source
- noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020
- Snapshot
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020:0fdb814203150780- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2020-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- miles
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:ddbf982b7ce9c87f788323127509- Official record
- Open source ↗
Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.
Environmental pressure
Drought & moisture context
Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
97 percentBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:current_area_d1_plus:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- percent
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:638665b3a941e39b9a4f39e54b64- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percentBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:current_area_d2_plus:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- percent
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:9f26313f0bb375dc1f0a0236f181- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percentBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:current_area_d3_plus:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- percent
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:60f3a53265cc5cae571bed1b80b7- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 categoryBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:current_category_majority_area:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- category
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:cdf8e893f4c04941a6abe0ce9fe6- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
39.4 0-100Big Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:current_pressure_score:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- 0-100
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:3881b028d73f0697d03915ca109a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING categoryBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:four_week_trend:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- category
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:fce82f31274224e7117dd31afc82- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
32 weeksBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:longest_recent_majority_d1_plus_run:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- weeks
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:7937416562d1e17df2f7a7465982- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
39 0-100Big Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:pressure_score_12_weeks_ago:2026-06-09- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-06-09
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- 0-100
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:35c5b3c765a8400d5b3c6841155a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
59 0-100Big Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:pressure_score_26_weeks_ago:2026-03-03- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-03-03
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- 0-100
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:a6779882a01f62b9832849292756- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
19.1 0-100Big Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:pressure_score_4_weeks_ago:2026-08-04- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-08-04
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- 0-100
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:511bd08d4b3b6fcbbee733cdb15f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
58.7 percentBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:trailing_year_mean_area_d1_plus:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- percent
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:41c51925b8f81abb4821aded611e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
30.2 percentBig Spring · 2026
How calculated
Big Spring · containing county
County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.
- Source
- us-drought-monitor-history
- Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:d544fc5453dd5837- Source record
drought:trailing_year_mean_area_d2_plus:2026-09-01- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- percent
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:a2723c8657a9c9e18c6888df2d10- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought and weather pressure provide environmental context; they do not estimate production or price.
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Market balanceINSUFFICIENT DATALiquidity: — / 100 · INSUFFICIENT DATAPublic aggregates require at least 3 comparable observations.
Decision tool
Delivered-cost, bale & truckload engine
No bale weight, payload, route mileage, or freight rate is assumed. Use the figures supplied with each quote.
Order weight0.00 short tons0 lb · 0.00 metric tonnes
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Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent—
Loads—Enter payload
$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials
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Delivered total$0.00
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Geographic market graph
Strong nearby sourcing candidates
Ranked from the precomputed locality graph using type-aware mapped evidence and distance. Mapped land is not inventory for sale.
37.2sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Denver City, Texas93.2 mi2,984 ac95.32. Alfalfa Hay in North Hobbs, New Mexico102.3 mi2,748 ac893. Alfalfa Hay in Stanton, Texas19.4 mi1,665 ac65.94. Alfalfa Hay in Nadine, New Mexico97.8 mi1,821 ac65.95. Alfalfa Hay in Plains, Texas101.7 mi1,668 ac61.86. Alfalfa Hay in Welch, Texas60.7 mi1,513 ac607. Alfalfa Hay in Ackerly, Texas23.9 mi1,336 ac57.48. Alfalfa Hay in Seminole, Texas75.6 mi1,380 ac55.99. Alfalfa Hay in Seagraves, Texas79.5 mi1,315 ac54.110. Alfalfa Hay in Midland, Texas39.6 mi1,225 ac53.8Source hay
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Internal market pathways
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County and agricultural-region markets
Audit trail
Methodology & sources
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationU.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals, multivariate by station
National Drought Mitigation Center / USDA / NOAAU.S. Drought Monitor comprehensive weekly statistics
rollingcounty area statistics attached to localities through TIGER/Line containmentOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2008 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2009 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2010 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2011 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2012 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2013 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2014 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2015 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2016 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2017 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2018 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2019 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2020 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2021 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2023 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2024 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2025 Cropland Data Layer — national resampled 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Chapter 2 County Level
Evidence definitions and data confidence
EXACT identifies this hay type directly. FAMILY is broader family or supporting-crop evidence. GENERAL is context only. Public price observations are treated as confidence signals, not mandatory evidence.
Public agricultural records identify Alfalfa Hay in this area. Prices vary by quality, bale format, season, and delivery, so request current supplier quotes for the most relevant pricing.
Generator: max-v1.0 · 49 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.