Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in McAllen, Texas

Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Alfalfa hay serving McAllen.

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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint1,181.4 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth85.1 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence65 / 100MODERATE
Price benchmark NO DEFENSIBLE BENCHMARK

Sample count and comparability are required before publishing an aggregate.

Supplier depth0 active suppliers within 50 miNO CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
Verified demand0 requests / 90 days / 50 miNO CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
Sourcing difficulty37.5 / 100LOW

Deterministic composite of production depth, supplier coverage, sourcing distance and price-discovery radius.

Annual precipitation normal18.7 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around McAllen. The latest 2025 raster shows 1,181 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 92nd percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 44th percentile nationally. Hidalgo County reports 17,701 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 La Blanca, Texas, 15 miles away with 1,306 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 40% 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 pressureMODERATE
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped alfalfa footprint ranks at the 92nd percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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Satellite crop map

Local alfalfa footprint

Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.

EXACT

Footprint history

65 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 27 acres · 67th regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2009: 25 acres · 65th regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2010: 1,058 acres · 92nd regional percentile · 44th national percentile2011: 259 acres · 84th regional percentile · 35th national percentile2012: 1,124 acres · 92nd regional percentile · 47th national percentile2013: 837 acres · 92nd regional percentile · 44th national percentile2014: 128 acres · 78th regional percentile · 29th national percentile2015: 236 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 33rd national percentile2016: 391 acres · 89th regional percentile · 35th national percentile2017: 262 acres · 87th regional percentile · 33rd national percentile2018: 25 acres · 66th regional percentile · 21st national percentile2019: 174 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 29th national percentile2020: 162 acres · 81st regional percentile · 28th national percentile2021: 160 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 30th national percentile2022: 50 acres · 65th regional percentile · 23rd national percentile2023: 96 acres · 81st regional percentile · 27th national percentile2024: 268 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 40th national percentile2025: 1,181 acres · 92nd regional percentile · 44th national percentile
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.

85.1production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
17,701 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17,701 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7ebc5140a71295e6c26884000468
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
33,018 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
33,018 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:653acc90e52fc7bb9f50acd2450a
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
14 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ca3f29c63f7785a510f094c329b5
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
3,294 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
3,294 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b407c2c0a3567e2a9fc0a2ffda30
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
17,701 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17,701 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7ebc5140a71295e6c26884000468
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
33,018 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
33,018 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:653acc90e52fc7bb9f50acd2450a
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
14 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ca3f29c63f7785a510f094c329b5
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
3,294 head

Hidalgo County · 2022

How calculated

Hidalgo County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48215:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
3,294 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b407c2c0a3567e2a9fc0a2ffda30
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

No sufficiently comparable current observation is stored for this market. HayQuotes does not substitute an incompatible price.

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Only compatible type, quality, package, sale-basis, unit, geography and time observations may be aggregated.

Official 1991–2020 normals

Local climate context

Annual precipitation18.7 in
How calculated

MCALLEN, 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:246e29d2cbf881ca539563043552
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature75.5 °F
How calculated

MCALLEN, 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:e300d5ca8ca470431cfc1e9073ff
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance2.3 miles
How calculated

MCALLEN, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from McAllen 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:90fb7a059458ede5a0da39f35348
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
100 percent

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:17dc04bd05ffe91840b881438270
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
40 percent

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:71c003dfb160278ac88e1633086f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:069003a9e807b89ed77295b2183a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:c888eecbc94353015a352a54a8fc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
48 0-100

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:941143d04d718c98cc776c6fee23
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:7c1a9cf834cadd217e4389e54606
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
20 weeks

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:c13732ca7f8c54db81a8e7e7b143
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:d3576a7d1327edee728f2c5a5748
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
77.8 0-100

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:511cfa2c917a8d5c13c51a26cc6e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
37.3 0-100

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:dcd810b0484185b5ce3798f6a098
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
58.5 percent

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:deff186edb7e3edb174ad3a9125d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
31.3 percent

McAllen · 2026

How calculated

McAllen · 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:7dc0de0312f5468b8e3e94ca58ef
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.
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Order weight0.00 short tons0 lb · 0.00 metric tonnes

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Delivered equivalent
LoadsEnter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

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Delivered total$0.00
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$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

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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.

37.5sourcing difficulty
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Methodology & sources

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationU.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals, multivariate by station
1991-2020 v1.0.1stationOfficial source ↗
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
200830-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2009 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
200930-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2010 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201030-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2011 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201130-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2012 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201230-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2013 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201330-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2014 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201430-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2015 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201530-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2016 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201630-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2017 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201730-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2018 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201830-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2019 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201930-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2020 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202030-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2021 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202130-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202230-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2023 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202330-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2024 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202430-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2025 Cropland Data Layer — national resampled 30-meter
202530-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
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.