Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Valentine, Texas

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

Request Alfalfa Hay Quotes

Tell us the quantity, bale format, delivery or pickup preference, and timing once. HayQuotes matches the request with suitable suppliers.

Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint367.8 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth84.4 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence77.2 / 100HIGH
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 difficulty47.2 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal12.1 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Valentine. The latest 2025 raster shows 368 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 84th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 35th percentile nationally. Jeff Davis County reports 17,506 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 Hagerman, New Mexico, 175 miles away with 24,346 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 1.9% 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 84th 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.

EXACT

Footprint history

77.2 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 355 acres · 89th regional percentile · 36th national percentile2009: 409 acres · 90th regional percentile · 38th national percentile2010: 416 acres · 85th regional percentile · 37th national percentile2011: 255 acres · 83rd regional percentile · 35th national percentile2012: 340 acres · 85th regional percentile · 38th national percentile2013: 276 acres · 85th regional percentile · 36th national percentile2014: 167 acres · 83rd regional percentile · 31st national percentile2015: 140 acres · 77th regional percentile · 30th national percentile2016: 169 acres · 81st regional percentile · 30th national percentile2017: 103 acres · 80th regional percentile · 28th national percentile2018: 138 acres · 84th regional percentile · 29th national percentile2019: 244 acres · 86th regional percentile · 31st national percentile2020: 114 acres · 75th regional percentile · 26th national percentile2021: 55 acres · 69th regional percentile · 23rd national percentile2022: 23 acres · 48th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2023: 37 acres · 67th regional percentile · 21st national percentile2024: 19 acres · 69th regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2025: 368 acres · 84th regional percentile · 35th 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.

84.4production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
17,506 head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17,506 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ab74537ba3bc8f12b2368ad63dd0
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
31,511 head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
31,511 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2510e3b417e629a6a27385e36f27
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4d7b628a8dfb6520495179455b1f
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
612 head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
612 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b89244de0613e2982a844f7a34cc
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
17,506 head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17,506 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ab74537ba3bc8f12b2368ad63dd0
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
31,511 head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
31,511 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2510e3b417e629a6a27385e36f27
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4d7b628a8dfb6520495179455b1f
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
612 head

Jeff Davis County · 2022

How calculated

Jeff Davis County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48243:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
612 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b89244de0613e2982a844f7a34cc
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.

Request current local quotes →

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

Official 1991–2020 normals

Local climate context

Annual precipitation12.1 in
How calculated

VALENTINE, 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:368fccf8cb953349c7a957e596ba
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature62 °F
How calculated

VALENTINE, 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:8ff1bebafcb55c2a22b5e378d278
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance0.3 miles
How calculated

VALENTINE, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Valentine 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:22e0bceeb8ea577a575c84e4aa82
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
58.9 percent

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:ac6aae0c4b88f6e998c43d97182e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
1.9 percent

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:9af3574c12422d47e3321b02deb5
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:dcce7447e5fafd0c7ad8b3c97fb7
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:466c03ed6085c124575d2318da92
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
32.2 0-100

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:d70d64fccb33afe3131878db9387
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:19a51be5a2e9b3e28fc205058263
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
35 weeks

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:bf81e01f73bd0c4d762dcda08369
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
1.9 0-100

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:7b05b8989a0a3eb598cb9419685c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40.4 0-100

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:deca5d17f2356808fb47d92c123b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
10.1 0-100

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:34508e3e24211ea042d1ce7cdd89
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
61.6 percent

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:b2b4b50ae2d6947cfef1a6e5ffae
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
17.4 percent

Valentine · 2026

How calculated

Valentine · 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:2c0111cc1590377612029879a9ee
Official record
Open source ↗

Drought and weather pressure provide environmental context; they do not estimate production or price.

HayQuotes marketplace

Visible supply & verified demand

Coverage is still developing

No recent HayQuotes marketplace observations are available yet for this local market.

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

Quote A

Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent
LoadsEnter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

Quote B

Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent
LoadsEnter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

Comparable delivered resultComplete both quotes to compare delivered totals.
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.

47.2sourcing difficulty
Source hay

Need Alfalfa Hay in Valentine?

Tell HayQuotes the quantity, bale format, delivery or pickup preference, and timing once. We route the request to suitable suppliers and collect quotes for comparison.

Get Alfalfa Hay Quotes
Internal market pathways

Continue through the evidence graph

Geographic hubs organize the evidence below this locality. Other hay types appear when the same market has enough exact or contextual support to be useful.

Audit trail

Methodology & sources

This page was compiled offline from atomic facts. Government services are never called while you load the page.

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.