Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Barley Hay
in Tow, Texas

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

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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint0 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Barley crop context

Production depth71.4 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence46.9 / 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 difficulty48.8 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal27.6 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies barley crop context around Tow, but it does not measure how much is specifically Barley hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 0 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 77th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 38th percentile nationally. Llano County reports 20,450 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 Lamkin, Texas, 66 miles away with 733 mapped acres. The current drought signal is D0 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 barley crop context footprint ranks at the 77th percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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This raster evidence is broader barley crop context; it does not identify how much is specifically Barley Hay.

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Production evidence is relatively strong, but HayQuotes currently has no observed active supplier coverage in this market.

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Satellite crop map

Local barley crop context footprint

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

FAMILY

Footprint history

46.9 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 0 acres · 75th regional percentile · 39th national percentile2009: 3 acres · 88th regional percentile · 52nd national percentile2010: 1 acres · 85th regional percentile · 46th national percentile2011: 0 acres · 89th regional percentile · 40th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 65th regional percentile · 39th national percentile2013: 2 acres · 78th regional percentile · 48th national percentile2014: 3 acres · 77th regional percentile · 49th national percentile2015: 0 acres · 75th regional percentile · 39th national percentile2016: 2 acres · 74th regional percentile · 47th national percentile2017: 3 acres · 76th regional percentile · 53rd national percentile2018: 0 acres · 68th regional percentile · 33rd national percentile2019: 2 acres · 69th regional percentile · 45th national percentile2020: 1 acres · 69th regional percentile · 32nd national percentile2021: 0 acres · 39th regional percentile · 26th national percentile2022: 2 acres · 61st regional percentile · 45th national percentile2023: 61 acres · 86th regional percentile · 75th national percentile2024: 17 acres · 80th regional percentile · 49th national percentile2025: 0 acres · 77th regional percentile · 38th 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.

71.4production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
20,450 head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
20,450 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:576825be0163df3de045d4fe4f23
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
35,347 head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
35,347 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8383fa90d5d829213562f37fd0fa
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:162170be1aee9443fe3dac26a045
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,354 head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1,354 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8c482934ba9d02062e18ae2d7ba5
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
20,450 head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
20,450 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:576825be0163df3de045d4fe4f23
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
35,347 head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
35,347 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8383fa90d5d829213562f37fd0fa
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:162170be1aee9443fe3dac26a045
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,354 head

Llano County · 2022

How calculated

Llano County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48299:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1,354 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8c482934ba9d02062e18ae2d7ba5
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 Barley Hay 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 precipitation27.6 in
How calculated

LLANO, 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:f8bf1b051dc7e72a891cc9665bf6
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature67.1 °F
How calculated

LLANO, 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:4ada9fcaa316dfb0a1cb83fb1ab7
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance15.1 miles
How calculated

LLANO, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Tow 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:7ad8f5bb65ddd30a2b29306f2875
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
0.3 percent

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:23888af7aad3b3ba036dea869b64
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:0bf118573e7d22b112ac78305f03
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:581d17055b307e60c1fa24042645
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D0 category

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:52578107da94c0a1a40c53efe822
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
19.8 0-100

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:558303f79dcb696465f3f0eebedc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:d5bcf2efa775c0716f7262323120
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
2 weeks

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:72b7e697bc2d716b12e58e581188
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0.2 0-100

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:14984cdfa026e4655195d46b2e40
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
28 0-100

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:0a2e65f784d55eae18d8bf8c0fb2
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:04393e93f99c9ffea0a99e17b392
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
19.4 percent

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:6afd1f4c6ee0173ed59d9b72f6f5
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
4.2 percent

Tow · 2026

How calculated

Tow · 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:1db756b3410fb0c19e5f3f56c25c
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

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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.

48.8sourcing difficulty
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Internal market pathways

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Audit trail

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 show relevant hay and forage activity in this area. Local Barley Hay availability should be confirmed with suppliers. 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.