Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Fescue Hay
in Gainesville, Texas

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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint8,978.7 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Non-alfalfa hay

Production depth81.2 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence66.6 / 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 difficulty38.9 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal42.8 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Gainesville, but it does not measure how much is specifically Fescue hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 8,979 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 84th percentile among 16,767 analyzed Texas localities and the 68th percentile nationally. Cooke County reports 92,296 head of 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 Lindsay, Texas, 4.1 miles away with 8,884 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 57% 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 non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 84th percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Fescue 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 non-alfalfa hay footprint

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

FAMILY

Footprint history

66.6 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 65,212 acres · 86th regional percentile · 90th national percentile2009: 52,166 acres · 87th regional percentile · 91st national percentile2010: 0 acres · 99th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2011: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2013: 79,828 acres · 94th regional percentile · 94th national percentile2014: 83,393 acres · 94th regional percentile · 94th national percentile2015: 44,380 acres · 89th regional percentile · 85th national percentile2016: 37,768 acres · 84th regional percentile · 82nd national percentile2017: 45,086 acres · 85th regional percentile · 80th national percentile2018: 59,132 acres · 86th regional percentile · 85th national percentile2019: 51,875 acres · 87th regional percentile · 83rd national percentile2020: 67,329 acres · 86th regional percentile · 89th national percentile2021: 61,830 acres · 96th regional percentile · 93rd national percentile2022: 66,827 acres · 86th regional percentile · 94th national percentile2023: 59,487 acres · 85th regional percentile · 93rd national percentile2024: 389 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 54th national percentile2025: 8,979 acres · 84th regional percentile · 68th 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.

81.2production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c9c2013aebd981a8da558d0ff392
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
92,296 head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
92,296 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:e31578a1b28b15fe6518b4b3a32a
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:aaee78e13eab2f9791965ddf2990
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
2,846 head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2,846 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:f683ffe04c45664e83c62da865b2
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c9c2013aebd981a8da558d0ff392
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
92,296 head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
92,296 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:e31578a1b28b15fe6518b4b3a32a
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:aaee78e13eab2f9791965ddf2990
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
2,846 head

Cooke County · 2022

How calculated

Cooke County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48097:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2,846 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:f683ffe04c45664e83c62da865b2
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 Fescue 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 precipitation42.8 in
How calculated

GAINESVILLE 5 ENE, 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:6d09d5642993c7a181f5738409d5
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature63.2 °F
How calculated

GAINESVILLE 5 ENE, 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:94176e29bf24e1f140707621e535
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance5.2 miles
How calculated

GAINESVILLE 5 ENE, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Gainesville 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:4bf5b1c2ac5aa6c303e347471d1d
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

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:9dc21a9ab9482e1cf3b853ae21f2
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
57 percent

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:cd8a25395fd6657daca77cef4faa
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:5215a9c19aac87600921cb686fe7
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D2 category

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:6655be487f3a1ba7a03f2b4fd1c7
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
51.4 0-100

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:4fbae5b2da4837ff63e60d5c7f15
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:69fa5b64a16bacef57b857545c3b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
4 weeks

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:657b9df55cd36906be0efd04c095
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0.3 0-100

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:5a40ad215cb0db68ae3cb69ddd7d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
25.8 0-100

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:bc5ebcb4ab855ccc694aa0ef0247
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
2.9 0-100

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:2233d2bb79772993da71db316119
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
21.2 percent

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:c6ce78ebc5f52f9e9e5abdace7a4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
2.6 percent

Gainesville · 2026

How calculated

Gainesville · 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:8b9196d0eddca2da0af2343df343
Official record
Open source ↗

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

HayQuotes marketplace

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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

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.

38.9sourcing 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 show relevant hay and forage activity in this area. Local Fescue 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.