Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Fescue Hay
in Vega, Texas

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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint1,176 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Non-alfalfa hay

Production depth41.2 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence54.2 / 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 difficulty61 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal19.2 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Vega, but it does not measure how much is specifically Fescue hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 1,176 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 18th percentile among 16,767 analyzed Texas localities and the 15th percentile nationally. Oldham County reports 12,916 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 Earth, Texas, 70 miles away with 19,090 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 100% 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 supplyMODERATE
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureHIGH
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 18th 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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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

54.2 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 143 acres · 7th regional percentile · 8th national percentile2009: 113 acres · 4th regional percentile · 9th 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: 4 acres · 2nd regional percentile · 7th national percentile2014: 476 acres · 11th regional percentile · 16th national percentile2015: 69 acres · 5th regional percentile · 6th national percentile2016: 43 acres · 4th regional percentile · 5th national percentile2017: 68 acres · 4th regional percentile · 5th national percentile2018: 1,117 acres · 11th regional percentile · 12th national percentile2019: 365 acres · 6th regional percentile · 7th national percentile2020: 267 acres · 5th regional percentile · 6th national percentile2021: 1,449 acres · 13th regional percentile · 17th national percentile2022: 2,143 acres · 16th regional percentile · 23rd national percentile2023: 2,079 acres · 14th regional percentile · 23rd national percentile2024: 55 acres · 32nd regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2025: 1,176 acres · 18th regional percentile · 15th 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.

41.2production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
12,916 head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
12,916 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c59f8d843362b80d703f57c911be
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
104,225 head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
104,225 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c9210588910537588dd87de49cd6
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:80278e786b942769410e0a73897f
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
- head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:1272a357bb402b4e260becb84d5a
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
12,916 head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
12,916 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c59f8d843362b80d703f57c911be
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
104,225 head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
104,225 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c9210588910537588dd87de49cd6
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:80278e786b942769410e0a73897f
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
- head

Oldham County · 2022

How calculated

Oldham County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48359:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:1272a357bb402b4e260becb84d5a
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 precipitation19.3 in
How calculated

BUSHLAND 1 WSW, 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:4ade461270d1b419e09ae912d79c
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature56.1 °F
How calculated

BUSHLAND 1 WSW, 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:cd3dca9c99914ebc5d99b3a9931f
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance20.1 miles
How calculated

BUSHLAND 1 WSW, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Vega 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:858ad3d5fb98590e019d6318fe10
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

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:c4e7330606eaa35b6aa107908a76
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
100 percent

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:fa2ab592dc4dd696b6f0e9bf80b4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
100 percent

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:fd6887b1157b4b96cffb50e550a8
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D3 category

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:6b01b3673747e6eec5bffd8915cc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
86.2 0-100

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:7db4b7e432493da509a0f3ec7a13
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:eabe12f72d6dee481f725a913830
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
28 weeks

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:49f4677e6ca0478eeae1e43bb16a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
60 0-100

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:76d026212db14227ba8afe10ce7b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:88f387fbe5868f2557de00e39f2b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
68.8 0-100

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:28ffc6787e3632bee7d89b18ff80
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
53.1 percent

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:3db2b18b0fb155602010bb7b2882
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
45.3 percent

Vega · 2026

How calculated

Vega · 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:e8a6b5b892c187bc276ef1004bc4
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

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.

61sourcing 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.