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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay
in Sterling, Alaska
Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Grass / Alfalfa Mix hay serving Sterling.
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Evidence strength30/ 100 · GENERAL
Local interpretation
What the local hay data shows
Exact Grass / Alfalfa Mix hay acreage is limited around Sterling, so this page uses broader hay or crop evidence together with any available Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay-specific price or marketplace signals. Kenai Peninsula Borough reports 333 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 Funny River, Alaska, 3.9 miles away. HayQuotes has not yet stored enough recent marketplace observations here to publish supplier liquidity, so quote requests are the check for bale format, freight, timing, and availability.
Buyer decision panel
What the evidence says now
Price dataLIMITED
Local supplyLIMITED
Nearby sourcingLIMITED
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED
Agricultural census
Production & livestock context
The smallest published agricultural geography is shown with each measure. These values are never attributed directly to the city.
—production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
333 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 333 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:97a4793f333bad722c737928c9d5- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
634 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 634 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:58e76421e2db8da312f19c4a6f7a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
7 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 7 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:91fa901355781c7d396ae61a3266- Official record
- Open source ↗
EquineHISTORICAL
281 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:equine:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 281 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:9bfd35981e97c9367851952d3287- Official record
- Open source ↗
GoatsHISTORICAL
127 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:goats:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 127 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:3f55a59294bb4a33056336358f86- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
(D) headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:1c7be7c68ce2656891db27eacf47- Official record
- Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
333 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 333 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:97a4793f333bad722c737928c9d5- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
634 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 634 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:58e76421e2db8da312f19c4a6f7a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
7 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 7 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:91fa901355781c7d396ae61a3266- Official record
- Open source ↗
EquineHISTORICAL
281 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:equine:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 281 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:9bfd35981e97c9367851952d3287- Official record
- Open source ↗
GoatsHISTORICAL
127 headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:goats:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 127 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:3f55a59294bb4a33056336358f86- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
(D) headKenai Peninsula Borough · 2022
How calculated
Kenai Peninsula Borough · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
02122:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:1c7be7c68ce2656891db27eacf47- 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 Grass / Alfalfa Mix 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 precipitation23.1 in
How calculated
STERLING 6SW, AK 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:2145cbaca0495bb40421c16753fa- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature35.7 °F
How calculated
STERLING 6SW, AK 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:5deebb78560fbae002036064726e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance4.9 miles
How calculated
STERLING 6SW, AK US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Sterling 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:a3bf078cc23f57924eb7fbd17b39- 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 percentSterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:c465264efc63388f33dbc4f2ba09- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percentSterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:c4576222b58560e79a99ba0fbae3- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percentSterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:890734e87e466c9ec30742fd0536- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
NONE categorySterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:fc6a67412975e474d8f158528e78- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100Sterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:b825cfdc9fd14c09ee8066cf2a9f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
STABLE categorySterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:cf4dd6430d9ec14f6168b8c024bd- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
0 weeksSterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:0da93573cdc759676a631eeaca37- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100Sterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:432dd440d9a1942aaf7d56cd88d1- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
12.5 0-100Sterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:15ef13826a1f4b561a3c14e5d6b6- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100Sterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:21df61ad6bfe77a095b4e9d8040e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
0 percentSterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:99e9a40e960ae39867fae3bf9371- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percentSterling · 2026
How calculated
Sterling · 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:db650d0288462fec- 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:5b1d9822f51143bfd2a9b1bb9b9f- 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—
Loads—Enter payload
$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials
Quote B
Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent—
Loads—Enter 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.
—sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Funny River, Alaska3.9 mi—24.82. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Ridgeway, Alaska8.2 mi—24.63. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Soldotna, Alaska9.5 mi—24.54. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Kenai, Alaska13.5 mi—24.35. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Kalifornsky, Alaska15.1 mi—24.26. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Salamatof, Alaska17.5 mi—24.17. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Nikiski, Alaska19 mi—24.18. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Kasilof, Alaska20.9 mi—249. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Cohoe, Alaska25.1 mi—23.710. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Point Possession, Alaska26.9 mi—23.7Source hay
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Internal market pathways
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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.
County and agricultural-region markets
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
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 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 Grass / Alfalfa Mix 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 · 26 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.