Alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay
in Stratford, Texas
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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.
Sample count and comparability are required before publishing an aggregate.
Deterministic composite of production depth, supplier coverage, sourcing distance and price-discovery radius.
Local interpretation
What the local hay data shows
USDA mapping identifies alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context around Stratford, but it does not measure how much is specifically Grass / Alfalfa Mix hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 10,248 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 85th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 48th percentile nationally. Sherman County reports 255,969 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 Ulysses, Kansas, 95 miles away with 33,362 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 supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureMODERATE
MarketplaceLIMITED
The 25-mile mapped alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context footprint ranks at the 85th percentile among analyzed Texas localities.
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This raster evidence is broader alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Grass / Alfalfa Mix 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 alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context footprint
Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.
5 mi
481 ac
10 mi
1,087 ac
25 mi
10,248 ac
50 mi
35,249 ac
100 mi
90,144 ac
150 mi
373,340 ac
250 mi
1,063,687 ac
Within 25 miles10,248mapped acres · 0.816% of radius · 2025
85th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities · 48th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Stratford · radius
Counts preserve native CDL pixels in 32×32 blocks; a block is included in a radial total when its projected center falls inside the requested radius. Acreage uses the raster's projected pixel area.
- Source
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
- Snapshot
usda-cdl-2025-30m:3621cf215579b174- Source record
26790- Evidence
- EXACT
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 26790 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:3bc0ce1917dc22de452c0b1a8ee6- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
85 / 100 persistence · HIGH
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.
87.2production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:5129fa0e4e5b9d1621f8a567f28d- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
255,969 headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 255,969 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:a85ac6f58962c62b2fca1f8e55d7- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:8dc41e09973f90866f274873b5c1- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
(D) headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:990eb10e74541190c5532dc9b8bf- Official record
- Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:5129fa0e4e5b9d1621f8a567f28d- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
255,969 headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 255,969 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:a85ac6f58962c62b2fca1f8e55d7- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:8dc41e09973f90866f274873b5c1- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
(D) headSherman County · 2022
How calculated
Sherman County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48421:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:990eb10e74541190c5532dc9b8bf- 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 precipitation17.1 in
How calculated
STRATFORD, 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:06805469424f43d2af057604cf67- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature56.5 °F
How calculated
STRATFORD, 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:700303ee4fe19b4ccd33f9b08582- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance7.2 miles
How calculated
STRATFORD, TX US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Stratford 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:672caf961eda7bf02d34415e120d- 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 percentStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:c458f402a3e3a4d0a33eac6a00da- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
100 percentStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:3aaadceb265a90a1050e370f3175- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
30.7 percentStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:94ce512c8bf6c5df0cc92d5fecc0- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D2 categoryStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:a2f99dbdbadc49379c39ddc85250- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
66.2 0-100Stratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:e207c24b443f5e86709ccdea2cc7- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING categoryStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:e80508bffde4e3a68ce178266ec9- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
28 weeksStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:bfd8650398b6177a3da33d89ac5a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
47 0-100Stratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:a5ef88da301242eab2e880a31ecf- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100Stratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:426987548571c233b7f61577d502- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
60 0-100Stratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:48aa0402d8439cf9b2db7ab8c177- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
52.8 percentStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:4209700c69af1e8ee9fd887dbda9- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
37.5 percentStratford · 2026
How calculated
Stratford · 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:28c3e2ccc418ad8ee57a729ce78e- 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
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Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent—
Loads—Enter payload
$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials
Quote B
Delivered total$0.00
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$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.
37.8sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Ulysses, Kansas94.5 mi33,362 ac95.32. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Sublette, Kansas104.2 mi22,659 ac70.73. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Cactus, Texas20.6 mi17,195 ac62.64. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Dumas, Texas33.4 mi17,184 ac625. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Satanta, Kansas96.9 mi17,903 ac60.46. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Sunray, Texas26.1 mi15,672 ac58.97. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Dalhart, Texas31.1 mi14,367 ac55.78. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Hartley, Texas35.2 mi13,301 ac53.19. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Darrouzett, Texas97.8 mi13,861 ac51.310. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Follett, Texas107.8 mi14,009 ac51.1Source 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
Other strongly supported hay types in Stratford
Audit trail
Methodology & sources
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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 Service2008 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2009 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2010 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2011 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2012 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2013 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2014 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2015 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2016 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2017 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2018 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2019 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2020 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2021 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2023 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2024 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2025 Cropland Data Layer — national resampled 30-meter
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 · 74 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.