Non-alfalfa hay
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Native / Prairie Grass Hay
in Balcones Heights, Texas
Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Native / Prairie Grass hay serving Balcones Heights.
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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 non-alfalfa hay around Balcones Heights, but it does not measure how much is specifically Native / Prairie Grass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 4,755 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 63rd percentile among 16,767 analyzed Texas localities and the 40th percentile nationally. Bexar County reports 31,702 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 Devine, Texas, 32 miles away with 12,367 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 32.1% 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 pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED
The 25-mile mapped non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 63rd percentile among analyzed Texas localities.
Trace this statement
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Native / Prairie Grass hay.
Trace this statement
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
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.
5 mi
1 ac
10 mi
47 ac
25 mi
4,755 ac
50 mi
18,926 ac
100 mi
54,396 ac
150 mi
129,246 ac
250 mi
275,083 ac
Within 25 miles4,755mapped acres · 0.378% of radius · 2025
63th percentile among 16,767 analyzed Texas localities · 40th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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
21381- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 21381 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:58d34cbffdc70eb9c1eac13eb9d3- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
66.7 / 100 persistence · MODERATE
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.
69.7production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:06d498beca9076f293489fbbfc07- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
31,702 headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 31,702 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:7116a83176dbec39e095ae0ff268- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:77763fbc3db26497655e999b9bba- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
7,240 headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 7,240 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:6a1e739b67fbcbbc6a636471a3a2- Official record
- Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:06d498beca9076f293489fbbfc07- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
31,702 headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 31,702 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:7116a83176dbec39e095ae0ff268- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:77763fbc3db26497655e999b9bba- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
7,240 headBexar County · 2022
How calculated
Bexar County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48029:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 7,240 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:6a1e739b67fbcbbc6a636471a3a2- 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 Native / Prairie Grass benchmark
No sufficiently comparable current observation is stored for this market. HayQuotes does not substitute an incompatible price.
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Official 1991–2020 normals
Local climate context
Annual precipitation34 in
How calculated
SAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, 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:bb1e8a61efc878d57f3352993c63- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature69 °F
How calculated
SAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, 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:d6a823d33fd9186f9ebf46835e0c- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance4.8 miles
How calculated
SAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, TX US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Balcones Heights 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:8cd43b0e52adb36cb7f7bb803668- Official record
- Open source ↗
Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.
Environmental pressure
Drought & moisture context
Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
32.1 percentBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:0ae2651ff87026029f20225e06f7- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percentBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:33051a1fdb7a49cf7d0032053828- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percentBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:cc5b66ff414c3da29be87153c719- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D0 categoryBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:2ee4e5e95dd7e330ad1418842a22- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
25.9 0-100Balcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:d9c3ef993917c731475b3442658c- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING categoryBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:556cb831ade1965b2f7499eebf55- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
43 weeksBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:467f27b06866e723e643b8ca2ecc- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
37.3 0-100Balcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:ab4c6c759ef755b7aee8782b3fc2- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
80 0-100Balcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:b013de843ee8a89dd6f8dafe3b5f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
18 0-100Balcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:c8f63e6e12d29b1caa3c17268ce1- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
85.8 percentBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:84975550707fbb4477ab1ffc085b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
69.4 percentBalcones Heights · 2026
How calculated
Balcones Heights · 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:5d96b41c39106c7a3c0c4cd10500- 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
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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.
45.6sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Devine, Texas32 mi12,367 ac98.42. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Natalia, Texas27.9 mi12,161 ac97.43. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Yancey, Texas42.9 mi11,886 ac94.94. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Lytle, Texas23.1 mi11,320 ac92.55. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in LaCoste, Texas20.1 mi10,633 ac88.56. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Hondo, Texas38.1 mi10,521 ac86.97. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Castroville, Texas20.4 mi10,367 ac86.88. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Moore, Texas40.6 mi10,216 ac84.99. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in D'Hanis, Texas44.7 mi10,204 ac84.610. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Bigfoot, Texas34.8 mi9,412 ac80.3Source 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 Balcones Heights
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 Native / Prairie Grass 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.