Non-alfalfa hay
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Native / Prairie Grass Hay
in Lancaster, 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 non-alfalfa hay around Lancaster, but it does not measure how much is specifically Native / Prairie Grass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 6,775 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 76th percentile among 16,767 analyzed Texas localities and the 54th percentile nationally. Dallas County reports 3,912 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 Milford, Texas, 34 miles away with 10,824 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 90.3% 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 76th 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 Native / Prairie Grass 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.
5 mi
139 ac
10 mi
1,152 ac
25 mi
6,775 ac
50 mi
18,088 ac
100 mi
83,631 ac
150 mi
172,521 ac
250 mi
366,140 ac
Within 25 miles6,775mapped acres · 0.539% of radius · 2025
76th percentile among 16,767 analyzed Texas localities · 54th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Lancaster · 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
30464- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 30464 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:3dfc8671995be7b5eae33bc15312- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
65.9 / 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.
76.6production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
3,912 headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 3,912 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:12c4d1a2f50e6c72869f28a593e5- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
14,533 headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 14,533 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:87b788a092b583fd6e82e5820c7f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- - head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:2f644f99ef9e05a83c580816ee42- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,067 headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 1,067 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:7d6b880ca1974c3a890a0586e1ac- Official record
- Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
3,912 headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 3,912 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:12c4d1a2f50e6c72869f28a593e5- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
14,533 headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 14,533 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:87b788a092b583fd6e82e5820c7f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- - head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:2f644f99ef9e05a83c580816ee42- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,067 headDallas County · 2022
How calculated
Dallas County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48113:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 1,067 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:7d6b880ca1974c3a890a0586e1ac- 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 precipitation40.9 in
How calculated
FERRIS, 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:624fd0a25b04cfa08bdabfb18e2e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature66 °F
How calculated
FERRIS, 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:89eeec21592d4898c839011f4830- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance7.9 miles
How calculated
FERRIS, TX US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Lancaster 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:eb6ec2ed862e6a929c3ff075181b- 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 percentLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:e233e9ee9f81c8e8c3e341855077- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
90.3 percentLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:af89f742459377fb7a8143eb7096- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percentLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:35c9dba63e91df7348184cfec741- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D2 categoryLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:39ebc7bd13e22c3e610a87a890d8- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
58.1 0-100Lancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:0be0f82fe5e7ef307dcb97d60f46- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING categoryLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:b8d78a5ae827547af20ad1494e41- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
3 weeksLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:052f6aab711fdf5d884d06d03c7b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100Lancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:011786e8ca0497757bc2220eabaa- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
28 0-100Lancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:738183d5cf519a04a9170ee28975- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
12.3 0-100Lancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:872009690d987dca5167754902cc- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
11.1 percentLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:16b37a5ad30f3ea7b98464f2004f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
2.8 percentLancaster · 2026
How calculated
Lancaster · 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:73c05102e89d963fcf658f7e8939- 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
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Delivered total$0.00
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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.
41.3sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Milford, Texas34.4 mi10,824 ac98.32. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Bardwell, Texas23.2 mi10,696 ac983. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Waxahachie, Texas14 mi10,506 ac97.14. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Ennis, Texas20.4 mi10,253 ac955. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Garrett, Texas16.9 mi9,957 ac93.16. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Italy, Texas29.1 mi9,825 ac91.67. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Alma, Texas25.9 mi9,423 ac898. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Palmer, Texas13.1 mi9,314 ac88.99. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Rice, Texas29.5 mi9,279 ac87.810. Native / Prairie Grass Hay in Pecan Hill, Texas7.3 mi8,963 ac86.7Source hay
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Internal market pathways
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County and agricultural-region markets
Other strongly supported hay types in Lancaster
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.