Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Oat Hay
in Amherst, Texas

Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Oat hay serving Amherst.

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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint5.8 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Oats crop context

Production depth52.1 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence61.4 / 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 difficulty55.9 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal18 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies oats crop context around Amherst, but it does not measure how much is specifically Oat hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 6 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 34th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 22nd percentile nationally. Lamb County reports 8,383 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 Grady, New Mexico, 76 miles away with 4,226 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 oats crop context footprint ranks at the 34th percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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This raster evidence is broader oats crop context; it does not identify how much is specifically Oat Hay.

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Satellite crop map

Local oats crop context footprint

Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.

FAMILY

Footprint history

61.4 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 22 acres · 36th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2009: 209 acres · 54th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2010: 46 acres · 37th regional percentile · 42nd national percentile2011: 39 acres · 36th regional percentile · 46th national percentile2012: 3 acres · 24th regional percentile · 21st national percentile2013: 0 acres · 18th regional percentile · 12th national percentile2014: 2 acres · 31st regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2015: 729 acres · 61st regional percentile · 72nd national percentile2016: 681 acres · 58th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2017: 3 acres · 28th regional percentile · 24th national percentile2018: 155 acres · 36th regional percentile · 56th national percentile2019: 58 acres · 37th regional percentile · 46th national percentile2020: 252 acres · 43rd regional percentile · 55th national percentile2021: 539 acres · 54th regional percentile · 69th national percentile2022: 62 acres · 21st regional percentile · 43rd national percentile2023: 219 acres · 36th regional percentile · 57th national percentile2024: 325 acres · 67th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2025: 6 acres · 34th regional percentile · 22nd 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.

52.1production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
8,383 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
8,383 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:541ea0c9bbaf0ba7391ba2ba1ec3
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
156,623 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
156,623 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:780f9f01f4f18534b79a7741e550
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
25,190 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
25,190 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:f120794a0a5927541ba812d7ddef
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
238 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
238 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4b90cfc1f042db3ac2a0eb56819c
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
8,383 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
8,383 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:541ea0c9bbaf0ba7391ba2ba1ec3
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
156,623 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
156,623 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:780f9f01f4f18534b79a7741e550
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
25,190 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
25,190 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:f120794a0a5927541ba812d7ddef
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
238 head

Lamb County · 2022

How calculated

Lamb County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48279:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
238 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4b90cfc1f042db3ac2a0eb56819c
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 Oat Hay 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 precipitation18 in
How calculated

LITTLEFIELD, 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:680321ff75cb43b9d996f3b94f21
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature58.5 °F
How calculated

LITTLEFIELD, 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:3ae2857108f959cef2a16e32bb77
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance13.3 miles
How calculated

LITTLEFIELD, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Amherst 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:f63f5e5cf756efdcce7aaeccf8fc
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

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:3e9953c1429e76615612e934fabb
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
100 percent

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:337080c28759f688a840be641c42
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
70.2 percent

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:6564e34df42c395399d05a737425
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D3 category

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:1f504f03b5500745998df8110393
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
74 0-100

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:e581d2c0e295b745c62b9c8eb8d0
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:cf03c3d87e22834cb7cdcfed7895
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
27 weeks

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:0f324d70828bffc5343196636458
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
45.7 0-100

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:19adaa65bb69bbcff1aff6627807
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
31.2 0-100

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:97cc530a996d3a75be1fad0d8ca2
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:488093cf3d43b7c2dca87162643c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
51.7 percent

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:cf7273c35a69c58600ab6a5191bc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
25.8 percent

Amherst · 2026

How calculated

Amherst · 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:deca42ef607bcb52cd7423c8162a
Official record
Open source ↗

Drought and weather pressure provide environmental context; they do not estimate production or price.

HayQuotes marketplace

Visible supply & verified demand

Coverage is still developing

No recent HayQuotes marketplace observations are available yet for this local market.

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.

55.9sourcing difficulty
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Internal market pathways

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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 Oat 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.