Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass Hay
in Buffalo Springs Lake, Texas

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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint72,322.4 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Sorghum crop context

Production depth83.8 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence66.1 / 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 difficulty41 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal19.4 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies sorghum crop context around Buffalo Springs Lake, but it does not measure how much is specifically Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 72,322 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 89th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 99th percentile nationally. Lubbock County reports 38,032 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 Plainview, Texas, 45 miles away with 144,637 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 76.4% 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 sorghum crop context footprint ranks at the 89th percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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This raster evidence is broader sorghum crop context; it does not identify how much is specifically Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan 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 sorghum crop context footprint

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

FAMILY

Footprint history

66.1 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 107,985 acres · 85th regional percentile · 99th national percentile2009: 64,579 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 98th national percentile2010: 10,214 acres · 42nd regional percentile · 94th national percentile2011: 1,524 acres · 25th regional percentile · 89th national percentile2012: 9,810 acres · 41st regional percentile · 94th national percentile2013: 6,685 acres · 34th regional percentile · 92nd national percentile2014: 5,127 acres · 35th regional percentile · 92nd national percentile2015: 68,649 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 98th national percentile2016: 11,866 acres · 48th regional percentile · 94th national percentile2017: 61,898 acres · 86th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2018: 18,951 acres · 66th regional percentile · 96th national percentile2019: 10,961 acres · 51st regional percentile · 95th national percentile2020: 9,439 acres · 45th regional percentile · 94th national percentile2021: 26,562 acres · 70th regional percentile · 96th national percentile2022: 15,355 acres · 59th regional percentile · 95th national percentile2023: 28,419 acres · 75th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2024: 21,880 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 97th national percentile2025: 72,322 acres · 89th regional percentile · 99th 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.

83.8production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7c20dbf863c14bfff6a0bc68a281
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
38,032 head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
38,032 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d8d8b994ebb05ba73bd0a0048422
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8d8f3ff250ec731a4aa971282676
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
810 head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
810 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ecb583eb357600941f3f0446a765
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7c20dbf863c14bfff6a0bc68a281
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
38,032 head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
38,032 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d8d8b994ebb05ba73bd0a0048422
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8d8f3ff250ec731a4aa971282676
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
810 head

Lubbock County · 2022

How calculated

Lubbock County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48303:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
810 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ecb583eb357600941f3f0446a765
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 Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass 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 precipitation19.4 in
How calculated

LUBBOCK WFO, 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:5999eb50d55295e6354183cf98d0
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature61.8 °F
How calculated

LUBBOCK WFO, 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:09ea54c1c73cbf135bb577b55133
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance10.1 miles
How calculated

LUBBOCK WFO, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Buffalo Springs Lake 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:a536734cc4f9388fdfb0d4530679
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

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:5c9cf960ef3588a06ddaf67d02da
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
76.4 percent

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:7e7475f04a7d0205858e0bfb860b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:3ae7626e4a1eb7feb86da1ac4aba
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D2 category

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:2df6a879fd8407ba5ea80db4e92c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
55.3 0-100

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:cd438c79d8d9d9fbcafca07bab0e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:dbffb3c2811d2d16d06d1b8c3e3a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
35 weeks

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:066ff5c263e4bb235d019c347497
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
40.1 0-100

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:951a4e08152637fec8fa3ff892b2
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
60 0-100

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:2d112ec40011d8bc061db6cb5376
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
37.1 0-100

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:9c06d5655dcc986353e11647c4fc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
64.8 percent

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:aeb7c36058cc880377d74fa12c90
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
36.2 percent

Buffalo Springs Lake · 2026

How calculated

Buffalo Springs Lake · 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:77ffd2ac4b57843f4ed9a04d7fd4
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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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
LoadsEnter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

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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.

41sourcing difficulty
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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 Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan 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.