Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass Hay
in Needville, Texas

Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass hay serving Needville.

Request Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass Hay Quotes

Tell us the quantity, bale format, delivery or pickup preference, and timing once. HayQuotes matches the request with suitable suppliers.

Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint23,349.2 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Sorghum crop context

Production depth82.3 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence83.2 / 100HIGH
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 difficulty38.4 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal50.1 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies sorghum crop context around Needville, but it does not measure how much is specifically Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 23,349 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 77th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 97th percentile nationally. Fort Bend County reports 21,612 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 Iago, Texas, 11 miles away with 27,019 mapped acres. The current drought signal is D0 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 pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped sorghum crop context footprint ranks at the 77th percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

Trace this statement
  • usda-cdl-2025-30m

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

Trace this statement
  • usda-cdl-2025-30m

Production evidence is relatively strong, but HayQuotes currently has no observed active supplier coverage in this market.

Trace this statement
  • usda-cdl-2025-30m
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

83.2 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 58,892 acres · 80th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2009: 60,489 acres · 81st regional percentile · 98th national percentile2010: 40,574 acres · 78th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2011: 25,017 acres · 76th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2012: 61,119 acres · 84th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2013: 74,452 acres · 86th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2014: 48,146 acres · 83rd regional percentile · 98th national percentile2015: 87,464 acres · 85th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2016: 54,564 acres · 85th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2017: 23,763 acres · 76th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2018: 30,889 acres · 79th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2019: 17,366 acres · 67th regional percentile · 96th national percentile2020: 24,135 acres · 75th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2021: 45,367 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 97th national percentile2022: 19,746 acres · 69th regional percentile · 96th national percentile2023: 34,037 acres · 79th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2024: 23,914 acres · 83rd regional percentile · 97th national percentile2025: 23,349 acres · 77th regional percentile · 97th 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.

82.3production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
21,612 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
21,612 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:12ba9b08996794b70e5cfe9c098b
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
33,343 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
33,343 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:062d49e88bc76c2be42f9235ba95
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
17 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4e2c2ea357da8c11ccbc730bb222
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
413 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
413 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f031647e626d922742f74846134
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
21,612 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
21,612 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:12ba9b08996794b70e5cfe9c098b
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
33,343 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
33,343 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:062d49e88bc76c2be42f9235ba95
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
17 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4e2c2ea357da8c11ccbc730bb222
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
413 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
413 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f031647e626d922742f74846134
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.

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 precipitation50.2 in
How calculated

THOMPSONS 3 WSW, 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:db4ac3942b9c3a4bdbd48ce83a9e
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature69.5 °F
How calculated

THOMPSONS 3 WSW, 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:8b928e1ea419372a77482a2431f8
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance13.8 miles
How calculated

THOMPSONS 3 WSW, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Needville 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:4daf53d6ff767ae5e502e40fe986
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
0.1 percent

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:e180ed4f7d832f1baacf3a635e3a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:df527955f9a0e6879ce3b96426d6
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:acce964aaa7898709b8b03a26743
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D0 category

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:b939b428191a48dab993af309d24
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
20 0-100

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:13a8f4abbf876a7a3130839fa848
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:227b3a16d43468955abc8db1b5b3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
28 weeks

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:97c8a9b94700eb7cbd9e05647e55
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0.2 0-100

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:7f64968b9e4842dd24a118eb260c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
65.2 0-100

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:23c3fdb11793bbaed5aef713d1ce
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:439c39bbd28e9f07ff845cc01817
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
53.9 percent

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:1644471e6fc85c84abed561ab8a0
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
33.6 percent

Needville · 2026

How calculated

Needville · 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:e29d6883e83a46559c1dde710782
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

Comparable delivered resultComplete both quotes to compare delivered totals.
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.

38.4sourcing difficulty
Source hay

Need Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass Hay in Needville?

Tell HayQuotes the quantity, bale format, delivery or pickup preference, and timing once. We route the request to suitable suppliers and collect quotes for comparison.

Get Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass Hay Quotes
Internal market pathways

Continue through the evidence graph

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.

Audit trail

Methodology & sources

This page was compiled offline from atomic facts. Government services are never called while you load the page.

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.