Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass Hay
in Palo Pinto, Texas

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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint4,234.4 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Sorghum crop context

Production depth58.9 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence82.2 / 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 difficulty53.4 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal31.8 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies sorghum crop context around Palo Pinto, but it does not measure how much is specifically Sorghum-Sudan / Sudan Grass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 4,234 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 35th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 85th percentile nationally. Palo Pinto County reports 47,357 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 Carlton, Texas, 60 miles away with 15,006 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 22% 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 pressureMODERATE
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped sorghum crop context footprint ranks at the 35th 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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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

82.2 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 1,549 acres · 18th regional percentile · 86th national percentile2009: 1,477 acres · 20th regional percentile · 89th national percentile2010: 1,856 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 90th national percentile2011: 1,805 acres · 27th regional percentile · 89th national percentile2012: 2,695 acres · 25th regional percentile · 90th national percentile2013: 583 acres · 16th regional percentile · 79th national percentile2014: 575 acres · 20th regional percentile · 80th national percentile2015: 1,126 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 81st national percentile2016: 1,156 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 85th national percentile2017: 567 acres · 20th regional percentile · 82nd national percentile2018: 2,094 acres · 28th regional percentile · 91st national percentile2019: 2,278 acres · 30th regional percentile · 90th national percentile2020: 2,936 acres · 28th regional percentile · 91st national percentile2021: 2,437 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 88th national percentile2022: 2,453 acres · 28th regional percentile · 91st national percentile2023: 2,800 acres · 24th regional percentile · 90th national percentile2024: 995 acres · 26th regional percentile · 81st national percentile2025: 4,234 acres · 35th regional percentile · 85th 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.

58.9production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:1e93b623816b3614e7e04938f9d7
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
47,357 head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
47,357 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:cfc744abfdacc9a43f97671f3ba1
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:3538328f6c8fe130a82fe6b0930a
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,088 head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1,088 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:22dd8834d0924616d89b99c90a4c
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:1e93b623816b3614e7e04938f9d7
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
47,357 head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
47,357 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:cfc744abfdacc9a43f97671f3ba1
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:3538328f6c8fe130a82fe6b0930a
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,088 head

Palo Pinto County · 2022

How calculated

Palo Pinto County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48363:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1,088 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:22dd8834d0924616d89b99c90a4c
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 precipitation31.8 in
How calculated

MINERAL WELLS AP, 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:ddc94d41d9a72e00178c0c3499cd
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature65.1 °F
How calculated

MINERAL WELLS AP, 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:a894148642757df5bf4b338760af
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance14.1 miles
How calculated

MINERAL WELLS AP, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Palo Pinto 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:779013173e377f3d586771204c0f
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
94.7 percent

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:044cb61af287be0c1186e5864e45
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
22 percent

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:a4a6e4055b8329d3277af13082c1
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:47e56f892a59350f0bc1b0aefab5
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:30e340eb58f9fbd7259f9ff712e9
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
43.3 0-100

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:9e685130596e2f162ca79d81da11
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:7d915fa605dce5aac7c8b4d64614
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
2 weeks

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:4a14d942731ea6284af9f051b125
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:0e860d90bee0c2a4c61e17f29e2a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:6d4c8a81641c7b1680125886b1ff
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
5.7 0-100

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:66a44eef1217d7c87455fa59f168
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
3.8 percent

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:4f7166efa28d7f89e105056ed0e3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
0.4 percent

Palo Pinto · 2026

How calculated

Palo Pinto · 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:87b4c0b4b89a3827e8d59cd1c2b2
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

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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.

53.4sourcing 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.