Hi Everyone...I told our friend yesterday that I would post this for him.  We buy our hay from them, and this year, he has extra hay.  We're in Texas.  The hay is a mixture of (what is called) Bahia and Coastal.  The closest thing I can think of to what is Timothy up north.  Anyway, it is what we feed our horses through the winter.  David works for a company that handles fertilizers, so it is fertilized.

He has about 350 round bales for sale.  In Texas, I have found, that hay is sold by the bale, not by weight (tonnage).  These bales are 5' wide, and 6' tall, round.  David said that they get 28-30 round bales on a semi trailer.  The bales are $35 apiece.  The driver charges $1.65/mile.  I've done some figuring below:

30 Bales x $35.00 = $1050.
1000 Miles x $1.65 = 165 0.
                                           $2700  =  $90.00/Bale

You can Map It (the mileage) from Zip Code 77833.

Memphis is  637 miles.
Nashville is  852 miles.
Knoxville is 998 miles.

I will be posting David's e-mail address as soon as I find it (duh)...or call him.  I cannot locate it this morning, sorry!  Or I will call him sometime today.

I will also check with another friend of ours who owns his own semi.  He's hauled hay to us from out-of-state for the last 3 years.  I will see what his rate is.

I will say this...we're in the process of hauling the hay we bought from David (35 bales) to our place (with a hay wagon), and we paid $50/Bale for the same thing.

I know times are hard...we've been there, here in Texas, with a severe drought the last 3 years, so I know what you're going though, in the drought-stricken areas.

I will end this with: I will post a reply to this later today, with David's e-mail address, and if I can get ahold of our friend, what he would charge per mile.

If anybody's interested, and needs hay.  Thank you for your time.
+Pax,
-Dawn in Texas