Hay auctions

I made a dry run to check out a hay auction as part of my lunch hour today. I've never had the need to go to one of them, but hay has been mighty scarce this year. I'm extremely low on hay and there won't be any green pastures for a number of months. I went to the Frytown auctions which are held every Wednesday. Since I hadn't been to an auction before I thought I would see how they worked, etc. This auction is very close/part of the Amish community and the Amish seemed to be buying most of the hay. There was a lot of organic hay available as well.

Every Thursday is the hay auction at the Kalona Sales barn. Kalona is considered the heart of the Amish community in Iowa so I'm kind expecting the same kind of scene there. I am actually going to have to purchase some hay tomorrow so fingers crossed that there is some good hay that no one but me wants to bid on. ;)