Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association.
Trade comment: The straw trade is slow with differing expectations of prices between buyers and sellers; good grass growth is slowing hay sales.
| Area | Barley straw | Wheat straw |
| North East | 48 (=) | 40 (=) |
| East Yorkshire | 48 (-2 | 40 (-2) |
| North Midlands | 45 (=) | 45 (=) |
| East Midlands | 43 (-2) | 43 (-2) |
| Central Midlands | 40 (-5) | 30 (-5) |
| Eastern Counties | 40 (-2) | 36 (-2) |
| South-east | 45 (=) | 35 (=) |
| South | 46 (=) | 39 (=) |
| South-west | 42 (-3) | 37 (-3) |
| South Wales | 45 (-5) | 40 (=) |
| SE Scotland | 50 (-30) | 45 (-13) |
