Ben, the custum balers around here charge 10-12 bucks a bale and that doesn't count the raking and the cutting. Cutting seems to be about 10-12 an acre too and raking I want to say was 5 bucks an acre.. I don't know what it is now as we only bale stalks and I have a chopper and a baler already so all I know is my cost, which is getting down right crazy with the cost of fuel.. All I really know is that it sure doesn't pay to bale the stuff that isn't producing at the top end.