Price and availability probably depends a great deal on where you are located. In traditional hay areas, good used balers are still out there. A lot of them sitting in a shed somewhere and haven't been used in years. You might see those on CL or at estate auctions.
About 2 years ago, I began using a neighbor's Massey #9 on a few acres. It was in halfway decent shape but needed a good tuneup. Lacked wedges in the bale chamber and would not make a tight bale over 40 pounds. It might make 200 bales with no issues, then would go through spells where it would fail to tie a knot for 10 bales in a row. Had the right guy got hold of it, probably could have been made to work. He sold it for $800. Going to a place where they were only going to use it for a few hundred bales on their own place for their own horses. Was perfect for that.
I intended to sell my hay and for that, I needed a decent baler, so went looking for something different. Wound up with a one owner NH 315 that came off a dairy farm. Had always been sheded, and had sat in a shed unused for several years, so original paint not too bad. We did about 300 bales with it last fall and it worked flawless. It cost $3,500.
I watched balers along the lines of a NH 273 (original one owner baler that had sat unused in a shed for 15 years) sell for $2,000. It looked like new.
So balers along the lines of JD 336, mid range NH's, etc. running from $2K to $5k for something that should work when you get it home.
Also, in just about all age categories, there were often 2 to 3 capacity ranges being offered at any given time. Like a Ford 150 and 250 pickup. The little Massey 9 being an entry level baler along the lines of a Ford Ranger.
I found the mid sized balers to be the best value. Wanted a JD 336, as that is what I ran 40 years ago, but couldn't find a decent one for what they were asking. Of course 1 week after I bought the NH, a nice 336 turned up at an auction 20 miles from my house.
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