I think any pet/grocery/department store hay inparticular has a really wide variety of quality, even between the sametypes of hay of the same brand. Hay really doesn't keep wellin plastic bags, nor does it weather UV/flourescent lightswell. IOW, the state of Kaytee hay by the time it gets to youis at least as dependent upon thetender merciesofthe shipping companies, stores that stock it, & the whims ofthe consumer (ie, how fast the hay is re-stocked) as it is on thequality of the hay when Kaytee packs it.
I still feed Kaytee timothy hay to Meat on a semi-regular basis (I pickup a small bag whenever we're at Petsmart buying catsupplies). She usually scarfs it right down, but there wasone bag that she only picked at 'till I got about halfway through... soanyone who has a "bad" bag of hay might want to try a different part ofthat bag.
Personally, I buy Coastal (bermuda) hay locally for less than $6 for anapproximately 50lb bale. Meat will eat the stuff, but shedoesn't love it, so that's what gets strewn about the bottom of thelitterbox & only fills the hay racks if the next shipment of"the good stuff" is late.
In addition to that, I get a variety of American Pet Diner &Oxbow hays from
http://www.theferretstore.com/.Their prices are higher than you can find elsewhere, but they offerfree US shipping on orders over $35, so if (like me) you don't liveanywhere near the other online suppliers of hay & feed, youcome out ahead. The only problem I've had w/ theferretstoreso far is that they're often out of what I want in the size I want...but Meat has loved almost every variety of hay I've bought from them,so it's pretty easy to find a substitution. :}