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(Some large round bales can be made a lot lighter and smaller: see the other answers made here.) The large square bales average out at around 1000 to 1200 pounds for straw and I believe around 1400 for hay. Dimensions I've pegged at about 48 tall by 70 long by 48 wide.
This is a safer bale weight for many people to handle-less chance of an injured back. A bale of this size is about 2 days of feed for cattle at 20 lbs per day. Horses typically eat about 22 lbs of hay a day so a bale size of 14x18x24 might work better with horses. A bale size of 14x18x36 is about 3 days worth of horse feed.