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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.
That two strand bale could weigh as little as 50 lbs, or as much as 100 lbs. You didn't give us anything to compare it with size wise. Here in California, we typically have a 3 strand bale of alfafa, alfafa and grass hay, which will weigh anywhere from 100+ lbs to 125 lbs. The big round bales that I've seen pictures of in the midwest and the East Coast are HUGE, weighing upwards of a 900 lbs from what I've been told and have seen pictures of.