A bale holder is actuated to hold a bale in a lift gate (104) of a baler (100). Lift gate actuators (191) are then actuated to lift the gate (104), while it is holding the bale. A gate position sensor (172) senses the position of the lift gate (104), and a force detector (174) detects a force that is used in order to support the gate in the detected position. Bale weight generation logic (180) then generates a bale weight based on the sensed lift gate position and the detected force. A control signal is generated based on the bale weight.
