Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 11th November 2025

Sheep Sales Reports

New Season Lambs – 670 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Top price per kilo – 387p – J Wayman, Surrey.
Top price per head – £179.00 – C R & G Daws, East Sussex.

A very small entry of lambs, with Friday`s sale of 5,000 lambs drawing some numbers out of the pens from Tuesday. When this happens, the lambs we sell on a Tuesday are generally very good quality and all well finished. This was certainly the case this week with some super lambs on offer selling on a trade like we have not seen for several weeks. The overall average of 340p kg is likely to be the highest in the country on the day, if not this week. Several pens of lambs were sold in excess of 350p kg and topped at 387p kg for some very smart continental lambs from Mr James Wayman. Heavier lambs have not lifted in price quite as much as the middle weight meated types and are selling form £150-180 head depending on quality and weight. If more numbers come onto the market, which they inevitably will do in the coming weeks, prices may ease back from these heights, but numbers look to be tight up to the Christmas period.

30 – £114.00 (380p kg) – D Wade
31 – £119.00 (384p kg) – G P King
32 – £110.00 (344p kg) – S J Martin
34 – £110.00 (324p kg) – Lovejoy Farms Partnership
35 – £118.00 (337p kg) – R J Parsons
36 – £130.00 (361p kg) – Langdon Farms
37 – £132.00 (357p kg) – D Wade
38 – £147.00 (387p kg) – J Wayman
39 – £147.00 (377p hg) – G P King
40 – £141.00 (353p hg) – J Wayman
41 – £142.00 (346p kg) – C B Hope
42 – £152.50 (363p kg) – J Wayman
43 – £147.00 (342p kg) – J Wayman
44 – £160.00 (364p kg) – H V Link Partners
45 – £165.00 (367p kg) – J Wayman
46 – £168.00 (365p kg) – W G Watkins & Sons
47 – £164.00 (349p kg) – W G Watkins & Sons
48 – £171.00 (356p kg) – M R Woodroofe
49 – £172.00 (351p kg) – J Wayman
50 – £170.00 (340p kg) – S G Barten
51 – £169.00 (331p kg) – M R Woodroofe
55 – £175.00 (318p kg) – H V Link Partners
57 – £171.00 (300p kg) – M R Woodroofe
58 – £179.00 (309p kg) – C R & G Daws
Averages (p/kg)

Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 70 – Top 387, Ave. 347.6
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 294 – Top 377, Ave. 336.4
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 230 – Top 367, Ave. 341.6
Others 52.1 + – 45 – Top 321, Ave. 305.7

Cull Sheep – 349 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Top price ewe: £187.00 – J Wayman, Surrey. – Ave. £123.60.

A flyer for all grades with less in the pens, as to be expected given the time of year and the rams are at work.
The best ewes remain scarce and regularly £150 – £180 with top call going to J Wayman with Suffolk crosses to £187, and cull rams from R Wimble & Son to £190. Medium sorts £110 – £140 on most occasions with plenty of these being bought to farm along with the leaner grazing types £70 – £100 throughout with only very few sold below this bracket.
If you have ewes to sell, then take advantage of this current trade where demands are currently outweighing supply.

Top prices included:

Suffolk cross to £187 – J Wayman, Texel cross to £179 – R G Hobbs Farms, Romneys to £174 – D Beadle, Zwartbles to £166 – G Gribble, Charolais cross to £143 – S J Reeve & Son, Mules to £135 – H G Tompsett & Son.

Cattle Reports

Finished Cattle –  50 Sold
Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357.

Just a few less forward this week, and again too few of the very best. A few more secondary types amongst the heifers spoilt the averages but overall trade remains very positive throughout.
Smart continental steers from W S Furnival Ltd to 386p, 377p, £2485, £2429 with Limousin heifers topping from G L Boulden & Sons to 386p, £2159.
Another good run from Alan Down saw his Limousin x Friesian steers to 386p, 380p (3) £2448, with his Limousin x Friesian heifer at 377p, £2108. Blue x Friesian steers from W F Farms to 362p, £2549. Friesian heifers 335p, 326p, £1807 T Castle & Son.
Sussex heifers to 371p, £2149 from Trenchmore LLP; Angus heifers 369p, £1898 W S Furnival Ltd; Sussex steers 360p, £2192 W S Furnival Ltd.
Young Bulls (10) A strong run of young bulls to kill and feed met another firm trade. Angus to 364p, £2280, Charolais to 360p, £2427 from J Boomaars; British Friesian from T Castle & Son to 335p, £2427

Top Steers

W S Furnival Ltd – Limousin cross – 386p (£2429)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 386p (£2313)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 380p (£2448)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 380p (£2334)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 380p (£2239)

Top Heifers

G L Boulden & Sons – Limousin cross – 386p (£2159)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 377p (£2108)
Trenchmore LLP – Sussex cross – 371p (£2149)
W S Furnival Ltd – Aberdeen Angus cross – 369p (£1898)
J Berryman – British Blue cross – 366p (£2668)

Average prices

Steers 200 to 550 kg – 1 – Top 348p – Ave. 348p
Steers 551 to 650 kg – 12 – Top 386p – Ave. 372p
Steers 651 kg + – 6 – Top 377p – Ave. 353p
Heifers 300 to 500 kg – 4 – Top 344p – Ave. 336p
Heifers 501 to 590 kg – 14 – Top 386p – Ave. 352p
Heifers 591 kg + – 5 – Top 366p – Ave. 347p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 107 Sold

Another tremendous entry of cull cows, with a few overage, met a ring full of confidence with buyers keen to secure numbers. An entry largely of beef cows, post scanning, in what appears to be, from results, a difficult year for the breeding cow whatever their age and background.
Such is the perilous state of the beef livestock sector that demand is only growing stronger for beef cows of all grades to be fed to supply the processing sector.
Good beef cows readily over 300p with best meat cows pushing close to 330p and £3000 head whilst a large show of feeders of all grades were regularly up over 340p with many plainer, older cows at 250-280p looking very well sold. Competition fierce throughout.
Limousin 358p, 356p, 352p, 350p, £2516, £2346, £2303, £2144 A Boyd & Co, 358p, 328p, 324p, 322p, £2234, £2063 Campbell Bros, 342p, 326p, £2132, £2049 L Palmer & Son, 328p, 303p £2844, £2571 L E Humphreys & Son; British Blue 350p, £2254 Birt Bros, 304p, £1669 M & C Farms, 288p, £2429 A J Strand & Sons, 262p, £2105 T Maddocks; Angus 346p, £2004 M & C Farms, 276p, £2617 A J Strand & Sons, 264p, 262p, £2232, £1976 V & C Smith; Simmental 324p, 310p, £1698 M & C Farms, 316p, £1838 J Tassell, 294p, £1732 L Palmer & Sons; South Devon 300p, £1797 A & H Edmonds.
There are now more cows from the dairy sector now coming out nationally as the season moves on but rates, particularly for the fleshed types holding very firm. Sadly, for the industry, and producers, too many lean cows going straight for slaughter and unable to be taken to feed in the open market. Surely it is time for common sense to return to this argument.?
British Friesian 271p, 269p, 266p, 265p, £1965, £1918 Debden Court, 257p, £2014 R & J Ledger; Holstein Friesian 264p, 249p, 240p, £1976, £1839 J W Boyd & Sons.
Stock Bulls (3) Strong trade for the bulls on offer. Well fleshed Traditional Hereford 246p, £2062; leaner Sussex 232p, £1875 and Angus 224p, £2134
Overage (12) A smaller show of overage but all keenly sought after to kill or feed. John Berryman`s well fleshed OTM heifers 375p, 369p, 363p, £2622, £2469; Angus OTM heifer 355p, £2109 G L Boulden & Sons; Angus OTM steers 324p, £2135 T Hunter, Chichester; Red Poll OTM steers 310p, £1507 T R Marsh, Great Dunmow; Dexter 3+ steer 232p, £845 G J Ostridge.

Beef Cows – 73 Sold – Top 358, Average 274.3
Dairy Cows – 16 Sold – Top 271, Average 248.1

Store & Breeding Cattle – 447 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

A cracking entry this week with a quality show of suckled calves from seasonal vendors along with some older cattle saw a super trade from start to finish.
Angus cows & calves from Gallagher Farms sold to £3500 followed by a herd dispersal from J Eastwood, Bodiam topping at £2520 for Sussex cows & calves.
J Boomaars had Hereford bulls 19 mths to £1800 with an Angus cross bull from Gann & Brown 13 mths to £1660. Sussex cross heifers from High Chimney Farms 11 mths to £1150 and Sussex x Friesian heifers 8 mths from M Godden to £950. Sussex steers 8 mths from Kent Wildlife Trust to £1010 with the heifers to £980, and South Devon crosses from I Tapsell 7 – 8 mths saw their steers to £1040.
On with the Continentals which saw smart Limousin steers 7 mths from A & H Edmonds to £1280, Simmental steers 6 mths from L Townsend to £1290, followed by F S Husk topping at £1520 for a superb 7 mth Limousin cross heifer. Charolais x 6 – 7 mths from G J Ostridge topped at £1640 and Angus x Charolais steers from Rhino Plant Hire 10 mths topped at £1610, with the heifers from the same home to £1540. A cracking run from Messrs Gardners saw their Limousin and Saler cross steers 7 – 8 mths top at £1590 with others £1480 and £1410 followed by another cracking run this time from Betchworth Estate again 7 – 8 mths topping at £1440 for their Simmental cross steers with the Angus steers to £1380 from the same home. H O Champneys had a good run of dairy bred beef types forward topping at £2000 for Blue cross heifers 14 mths, with Blue cross steers to £1930. Another draw from A J Down saw 14 mth Limousin x Friesian steers to £1700, and British Friesian steers to £1420. Stronger feeding types from Birt Bros topped at £2300 for Limousin steers 19 mths with the heifers to £1900 and forward Angus steers 20 mths from A C Hulme & Son to £2000 (twice). Big stretchy Simmental heifers 26 mths from G Gregory to £2260 with Sussex heifers from the same home to £1960. Sussex heifers 20 mths from D Martin to £1520 and Sussex steers from D Tilley 16 mths to £1810.
We expect another good show of store and breeding cattle on Tuesday 25^th November with plenty of entries already forward for this date.

Principal prices include:

Native:
Aberdeen Angus cross steers 20 mths – £2000 – A C Hulme & Sons
Aberdeen Angus x Friesian steers15 mths – £1890 – H O Champneys
Sussex cross steers 16 mths – £1810 – D Tilley
Sussex heifers 26 mths – £1960 – G Gregory
Aberdeen Angus x Friesian heifers 12 mths – £1540 – Rhino Plant Hire
Sussex heifers 20 mths – £1520 – D Martin
Continental:
Limousin steers 23 mths – £2380 – R J Husk
Limousin cross steers 19 mths – £2300 – Birt Bros
Simmental cross steers 27 mths – £2180 – G Gregory
Simmental cross heifers 27 mths – £2260 – G Gregory
British Blue cross heifers 14 mths – £2000 – H O Champneys
Limousin cross heifers 20 mths – £1900 – Birt Bros

Calves – 11 Sold
Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357.

Totally insufficient numbers and consequently a trade that reached new heights.
Angus bull calves £440, £420, £400 A & W J Hitchcock; Angus bull calf £390, heifers £340 twice Goddard & Son; Black & White bull £165 P J Forknall.
British Blue bull stirks 3 mths £470, heifers £460, £440 A Clifford Baynes.

Ear Tags

Producers are reminded that all cattle require two ear tags with at least one large distance readable tag. Please inspect stock in good time to order replacement tags as, regrettably, the local immediate option at Denimex no longer exists. Local authority inspectors will be taking note as stock comes to market.

 

Tuesday Livestock – 18th November 2025

Regular Weekly Market with a sale of Store and Breeding Cattle

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