Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 14th June 2022

Sheep Sales Reports

Finished Sheep – 1,934 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

New Season Lambs – 1,708 Sold

Top price: 351p p/kg – G H Dean & Co
Top price per head: £164 – T Masters

A larger entry this week with 1,800 lambs on offer. More variation in weight ranges as more grass finished lambs are starting to come out, whereas for the past few weeks we have mainly seen concentrate fed lambs. Trade was slightly easier this week, but not to a noticeable degree, as it was all weight dependent and the heavier the lambs were, the better they would sell per kilo and per head. This trend is becoming more common in the summer months with the catering outlets keen to secure the larger cutting lambs, at a time when this product isn’t readily available in big numbers nationally.  Top spot this week was once again taken by Tom Masters at £161 whilst some smart Beltex cross lambs from G H Dean & Co really stole the show selling to 351p for 39kg, closely followed by K Axell’s Beltex cross at 347p.

Top Prices

34kg – £117.00 (344p/kg) – S Pierson
35kg – £120.50 (344p/kg) – G Husk
36kg – £125.00 (347p/kg) – K T D Axell
37kg – £127.00 (343p/kg) – J Watt
38kg – £123.00 (324p/kg) – E Stretton
39kg – £137.00 (351p/kg) – G H Dean & Co
40kg – £137.00 (343p/kg) – G H Dean & Co
41kg – £139.00 (339p/kg) – K Lukehurst
42kg – £143.00 (340p/kg) – T Masters
43kg – £145.00 (337p/kg) – Mrs K Tucker
44kg – £150.00 (341p/kg) – G H Dean & Co
45kg – £144.00 (320p/kg) – J Wickham (Cranbrook) Ltd
46kg – £151.50 (329p/kg) – M J Ashworth
47kg – £162.00 (345p/kg) – T Masters
48kg – £152.00 (317p/kg) – P J Gilbert & R Stevens
49kg – £164.00 (335p/kg) – T Masters

Averages (p/kg)

Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 450 – Top 347, Average 307.7
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 1075 – Top 351, Average 322.0
Heavy 45.6 to 52kgs – 181 – Top 345, Average 325.2

Finished Hoggets – 226 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Top price: 300p/kg – G Nairn
Top price per head: £163 – G Husk

A small entry this week, with a real mix of all sorts of season enders on offer but prices remain firm for all classes. Best big hoggets are selling from £120-160, Handy weights from 250-300p kg and sheep with erupted teeth selling to a top of £163 form Harriet Heathcote.  A nice run of North Country Cheviot females sold to average £140 hd.

Cull Sheep – 262 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook O’Connell 07712246474

Ewes: Top £207 – P & E Andreozzi, Average £142.83
Rams: Top £190 – M J Ashworth, Average £146.40

Yet again another lift with overall averages up by around £10 per head on the previous week, even after we had said that was the dearest, we had seen them! The strong ewes this week were £140 – £170 with an excellent run of quality Continental ewes from P & E Andreozzi topping at £207 and averaging £190. Medium sorts regularly in the £90 – £130 bracket with plainer grazing ewes £60 – £90. We sold Boer goats which topped at £120 for nannies and younger kids to £55. Demand is higher than ever so take advantage while numbers are short.

Top prices included:

Texel to £207 – P & E Andreozzi, Suffolk to £170 – T Masters, Mules to £141 – J & C Kellet, Romney to £159 – A Cowell, Goats to £120 – Mrs S Wood

 

Breeding Sheep – 32 Couples Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook O’Connell 07712246474

A few pens of couples on offer today from T Beesley with his Romney ewes and Continental lambs topping at £182 per outfit and £81.42 per life. We have just about come to an end of the couples now however if you do have any to sell please do get in touch as they are still in demand.

 

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle – 44 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Best Continental cross beef bred cattle continue to attract premium prices at 255p plus with top quality Limousin cross with weight taking the pick of the trade notably a steer at £1866 (273p) and a superb heifer to £1926 (268p) from M B Farms. Other top prices included Limousin cross steer and heifer at £1633 (264p) and £1558 (256p) from W Alexander (Shoreham) and Limousin cross heifer at £1377 (258p) and £1290 (256p) from R F & E A Simmons.

An exceptional trade for the weekly consignment of dairy bred cattle from A J Down with a run of Limousin x Friesian steers selling in the 245 to 255p bracket and grossing to £1690, while purebred Friesian steers looked well sold to £1439 (229p).

The majority of native bred cattle in the 225 to 235p bracket although a superb Hereford cross steer did top the section at £1449 (257p) from W Alexander (Shoreham). Other top prices included Aberdeen Angus cross steer £1436 (233p) from R C & J L Pickering and £1383 (233p) from W S Furnival Ltd; Aberdeen Angus cross heifer £1347 (238p) from B G & M A Tomsett, and handyweight Sussex heifers £1066 (235p) from A H Hoad & Son.

Top Steers

M B Farms – Limousin – 273p/kg (£1866)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 264p/kg (£1633)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Hereford cross – 257p/kg (£1449)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 255p/kg (£1588)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 254p/kg (£1495)

Top Heifers

M B Farms – Limousin – 268p/kg (£1926)
M B Farms – Limousin – 268p/kg (£1776)
M B Farms – Limousin – 268p/kg (£1538)
R F & E A Simmons – Limousin cross – 258p/kg (£1377)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 256p/kg (£1558)

Average Prices (p/kg)

Steers up to 650kg – 17 Sold – Top 264 – Ave243.0
Steers over 651kg – 4 Sold – Top 273 – Ave 251.0
Heifers up to 590kg – 18 Sold – Top 267 – Ave 236.0
Heifers over 591kg – 5 Sold – Top 268 – Ave 242.0

 

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 36 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795200357

Despite the best attempts of local and regional road systems to complicate our day another very strong trade for quite a decent entry on a busy silage and hay making day.

Good meat cows remain, not surprisingly, in very short supply and commercial types generally 170-200p. Feeders and grazers very dear again with the best types regularly 200-230p. Keep looking around for candidates and check out those late spring calvers that are not showing any signs of calving!

Charolais cross 260p, 234p, £1451, £1121 J C Loveridge; South Devon 217p, 190p, £1451, £1345 Horton Park Farm, 193p, £1415 Gardners; British Blue cross 214p J C Loveridge, 202, £1018 R C & J L Pickering; Simmental cross 212p, £1322 W J Hurley; Limousin cross 205p, 201p, £1170, £1162 J C Loveridge; Sussex 205p, £1299 (Non FA) C Yarnold; Aberdeen Angus cross 191p (2), £1486, £1362 (Non FA) Miss J Biddle.

A day of plain cows from the dairy sector but well sold from 120-160p, in general!

Holstein Friesian 163p, £1177 A & W J Hitchcock, 162p, 160p, £1151, £1061 R C & J L Pickering; Foreign cows 154p, £1098.

Stock bulls: Charolais 171p (2), £1412, £1260.

A smart overage (3yo plus) Limousin heifer from Messrs Gardners 232p, £1678.

Beef Cows – 21 Sold – Top 260p/kg, Average 181.8p/kg
Dairy Cows – 8 Sold – Top 163p/kg, Average 153.4p/kg

 

Pigs – 105 Sold

Auctioneer: Mark Cleverdon 07741 845230

Great demand for a large entry of 44 finished and 50 store pigs. Nationally many sows are now being killed and this depressed demand and weakened prices for the 11 sows available.

The entry of finished pigs saw the best from T F Russell, N Dance and P J & P Wade gross to £133 and sell to a top of 154p per kg. All pigs in this classification averaged £99.71.

The cull trade was less than recent sales making 12 to 30p and grossing to £72.50, the best boar made 21p and £64.05.

The 5 pens of store pigs saw strong (50kg) O, S & B x Berkshire types make £71 and weaners to £34 for pure O, S & B gilts.

Finished good-p per kg – 22 – Top 154 – Average 143.7
£ per head – Top £107.44 – Average £117.24
Finished other-p per kg – 28 – Top 120 – Average £104.30
£ per head – Top £104.16 – Average £86.06
Sows-p per kg – 9 – Top 30 – Average 22.9
£ per head – Top £72.50 – Average £45.28
Boars-p per kg – 2 – Top 21.0 – Average 12.0
£ per head – Top 64.05 – Average £32.03
Small stores-£ per head – 37 – Top 34.00 – Average £27.11
Strong stores-£ per head – 7 – Top £71.00 – Average £71.00

 

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