Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 19th July 2022

Sheep Sales Reports

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

New Season Lambs – 1,766 Sold

Top price per kg: 359p – Miss K Tucker
Top price per head: £161.00 – C & J Georgetti & Sons

Another good entry of lambs this week with a two tier trade between fed and grass types, once again, and a spread of £80-£160/head for all on offer. With the heat having a major impact across the country some markets did not operate in the “red zone”. With a big effort from all staff and vendors, and some slight changes to how we operate, we managed to ensure all animals were well tended to throughout the day. This lack of lambs on offer nationally today helped the trade to lift a little on last week with the best quality fed lambs selling to top at £161 from C & J Georgetti & Sons with several pens from G H Dean & Co and M J Ashworth selling in excess of £150. Grass types today were trading well from £90-120 with only real store types selling under £100.

Top Prices

34kg – £90.00 (265p/kg) – Pynn Contractors
35kg – £110.00 (314p/kg) – K Lukehurst
36kg – £105.00 (292p/kg) – I Lucas
37kg – £127.00 (343p/kg) – C A Worley Farming Ltd
38kg – £136.50 (359p/kg) – Miss K Tucker
39kg – £134.00 (344p/kg) – C A Worley Farming Ltd
40kg – £129.50 (324p/kg) – G H Dean & Co
41kg – £133.50 (326p/kg) – G H Dean & Co
42kg – £125.00 (298p/kg) – S C Gammon
43kg – £144.00 (335p/kg) – M J Ashworth
44kg – £144.00 (327p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
45kg – £155.00 (344p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
46kg – £152.00 (330p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
47kg – £156.00 (332p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
48kg – £158.00 (329p/kg) – M J Ashworth
50kg – £161.00 (322p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
51kg – £152.00 (298p/kg) – G H Dean & Co

Averages (p/kg)

Light 25.5 to 32 kgs – 29 – Top 294, Average 284.7
Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 450 – Top 359, Average 292.3
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 788 – Top 344, Average 299.6
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 475 – Top 344, Average 322.7
Over 52.1 kgs – 9 – Top – 267, Average 266.6

 

Cull Sheep – 151 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook O’Connell 07712246474

Ewes: Top £165 – Eastlands Farm, Average £108.58

Similar numbers to last week with a wider variation in quality. Trade remains very similar with the best ewes £110 – £140 and up to £165 from Eastlands Farm for a pen of well finished, quality Texel ewes. Medium sorts continue to sell well trading between £80-£120, with grazing ewes a little harder making between £50 – £80. Ewes remain in demand with plenty of weekly buyers week on week looking for all grades of ewes.

Top prices included:

Texel to £165 – Eastlands Farm, Texel cross to £138 – Homewood School YFC, Suffolk cross to £142 – T Ferris, Charollais cross to £134 – Eastlands Farm, Mules to £122 – Eastlands Farm and J Hope, Romneys to £116 – Groombridge Farms

 

 

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle – 46 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Another good show of finished cattle and similar trade on the week with a run of heavyweight Angus cross steers taking the pick of the trade with the best at £1888 (261p), £1830 (243p) and £1761 (254p) from R G Gibson & Son while well fleshed Limousin cross attracted prices in excess of 240p from A J Thompson & Sons with steers to £1574 (257p) and heifers topping at £1340 (266p).

Dairy bred Limousin cross steers 230p plus and up to £1508 (238p) from A J Down while his Hereford x Friesian steer looked well sold at £1333 (225p).

Other native bred cattle sold around 225p notably Sussex steer £1365 (234p) E T Ledger & Son Ltd and Sussex x Friesian steer and heifer £1346 (223p) and £1127 (226p) E & J H Maylam.

Top Steers

R G Gibson & Son – Aberdeen Angus cross – 261p/kg (£1888)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 258p/kg (£1467)
A J Thompson & Sons – Simmental cross – 257p/kg (£1574)
R G Gibson & Son – Aberdeen Angus cross – 254p/kg (£1761)
W S Furnival Ltd – Aberdeen Angus – 249p/kg (£1279)

Top Heifers

A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 266p/kg (£1340)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 245p/kg (£1356)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 242p/kg (£1328)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 241p/kg (£1298)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 240p/kg (£1377)

Average Prices (p/kg)

Steers up to 650kg – 27 Sold – Top 258 – Ave 231
Steers over 651kg – 7 Sold – Top 261 – Ave 243
Heifers up to 590kg – 9 Sold – Top 266 – Ave 238
Heifers over 591kg – 1 Sold – Top 217
Bulls – 2 Sold – Top 229 – Ave 220

 

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 25 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357

Quite a decent entry of cull cattle considering the day! Certainly more flesh on offer amongst the beef cows with a few decent feeders also on offer. Trade remains at a marvellous level and, as we look at the bare fields around us, it may well be worthy of consideration if some early calved cows are weaned away from calves and both move forward to a different future? Few real meat cows amongst the dairy sector and low yielders must really be considered with best feed rations retained for better production animals.

Simmental cross 224p £1598 W & P New; Limousin cross 224p £1419 (Non FA) R Martin, 204p, 200p £1569, £1307 J Berryman; Blonde cross 208p £1175 J Berryman; Beef Shorthorn 206p £1808 (Non FA) North School; Sussex 194p, 193p £1325, £1184 (Non FA) Miss A Sills; Dexter 133p, 131p £530, £522 (Non FA) Mrs J M Gilbert.

British Friesian 185p, 182p £1421, £1379 B J Goodsell & Son; Holstein Friesian 182p £1080 Huddlestone Farmers. Plain cows generally 120-150p.

Hereford Stock Bull 125p £1175. Over 3 year Continental cross heifers 226p, 218p £1545, £1414.

Beef Cows – 11 Sold – Top 224p/kg, Average 195.9p/kg
Dairy Cows – 11 Sold – Top 185p/kg, Average 144.7p/kg

Store Cattle – 89 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

A good out of season entry of store cattle with several producers keen to sell due to the tightening grass situation. They were not disappointed with a brisk trade throughout with 11 individual successful buyers ensuring strong prices for all on offer.

A pen of strong Charolais cross steers topped the market at £1510 from J Mountfort while 16mths British Blue cross steers and heifers looked well sold at £1150 and £1000 respectively from N A Balcomb & Son.

Please call if you have store cattle to sell. We have the buyers and strong prices are available.

Principal Prices

9-12mths Continental cross heifers – £700 – Goodsell Farm Ptnsp
10mths Blue cross steer – £710 0 R Winstone
16mths Limousin cross steer – £1000 – Westlands School
16mths Angus cross steer – £1100 – Westlands School
16mths Sussex cross steer – £1190 – North School
16mths Blue cross steers – £1150 – N A Balcomb & Son
16mths Blue cross heifer – £1000 – N A Balcomb & Son
16mths Charolais cross heifer – £955 – N Morgan
20mths Angus cross steers – £975 – Kent Game Shooting
22mths Charolais cross steer – £1510 – J Mountfort
27mths Blue cross heifers – £1030 – C Kearl
24mths Friesian steers – £810 – Kent Game Shooting
15-20mths Friesian steers – £615 – R Winstone

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