Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 23rd August 2022

Sheep Sales Reports

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

New Season Lambs – 1,411 Sold

Top price per kg: 284p – G H Dean & Co and C & J Georgetti & Sons
Top price per head: £137.50 – C & J Georgetti & Sons

A good entry of lambs today, up by nearly 400 head on last week with a trade also slightly improved. Best meated sort, of which there was a bigger percentage of them on offer, were well sold with all in excess of £100 other than a few very light weights. Leaner types on offer today were once again sold on a similar level to the stores, if not a few pounds higher. Top spots were taken by the Georgetti family with G H Dean & Co sharing the honours in the pence per kilo category at 284p.

Top Prices

34kg – £95.00 (279p/kg) – G H Dean & Co
35kg – £90.00 (257p/kg) – P Ashlee
36kg – £91.00 (253p/kg) – T Hope
37kg – £105.00 (284p/kg) – G H Dean & Co
38kg – £107.00 (282p/kg) – M J Ashworth
39kg – £109.50 (281pkg) – R J Adams
40kg – £112.00 (280p/kg) – M J Ashworth
41kg – £110.50 (270p/kg) – M J Ashworth
42kg – £114.50 (273p/kg) – H & J Noakes
43kg – £115.50 (269p/kg) – P N & C Burden
44kg – £125.00 (284p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
45kg – £126.00 (280p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
46kg – £129.00 (280p/kg) – W G Watkins & Sons
47kg – £130.00 (277p/kg) – Dr S W Winchester
48kg – £130.50 (272p/kg) – W G Watkins & Sons
49kg – £134.00 (273p/kg) – P N & C Burden
50kg – £137.50 (275p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons

Averages (p/kg)

Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 434 – Top 284, Average 248.8
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 681 – Top 284, Average 258.0
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 279 – Top 280, Average 264.0
Over 52.1 kgs – 13 – Top – 278, Average 258.5

Cull Sheep – 1,160 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook O’Connell 07712246474

Ewes: Top £208 – J Warnock & Sons, Average £76.24
Rams: Top £138 – R Nuth, Average £96.00

A larger show once again with trade on par with last week and a larger percentage of plainer ewes on offer once again. Best fleshed ewes £110-£140 with the very best on the day to £208 from J Warnock & Sons for some superb Texel ewes. Medium sorts £80-£110 on most occasions with plainer grazing sort regularly £45-£75. Overall trade still looks to be at a good level in comparison to recent years.

Top prices included:

Texels to £208 and £178 – J Warnock & Sons, Texel cross to £141 and £145 – T Husk, Suffolk cross to £138 – G H Dean & Co, Mules to £110 – Kingswood, Romneys to £126 – H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd

 

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle – 66 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

The largest entry of finished for some time and while prices were not quite at last week’s high levels this was still a very decent trade. The best bred continental cross in excess of 250p with smart Limousin cross heifer topping the market at £1406 (259p) from W Alexander (Shoreham) and Limousin cross steer t £1480 (258p) from M W Goddard. A quality run of Limousin cross from A J Thompson & Sons saw the best at 240p plus with steers at £1569 (250p) and £1676 (240p) and heifers £1447 (250p) and £1527 (243p). Lean steers with weight and further finishing sold well notably Blue cross steers £1583 (246p) and £1467 (245p) while dairy bred Limousin cross steers mainly sold between 230p and 239p grossing £1400 plus and up to £1547 from A J Down.

An increased entry of native bred cattle sold well and at similar levels to previous weeks with the best 220p plus notably Angus cross heifer topping the section at £1324 (235p) from W Alexander (Shoreham), Angus cross steer £1542 (226p), Sussex steer £1572 (222p) and Hereford cross heifer £1342 (230p) all from D W Page & Son and purebred Sussex steer £1332 (229p) from A & J Pace.

Top Steers

M W Goddard – Limousin cross – 258p/kg (£1480)
M W Goddard – Limousin cross – 254p/kg (£1229)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 250p/kg (£1569)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 247p/kg (£1405)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 246p/kg (£1534)

Top Heifers

W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 259p/kg (£1406)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 250p/kg (£1447)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 245p/kg (£1298)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 243p/kg (£1527)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 240p/kg (£1437)

Average Prices (p/kg)

Steers up to 650kg – 30 sold – Top 258p – Ave £230p
Steers over 651kg – 8 Sold – Top 240p – Ave 229p
Heifers up to 590kg – 23 Sold – Top 259p – Ave £229p
Heifers over 591kg – 5 Sold – Top 243p – Ave £229p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 34 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357

Very short of cattle this week with surprisingly few Black & Whites in the entry. Trade again extremely firm both for the slaughter cattle as well as the feeding types with supplies undoubtedly going to be short this autumn and winter.

An outstanding purebred British Blue cow from Price & Shelbourne leading the field realising 236p £1872 but plenty of others 180p – 210p.

British Blue 236p £1872 Price & Shelbourne; Sussex 207p 189p 179p £1146 D A Innes; Limousin cross 190p 189p 186p 185p 184p £1334 £1220 £1111 £1100 £1088 J Berryman; Simmental cross 184p £1505 (Non FA) Brockhill Park; Angus cross 171p £1219 Horton Park; Hereford cross 165p £1515 (Non FA) Herbert & Sons.

Few dairy culls forward this week with plain steakers to 145p £1149 M A & F W Owen.

A few more overage clean cattle this week and readily taken to kill and feed. Sussex OTM heifers 212p 210p £1024 D A Innes.

Beef Cows – 17 Sold – Top 235.5, Average 174.8
Dairy Cows – 5 Sold – Top 144.5, Average 122.1

Store Cattle – 19 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Very much a seasonal entry today with a handful of breeding cattle and a few stores to compliment the day. Commercial Dexter cows & calves from J King to £395, steers to £750 for 14mth dairy bred Angus from P Allum, heifers from the same home to £1,100 again for Angus cross with a little more age and size at 19mth.

Please ask if you have cattle to sell. Now looking for entries for Tuesday 6^th September.

 

Store & Finished Pigs – 31 Sold

Auctioneer: Tom Hamplett 07966 104532

Finished – 9. A better quality entry this week with fewer numbers about. Trade has certainly lifted on the fortnight with a top of £136 or 160p for Saddleback Gilts from Kingswood. Brockhill Performing Arts College sold Boars to £128 (128p).

Stores – 16. A limited entry today with Oxford cross weaners from Spot House Farm, Ashford sold to a top of £17 for Gilts.

Cull Pigs – More spark in the trade today with sows to £83.85 or 43p from N Woitrin. A small selection but others around the 40p mark looked promising. Boars still harder to place but more spark again with a top of 25p from N Woitrin.

More pigs required to fulfil orders, please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss!

 

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