Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Sheep Sales Reports

New Season Lambs – 827 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Top price per kilo – 356p – L E Humphreys & Sons & D Isaac & Holly Chandler, Kent.
Top price per head – £199.00 – L E Humphreys & Sons, Kent.

Desperately short of lambs today, accentuated by a bigger breeding section on Friday and Ram Monday yesterday. Demand has strengthened and was ignited last Tuesday and continued to rise as the week went on. The average price achieved per kilo was 320p which is much improved but the quality of lambs on offer certainly helped with some super runs on offer from Dylan & Holly Isaac, C & J Georgetti & Sons and L E Humphreys & Sons to name just a few. Top call on the day went to the Humphreys Family with £199 head and 356p kg. Best lambs are going to get shorter in supply every week, and we don’t have many lambs being fed in the pipeline for the Autumn months which suggests that this trade can be sustained.

34 – £118.00 (347p kg) – Jack Laver
37 – £124.00 (335p kg) – P A Reeve
38 – £126.00 (332p kg) – D Thompson
39 – £129.00 (331p kg) – D Thompson
40 – £136.00 (340p kg) – N Ridge
41 – £137.00 (334p kg) – D Thompson
42 – £132.00 (314p kg) – Thomas Hope
43 – £144.00 (335p kg) – Mrs T Higgins
44 – £144.00 (327p kg) – H & J Noakes
45 – £155.00 (344p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
46 – £160.00 (348p kg) – Chandler & Dunn Ltd
47 – £162.00 (345p kg) – Chandler & Dunn Ltd
48 – £164.00 (342p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
49 – £171.00 (349p kg) – D Isaac & Holly Chandler
50 – £178.00 (356p kg) – L E Humphreys & Sons
51 – £173.50 (340p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
52 – £185.00 (356p kg) – D Isaac & Holly Chandler
53 – £184.00 (347p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
54 – £175.00 (324p kg) – Wey Street Farm LLP
55 – £176.00 (320p kg) – G W & B Bridges
56 – £189.00 (338p kg) – D Isaac & Holly Chandler
57 – £177.00 (311p kg) – H & J Noakes
59 – £187.00 (317p kg) – L E Humphreys & Sons
61 – £193.00 (316p kg) – L E Humphreys & Sons
62 – £190.00 (306p kg) – L E Humphreys & Sons
63 – £191.00 (303p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
69 – £199.00 (288p kg) – L E Humphreys & Sons
Averages (p/kg)
Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 112 – Top 347, Ave. 300.2
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 209 – Top 340, Ave. 312.4
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 282 – Top 356, Ave. 330.6
Others 52.1 + – 201 – Top 356, Ave. 324.5

Cull Sheep – 473 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Top price ewe: £175 G W & B Bridges – Ave. £105.50

Trade on par this week with a better show of fleshed types in the pens.
The best ewes regularly £140-£170 and to a top prices of £175 for Suffolk crosses from G W & B Bridges.
Medium sorts £100-£130 on most occasions with leaner grazing types £60-£90 throughout.
Please inform me of any large consignments you have to sell in the coming weeks.

Top prices included:

Suffolk cross to £175.00 – G W & B Bridges, Texel cross to £169.00 – A S Neave, Crossbred to £152.00 – I Strang, Romney to £149.00 – D Wimble, Mules to £135.00 – M Hooker.

Sales Report – Ram Monday 22^nd September – 207 sold

Auctioneers: John Rossiter 07557 392903 & James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Top price: £1000.00 – N A Balcomb & Son.

Ram Monday was a flyer, with large numbers forward and a good quality show of rams penned. Plenty of customers present from the greater South East
The overall sale average fell just short of £650 per head which was a great success considering the number of rams forward.
To start of the sale, we had 12 Purebred Texel shearling ewes from R & N Warnock which topped at £380 and averaging at £328 per head.
Texel rams saw strong demand throughout topping at £920 from R & N Warnock with second spot taken by Kingswood Farmers Ltd & Miss Amy Hedges both with Texels to £900. Majority of the rest over £800.
Suffolk rams were slightly harder to sell, by comparison, and topped at £750 from N A Balcomb & Son followed closely by Charles Fuggle with his Suffolks selling in excess of £600 per head.
Charollais sold very well with a large presence in the pens. They manged to hit the top spot of £1000 from N A Balcomb & Son. B J Baker had a strong run forward topping at £780, with plenty of the others £550-£700 per head.
Beltex crosses from Kingswood Farmers Ltd to £800 and to £750 from N A Balcomb & Son.
Texel crosses from C A Worley Farming Ltd to £920 and to £900 from Miss Amy Hedges.
Our next and final ram sale will be on Friday 24^th October.

Principal prices include:
Charollais – £1000.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Charollais – £950.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Charollais – £880.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Charollais cross – £900.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Charollais cross – £850.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Charollais cross – £700.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Beltex – £950.00 (2) – Miss Amy Hedges
Beltex – £750.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Suffolk – £750.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Suffolk – £700.00 (2) – N A Balcomb & Son
Suffolk – £620.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Suffolk – £620.00 – Charles F Fuggle
Texel – £920.00 – R & N Warnock
Texel – £900.00 (2) – Kingswood Farmers Ltd
Texel – £900.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Texel cross – £920.00 – C A Worley Farming Ltd
Texel cross – £900.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Texel cross – £800.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Others – £800.00 – Kingswood Farmers Ltd
Others – £750.00 (2) – N A Balcomb & Son
Others – £740.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Dorset – £300.00 – Mrs Sue Woods
Breeding ewe tegs:
Texel cross – £380.00 – R & N Warnock
Texel cross – £360.00 – R & N Warnock
Texel cross – £350.00 – R & N Warnock 

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle –  37 Sold
Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357.

A little less bite in the trade this week with the wholesale trade settling into the Autumn routine, and generally more dairy bred cattle coming forward both locally and nationally. All said, the trade is still in a very good place with overall numbers tight and slaughtering rates increasing in coming months.
A smart Limousin heifer from W Alexander (Shoreham) topped the day at 388p, £2112 with a strong Angus steer from Burden Bros Farm leading the steers at 380p, £2638.
Generally, fewer beef bred types this week with a few more feeders amongst them.
Alan Down`s well fleshed Limousin x Friesians sold to 369p, 368p, £2377, £2315; Herefords to £361p, £2181. British Blue x Friesians from F W Hamlyn & Son saw steers to 356p, £2080, heifers to 348p, £2224. George Sim sold Blue x Friesian heifers to 351p, £2103.
Beef Shorthorn heifers to 376p, £2403, Angus heifers 373p, £2384 from Burden Bros Farms.

Top Steers

W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 386p (£2371)
Burden Bros Farm – Aberdeen Angus cross – 380p (£2638)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 378p (£2359)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 369p (£2377)
A J Down – Limousin cross   – 368p (£2315)

Top Heifers

W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 388p (£2112)
Burden Bros Farm – Limousin – 378p (£2605)
Burden Bros Farm – Beef Shorthorn – 376p (£2403)
Burden Bros Farm – Aberdeen Angus – 373p (£2384)
W S Furnival Ltd – Limousin cross – 367p (£1833)

Average prices

Steers 200 to 550 kg – 3 – Top 357p – Ave. 351p
Steers 551 to 650 kg – 16 – Top 386p – Ave. 361p
Steers 651 kg + – 1 – Top 380p – Ave. 380p
Heifers 300 to 500 kg – 4 – Top 367p – Ave. 341p
Heifers 501 to 590 kg – 7 – Top 388p – Ave. 333p
Heifers 591 kg + – 6 – Top 378p – Ave. 363p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 32 Sold

Numbers desperately hard to find, and likely to remain so, with the trade remaining at the highest of levels for both slaughter stock and feeding cows.
Outstanding Limousin cows from G W & B Bridges, Crawley selling to 342p, £2630 whilst best of the dairy culls sold to 277p, £2101 from J W Boyd & Sons Ltd.
All Beef cows dearer with those going on for feeding moving well forward as confidence remains high.
Limousin 342, 318p, 314p, £2630, £2572, £1959 G W & B Bridges; Sussex 314p, £1740 Burnt Oak Farm, 268p, 262p, £1784, £1525 J Muscat; British Blue 299p, £1433 Burnt Oak Farm; Hereford 259p, 245p, £1760, £1758 B C Ginger; Horned Highland 149p, £601 Pollehill Fold.
Again, mostly leaner cows from the dairy but all a remarkable trade.
Holstein Friesian 277p, 254p, 248p, 247p, £2101, £1869, £1602 J W Boyd & Sons; Guernsey 199p, £1211 Goddard & Son.
Stock Bulls (2) A good trade with a smart well fleshed Hereford bull 245p, £2323 and an older lean Sussex 188p, £1519.

Beef Cows – 16 Sold – Top 342, Average 263.7
Dairy Cows – 10 Sold – Top 277, Average 216.6

Store & Breeding Cattle – 18 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Just a small show this week but no difference in the trade with everything in demand!
A smart 13 year old Limousin cow with a July born heifer calf from G W & B Bridges sold at £2500.
Sussex bulls 18 mths to £1300; Sussex steers 17 mths to £1180 from the Montreal Estate. Traditional Hereford heifer 14 mths £760 Mrs N Ridge.

Cattle Passports
We remind producers that on no occasion should the details on a cattle passport be changed other than by returning it to BCMS.
If details are incorrect return and advise BCMS or advise the auctioneers on market day without writing on the passport.

Store & Finished Pigs – 16 Sold

A small entry forward with top call going to C Higgins with his Pietrain crosses to £210 per head, 232p p/kg. In close attendance was R Nuth with 80kg well covered gilts to £152.
Cull sows to 32p per kg, and stores from Coles Agriculture to £68 per head.
Please inform me of any pigs you have to sell on Tuesday 7^tth October.

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