Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 29th August 2023

Sheep Sales Reports

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

New Season Lambs – 930

Top price per kg: 308p – Master Joey Burden
Top price per head: £160 – Master Joey Burden

Another exceptional trade with smart handyweights and well fleshed heavyweights attracting a big premium. Although a quality run of heavyweight Charollais cross took top honours from Master Joey Burden other well fleshed sorts sold readily in excess of 280p and £130. More lambs in this category are wanted every week to satisfy strong demand.
Important.
Please keep us informed regarding entries over the coming weeks so we can notify buyers with accurate numbers.

36kg – £100.00 (278p/kg) – P Ashlee
38kg – £116.50 (307p/kg) – P Ashlee
39kg – £109.50 (281p/kg) – H J Brown & Son
40kg – £115.00 (288p/kg) – R G Stevens
41kg – £122.00 (298p/kg) – C R & G Daws
42kg – £118.00 (281p/kg) – H & S Nesfield
43kg – £124.50 (290p/kg) – H & J Noakes
44kg – £127.00 (289p/kg) – W G Watkins & Sons
45kg – £132.50 (294p/kg) – C R & G Daws
46kg – £138.00 (300p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
47kg – £133.50 (284p/kg) – W G Watkins & Sons
48kg – £135.50 (282p/kg) – P N & C Burden
49kg – £140.50 (287p/kg) – P N & C Burden
50kg – £146.00 (292p/kg) – R Brown
51kg – £137.00 (269p/kg) – P N & C Burden
52kg – £160.00 (308p/kg) – Master Joey Burden

Averages (p/kg) 

Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 176 – Top 307, Average 252.9
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 360 – Top 298, Average 265.5
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 366 – Top 308, Average 278.0
Other 52.1+ kgs – 11 – Top 267, Average 258.7

Cull Sheep – 583 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Ewe: Top £126 – W & P New T/A Moorhouse Farm, Average £78.07
Ram: Top £120 – N A Balcomb & Son, Average £101.67

Good numbers in the pens again with a larger proportion of plainer grazing types. The best ewes regularly £100 -£120 to a top price of £126 from W & P New T/A Moorhouse Farm for strong Suffolk cross ewes. Medium sorts generally £75 – £95 with a strong trade for the leaner grazing ewes with the better grazing conditions this autumn bringing out more customers. Grazers £45 – £65 throughout with very few sold below these figures.

Please do inform me of any large numbers of ewes that you intend on selling in the coming weeks.

Top prices included

Suffolk cross to £126 – W & P New T/A Moorhouse Farm, Texel to £120 – Link Bros, Suffolk half bred to £120 – L Stevens & Sons, Texel cross to £112 – W & P New T/A Moorhouse Farm, Romney to £102 – H V Link Partnership, Mule to £97 – J R Lilley, Goats to £86 – Kent Life

 

Store & Breeding Sheep – 5,167 Sold

Auctioneers: John Rossiter 07557 392903 & James Cook-O’Connell 07712 246474

Top price per head – store lamb – £118 – Bowley Farm Ltd
Top price per head – ewe tegs – £176 – W G Vant & Sons

Another big August entry of store lambs with an abundance of keep throughout the country resulting in strong competitive bidding at ringside from buyers from Norfolk to Cornwall. Vendors rightly keen to sell at these current price levels.
The few better fleshed lambs on offer sold readily at £105- £110, and up to £118 from Bowley Farm Ltd while the best of the stores attracted prices in the mid £90’s. A favourable overall average of £85 with only small long keeping lambs below £75.

Top runs of the day included:

108 Texel x to £96.00 (Av £95.10) from T Lyle & Partners
151 Texel x to £105.50 (Av £94.80) from W Stewart Wood
125 Texel x to £109.00 (Av £94.50) from T Beesley
352 Texel x to £107.50 (Av £94.25) from S J M Evans
81 Texel x to £118.00 (Av £94.10) from Bowley Farm Ltd
A small entry of breeding sheep with a pen of Mule ewes topping at £176 from W G Vant & Sons.

Top prices include: 

Texel cross to £118 – Bowley Farm
Texel cross to £109 – T M Beesley
Texel cross to £107.50 – S J M Evans
Texel cross to £105.50 – W Stewart Wood
Texel cross to £99 – Miss H Challis
Texel cross to £98 – H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd
Texel cross to £97 – G Lawrence & Son
Beltex cross to £95 – A & B Carlton
Charollais cross to £99 – R Price & Son
Charollais cross to £96.50 – High Ridge Farm Partnership
Charollais cross to £95.50 – T Lyle & Partners
Lleyn cross to £94 – Sir R Halstead
Suffolk cross to £93.50 – G M Day & Sons 

Principal prices include: 

Charollais cross – 1283 sold – Top £99 – Ave £84.50
Texel cross – 2193 sold – Top £118 – Ave £89.80
Beltex cross – 271 sold – Top £95 – Ave £83.50
Suffolk cross – 312 sold – Top £93.50 – Ave £83.30
Crossbred – 878 – Top £94 – Ave £75.50
Romney – 185 – Top £82 – Ave £78.30
Breeding ewe tegs – 45 – Top £176 – Ave £174

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle –  48 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

A much better show of finished cattle both in numbers and quality. Best beef bred Continental crosses in excess of 260p. A smart Limousin cross steer topped the market at £1779 (297p) from W Alexander (Shoreham) while a run of quality Limousin cross steers from A J Thompson & Sons sold well in the 250p to 284p bracket and grossed up to £1877.
Dairy bred cattle generally 230p to 245p with Limousin x Friesian steers to £1588 (243p) and Hereford x Friesian steers looking well sold in the 240p to 245p bracket and grossed up to £1461 from A J Down.
A good selection of native bred cattle with a well-shaped Aberdeen Angus cross steer topping the section at £1693 (259p) from Dan Mackelden Ltd and £1416 (258p) from W S Furnival Ltd. Purebred Sussex steers well sold at £1569 (233p) and £1542 (224p) from M Moncrieffe and Sussex heifers at £1209 (233p) from J Hooker & Son.

Top Steers

W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 297p/kg (£1779)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 284p/kg (£1828)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 275p/kg (£1715)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 275p/kg (£1605)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 270pkg (£1576)

Top Heifers

W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 286p/kg – (£1413)
G L Boulden & Sons – Blonde cross – 275p/kg – (£1578)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 273p/kg – (£1389)
W S Furnival Ltd – Aberdeen Angus cross – 258p/kg – (£1416)
W S Furnival Ltd – Aberdeen Angus cross – 246p/kg – (£1473)

Average Prices

Steers up to 650kg – 20 sold – Top 297p – Ave 255p
Steers over 651kg – 9 sold – Top 259p – Ave 242p
Heifers up to 590kg – 10 sold – Top 275p – Ave 245p
Heifers over 591kg – 4 sold – Top 246p – Ave 237p
Bulls – 2 sold – Top 243p – Ave 236p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 20 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357

All from the dairies this week and trade certainly stronger. Little flesh on offer, generally, but good cows from Huddlestone Farmers to 169p (twice) and grossing to £1356 and £1289. The remainder plain steakers and boners and generally 110 – 160p kg.
Stock bull (1) A tremendous Hereford bull sold at £1600 in the lump after becoming reluctant to enter the ring!
Holstein Friesians 169p (2), £1356, £1289 Huddlestone Farmers; 160p, £1188 J E Scutt & Sons; 160p, 156p, £1026, £1021 R C & J L Pickering & Son; 144p, £961 H O Champneys Ltd; Foreign cows Danish Red to 95p, £662.

Dairy Cows –19 Sold – Top 169, Average 123.9

Calves – 41 Sold

Auctioneer: Tom Hamplett 07966 104532

Calves – 39 A decent selection of calves today with plenty of forward stronger types well followed by buyers.
Bulls today topped by a strong run of Angus from J E Scutt & Sons at £280 and £260, with J C & S K Williams Ltd also selling a good run to £255. A nice selection of mainly older Blues topping at £255 and £245 (x2) from J E Scutt & Sons.
Heifers dominated by Blues offering a decent selection with 11 in total. Top price of £225 from J C & S K Williams Ltd. Only two Angus heifers forward with young calves from J W Boyd & Sons Ltd to £160 and £140.
Very few dairy bulls today but best done types well followed with a top of £185 for British Friesians from J E Scutt & Sons. Bobbies a stand on trade with a stronger Holstien from J C & S K Williams Ltd to £40 and Jerseys bulls to £12.
Weanlings – 2 Just two 4 mths Angus from S E Lane & Partners today with the bull to £320 and the heifer to £300. 

A polite request to all vendors, please do advise of entries on the Monday morning before a sale to ensure we can communicate numbers to buyers!

Bull Calves

British Blue cross – 12 – Ave £170.83 – Top £255 – J E Scutt & Sons
Aberdeen Angus cross – 8 – Ave £195.63 – Top £280 – J E Scutt & Sons
Norwegian Red cross – 2 – Ave £120 – Top £185 – J E Scutt & Sons
British Friesian cross – 1 – Ave £95 – Top £95 – D Murdoch & Sons

Heifer Calves

British Blue cross – 11 – Ave £127.27 – Top £225 – J C & S K Williams Ltd
Aberdeen Angus cross – 2 – Ave £150 – Top £160 – J W Boyd & Sons Ltd

Bull Weanling

Aberdeen Angus cross – 1 – Ave £320 – Top £320 – S E Lane & Partners

Heifer Weanlings

Aberdeen Angus cross – 1 – Ave £300 – Top £300 – S E Lane & Partners

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