Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 30th August 2022

Sheep Sales Reports

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

New Season Lambs – 743 Sold

Top price per kg: 298p – C & J Georgetti & Sons
Top price per head: £141.50 – C & J Georgetti & Sons

A very small entry this week with the finished lambs becoming harder to find in the South East – a Tuesday following a Bank Holiday Monday doesn’t help numbers either. Trade was certainly helped by this smaller show of numbers with the overall average in the 250p per kg region, well ahead of many other centres on Monday. If the heavier sheep are considered in the averages the figures are more like 260p! This shows us what a demand there is for heavier and well fleshed lambs at the moment. Some very good weighted and finished lambs from C & J Georgetti & Sons really rang the bell this week topping both sides of the rankings at £141.50 and 298p/kg.

Top Prices

34kg – £85.00 (250p/kg) – Langdon Farms
35kg – £88.50 (253p/kg) – D J Cole & Sons
36kg – £85.00 (236p/kg) – Langdon Farms
37kg – £97.00 (262p/kg) – A Denning
38kg – £100.00 (263p/kg) – D Isaac
39kg – £107.50 (276pkg) – S T Phillips
40kg – £107.00 (268p/kg) – Bungehurst Farms
41kg – £114.00 (278p/kg) – D Isaac
42kg – £114.00 (271p/kg) – N & D Attwood
43kg – £116.00 (270p/kg) – G Tucker
44kg – £131.00 (298p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
45kg – £115.00 (256p/kg) – E W Homewood
46kg – £136.00 (296p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
47kg – £135.00 (287p/kg) – S T Phillips
48kg – £139.00 (290p/kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
49kg – £139.00 (284p/kg) – N & D Attwood
50kg – £138.50 (277p/kg) – S G Barten

Averages (p/kg)

Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 157 – Top 267, Average 232.9
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 303 – Top 298, Average 259.1
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 224 – Top 296, Average 271.5
Over 52.1 kgs – 38 – Top 264, Average 254.5

Cull Sheep – 1,191 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook O’Connell 07712246474

Ewes: Top £144 – N & D Attwood, Average £68.84
Rams: Top £103 – West Court Farm, Average £83.63

Yet another large show of ewes with more and more grazing types coming forward as the weeks progress. Best fleshed ewes a tremendous demand ranging from £100-£130 with the very best to £144 from N & D Attwood. Medium ewes generally £80-£110 with leaner grazing sorts £40-£70. Very few below these figures. All ewes remain a good trade especially the plainer sorts given the lack of feed currently available. Grazing buyers have long term confidence in the ewe trade.

Top prices included:

Charollais cross to £144 – N & D Attwood, Charollais to £140 – M Palmer, Texels to £137 – N A Balcomb & Son, Suffolk cross to £136 – J Potts, Suffolks to £135 – N A Balcomb & Son, Mules to £103 – Bungehurst Farms Ltd, Romneys to £130 – H & J Noakes, Goats to £89 – K & P M Sinden & Sons

Store & Breeding Sheep – Friday 26th August

5,319 Sold

Best crossbred stores around £85 with the few pens of fleshed lambs up to £92 from H Crump and Son, and an average of £73.20. Medium stores around £75 and only small long term sorts below £70.
Romney wethers up to £79 from W T Kemp while the majority comprised small, longer term stores which generally ranged in the £50 to £60 bracket.
A small entry of breeding stock topped at £169 for a pen of Texel mule ewe tegs from W Miller & Son, and ewes to £124 for a pen of Scotch half bred from J Potts.

Please keep in touch and call to discuss future marketing of store lambs, Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Principal store lamb prices included

Suffolk cross – £85.00 – W J Hurley
Suffolk cross – £84.50 – L Wheeler & Sons, C B Hope
Suffolk cross – £84.00 – M A & F W Owen, S G & G T Orpin
Charollais cross – £88.00 – L E Humphreys & Sons
Charollais cross – £87.00 – Vant & Claringbould
Charollais cross – £86.00 – R Price & Son
Charollais cross – £85.50 – K Wheeler & Sons
Texel cross – £92.00 – H Crump & Son
Texel cross – £91.00 – S W Batch
Texel cross – £87.00 – Pynn Contractors
Texel cross – £86.50 – T Lyle & Partners
Texel cross- £85.00 – Vant & Claringbould, Lovejoy Farm Partnership, L F Crisford & Sons
Beltex cross – £80.50 – P Ashlee
Beltex cross – £77.50 – A & B Carlton
Romney wether – £79.00 – W T Kemp
Romney wether – £69.00 – R Mair & Son

Principal averages – £ per head 

Suffolk cross – 1,094 – Top £85.00, Ave £76.50
Texel cross – 1,686 – Top £92.00, Ave £72.50
Charollais cross – 984 – Top £88.00, Ave £75.00
Beltex cross – 231 – Top £80.50, Ave £70.00
Crossbred – 296 – Top £75.50, Ave £60.00
Romney wether – 849 – Top £79.00, Ave £56.00
Ewe tegs – 83 – Top £169.00, Ave £152.00
Breeding Sheep – 96 – Top £124.00, Ave £115.00

 

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle – 32 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

A reduced number of cattle met a slightly improved trade on the week with a smart Limousin cross heifer topping the market at £1396 (269p) from A J Thompson & Sons closely followed by a Limousin cross steer £1673 (258p) from L Smith, Limousin cross heifer £1430 (249p) from W Alexander (Shoreham) and Limousin cross steer and blonde cross steer £1527 (255p) and £1571 (248p) respectively from G L Boulden & Sons.
Dairy bred Limousin cross steers from A J Down 230p plus and grossing up to £1569 and an Angus cross heifer topping the native bred section at £1254 (235p) from W Alexander (Shoreham).

Top Steers

L Smith – Limousin cross – 258p/kg (£1673)
G L Boulden & Sons – Limousin cross – 255p/kg (£1527)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 249p/kg (£1267)
G L Boulden & Sons – Blonde cross – 248p/kg (£1571)
A J Down – Limousin x Friesian – 239p/kg (£1521)

Top Heifers

A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 269p/kg (£1396)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 258p/kg (£1300)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 256p/kg (£1430)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 251p/kg (£1290)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 250p/kg (£1247)

Average Prices (p/kg)

Steers up to 650kg – 10 sold – Top 258p – Ave £242p
Steers over 651kg – 4 Sold – Top 236p – Ave 232p
Heifers up to 500kg – 5 Sold – Top 250p – Ave £239p
Heifers over 501kg – 11 Sold – Top 269p – Ave £247p
Bulls – 2 Sold – Top 216p – Ave 206p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 26 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357

As is so often the case, entries reduced on a post Bank Holiday Tuesday and numbers were totally insufficient for demand.
Nationally supplies are very tight with dairy farmers, having done an early tidy up as grazing disappeared are now eager to see as much milk production as possible from winter rations.
Bigger numbers from the beef sector will be some way away and there will be little flesh on many of these unless some early weaned cows have been fed to take advantage of high prices.
A very strong trade today for both flesh and feeders and more are wanted.
Mostly leaner older beef feeding cows but readily 160-180p. A few fleshed cows around 180p £1200-£1400 but good cows would be well over 200p.
Charolais 180p £1400 (NonFA) N Morgan, 164p £1231 J C Loveridge; Limousin x 179p, 169p,166p £1160, £1146 (Non FA) J & A Lawrence; Angus 178p(2) £1269, £1267 (NonFA) B G & M A Tomsett.
Some quality fleshed Black & Whites on offer today and well sold.
British Friesian 189p, 185p, 178p, 175p, 174p, 171p £1337, £1195, £1162, £1134, £1109(2) Debden Court; Holstein 170p, 165p £1381, £1267 P J Forknall.
Bulls very dear.
Charolais 141p £1468; Angus 130p £1729; Blue 129p £1092.

Beef Cows – 16 Sold – Top 179.5, Average 147.2
Dairy Cows – 9 Sold – Top 187.5, Average 175.2

 

Calves – 56 Sold

Auctioneer: Tom Hamplett 07966 104532

Overall a better quality entry this week with trade reflective of this.
A tremendous entry of continental bulls with Blues topping at £320 from T Castle & Son with £300 for Blues from R & J Ledger, £295 from T Castle & Son and £290 from Goddard & Son. Limousins topped at £200 from T Castle & Son. Angus bulls a similar trade with a top of £170 from J W Boyd & Sons Ltd. Herefords looking well sold and topping at £270 from Goddard & Son.
Heifers a tale of two halves- best a roaring trade, second quality and younger types harder work. Blues to £360 from T Castle & Son and £300 from W G & T A Manford. Limousins to £190 from T Castle & Son. Angus heifers harder work on the day and topping at £155 from J W Boyd & Sons Ltd.
Dairy calves a stand on trade with the best Norwegian Reds from D Murdoch & Sons topping at £200; stronger Holstein Friesian and Friesians to £155 and £130 from the same home. Smaller and second grades around the £70 mark with bobbies £10-£20.

Bull Calves

British Blue – 12 – Top £320 – Average £232.50
Limousin – 2 – Top £200.00 – Average £182.50
Norwegian Red – 2 – Top £200.00 – Average £180.00
Aberdeen Angus – 5 – Top £170.00 – Average £134.00
Hereford – 4 – Top £270.00 – Average £172.50
Holstein Friesian – 6 – Top £155.00 – Average £85.00

Heifer Calves

British Blue – 13 – Top £360.00 – Average £147.69
Limousin – 1 – Top £190.00 – Average £190.00
Aberdeen Angus – 11 – Top £155.00 – Average £100.00

 

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