Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 30th September 2025

Sheep Sales Reports

New Season Lambs – 1,484 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Top price per kilo – 348p – Master Joey Burden, Kent.
Top price per head – £185.00 – L E Humphreys & Sons, Kent.

More lambs on offer this week with over 1,500 penned. More variation in quality but the better end of the finished sheep were well sold on the day at prices similar to recent weeks, and 300-320p kg is quite common place. Many of the heavier types traded from £150, to a top of £185 from L E Humphreys & Sons, with others from C & J Georgetti & Sons and D Isaac & Holly Chandler over £170 head. General trade for lighter weights was very variable, in line with the quality of the sheep on offer. Lambs that are presented clean, dry and empty always sell for the best prices each week.

33 – £109.00 (330p kg) – G H Dean & Co
35 – £115.00 (329p kg) – D Thompson
36 – £118.00 (328p kg) – D J Cole & Sons
37 – £123.00 (332p kg) – D J Cole & Sons
38 – £129.00 (339p kg) – C D Millen
39 – £135.00 (346p kg) – G H Dean & Co
40 – £121.00 (303p kg) – G H Dean & Co
41 – £136.00 (332p kg) – C Langridge
42 – £136.00 (324p kg) – C R & G Daws
43 – £137.00 (319p kg) – J Hooker & Son
44 – £150.00 (341p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
45 – £143.00 (318p kg) – M R Woodroofe
46 – £150.00 (326p kg) – K & P M Sinden & Sons
47 – £157.00 (334p kg) – R G Hobbs Farms
48 – £167.00 (348p kg) – Master Joey Burden
49 – £166.00 (339p kg) – D Isaac & Holly Chandler
50 – £167.00 (334p kg) – P N & C Burden
51 – £173.00 (339p kg) – D Isaac & Holly Chandler
52 – £169.00 (325p kg) – D Isaac & Holly Chandler
53 – £175.00 (330p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
54 – £174.00 (322p kg) – R G Hobbs Farms
55 – £172.00 (313p kg) – W G Watkins & Sons
56 – £180.00 (321p kg) – D Isaac & Holly Chandler
57 – £163.00 (286p kg) – L E Humphreys & Sons
58 – £185.00 (319p kg) – L E Humphreys & Sons
Averages (p/kg)

Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 224 – Top 339, Ave. 301.2
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 457 – Top 346, Ave. 303.1
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 589 – Top 348, Ave. 307.5
Others 52.1 + – 188 – Top 330, Ave. 306.1

Cull Sheep – 592 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Top price ewe: £230.00 – Kingswood Farmers Ltd, Kent. – Ave. £100.26

A flying trade again with plenty of grazing types available. The best fleshed ewes short and regularly £140 – £170, to a top price of £230 for superb Texels from Kingswood Farmers Ltd.
Medium types £100 – £130 on most occasions with a large percentage of these going direct to slaughter as opposed to being farmed.
Leaner grazing types £60 – £90 throughout with only very few sold below these figures.
We have the buyers present every week for all grades so do not hesitate to get in contact if you have ewes to sell in the coming weeks.

Top prices included:

Texels to £230 – Kingswood Farmers, Texel cross to £215 – E Stretton, Beltex cross to £193 – C A Worley Farming Ltd, Suffolk cross to £190 – Kingswood Farmers Ltd, Romneys to £180 – S G & G T Orpin, Blue Texel      to £178 – R & N Warnock.

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle –  81 Sold
Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357.

A larger entry of cattle with, again, quite a significant proportion coming straight from the grass. Best fed cattle holding their rates, but middling types would be a little less overall. Few best feeders as producers rightly look to get the most out of their cattle.
Good fed cattle generally 365p-400p with quality heavyweight Limousin steers from Burden Bros to 396p, £2907 just ahead of Dan Mackelden with another Limousin steer at 389p, £2817. Honours were reversed for the heifers with Blondes from the Mackelden team to 397p, £2260, with the Limousins from the Burdens to 385p, £2538. Quality Charolais from R Haydon & Partners, Arundel saw steers to 369p, £2561, heifers to 366p, £2308.
Alan Down`s well fed Limousin x Friesians found good competition selling to 368p, £2187, the best of his Herefords to 358p, £2264.
Top native, a Beef Shorthorn heifer from Burden Bros, sold at 385p, £2326 with their Angus heifers to 370p, £2253. A strong Sussex steer from Trenchmore Ltd, Cowfold at 360p, £2337. A large run of Sussex steers, 30 mths, from John Merricks Farm, Sheppey, sold to good feeding company up to 326p, £1961.
Young Bulls (9) A good trade for the bulls with well-fed Continentals from C R Cook, Crawley to 368p twice, £2021, with their native Devon and Sussex bulls 330-350p. A grand Blue x Friesian from Tom Castle at 348p, £2658.

Top Steers

Burden Bros Farm – Limousin – 396p (£2907)
Dan Mackelden Ltd – Limousin cross – 389p (£2817)
Burden Bros Farm – Aberdeen Angus cross – 384p (£2435)
R Haydon & Partners – Charolais cross – 369p (£2561)
R Haydon & Partners – Charolais cross – 368p (£2536)

Top Heifers

Dan Mackelden Ltd – Blonde Aquitaine – 397p (£2260)
Burden Bros Farm – Limousin cross – 385p (£2538)
Burden Bros Farm – Beef Shorthorn – 385p (£2326)
W S Furnival Ltd – Limousin cross – 371p (£2149)
A J Thompson & Sons – Limousin cross – 370p (£2439)

Average prices

Steers 200 to 550 kg – 8 – Top 366p – Ave. 343p
Steers 551 to 650 kg – 28 – Top 384p – Ave. 341p
Steers 651 kg + – 8 – Top 396p – Ave. 368p
Heifers 300 to 500 kg – 2 – Top 348p – Ave. 341p
Heifers 501 to 590 kg – 12 – Top 397p – Ave. 354p
Heifers 591 kg + – 14 – Top 385p – Ave. 358p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 65 Sold

Good numbers forward today and, though there was a high proportion of minority breeds, this is no way affected the trade which was in fine form as numbers nationally remain critically low. With processed meat critical to the fast food and ready meals industries it appears the sky is the limit when it comes to securing stock.
Without anything particularly smart plenty of meat beef cows 260-300p, with Blonde feeders topping out at 328p from A & C Price.
Blonde 328p, £1801 A & C Price; South Devon 298p, 288p, £2187, £1941 H & S Nesfield; Angus 288p, £2099 C R Cook, 268p, £1966 A J Thompson & Sons; Simmental 284p, 269p, £2296, £1885 J Hooker & Son; Limousin 279p (2) £2019, £1943 A J Thompson & Sons, 279p, £1643, 278p, 276p, 274p, £1915 J Berryman; Hereford 279p, £2381 J Berryman.
A special mention to the minority breeds this week which came forward in numbers and with most carrying good flesh they met a very competitive trade with tremendous returns for their breeds, size and shape.
Belted Galloway 4+ steers 336p, 325p, 310p, £2028, £1963 Surrey Wildlife Trust; Dexter 5+ steer 320p, £1853 Kent Wildlife Trust; Longhorn cows 300p, 280p, 272p, £1677, £1647, £1534 D Light; Galloway cows 270p, 269p, £1947, £1578 C R Cook; Dexter cows 266p, 256p, 250p, 232p, 229p, £1265, £1248, £1048 Kent Wildlife Trust; Red Poll cows 242p, £1377 Dennington Hall, Suffolk; Traditional Hereford cows 220p, 210p, £1032, £1006 Grace Natural Foods.
Some very good, fleshed cows amongst the dairy culls with under 48 mths British Friesian cows from Debden Court to 298p, 284p, £2055, £1868 with other strong Friesian cows to 271p, 266p, £1839, £1805 R Haydon & Ptnrs, Arundel. Leaner Holstein Friesian types from J W Boyd & Sons to 256p, 248p, 246p, £2057, £1719. Holsteins from P J Forknall to 235p, £1806. Jerseys 200p, 194p, 180p, £998, £997, £844 S E Lane & Ptnrs.
Stock Bulls (3) Strong trade. Simmental 262p, £2903; Sussex 240p, £2275; Red Poll 232p, £1435.

Beef Cows – 28 Sold – Top 328, Average 259.2
Dairy Cows – 26 Sold – Top 298, Average 244.0

Store & Breeding Cattle – 384 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Our biggest show so far this autumn with the weather now starting to turn and days beginning to shorten greater numbers are expected to come forward.
The breeding section was busy with a herd dispersal of Pedigree Red Polls on behalf of Mr Robin Moxon which created plenty of interest around the ring. Cows & Calves topping at £1880 with majority of the others £1500 – £1800 per outfit. Red Poll In-Calf heifers to £920 and yearling heifers to £860.
On with the stores and first off was Boty Farms with 8 mths Aberdeen Angus cross steers to £1340, and 6-month Charolais cross steers from R Woods to £1090. Angus steers 18 mths from P J Goldsmith to £1350 and Blue x Friesian heifers 18 mths to £1600; Limousin x Friesian heifers from the same home to £1680. Limousin x Friesian steer 18 mths to £1920 from G W Fuller & Son and Angus x Friesian steers 15 mths from the same home to £1540. Angus x Friesian steers 18 mths from I D Machin to £1690 followed by Hall Place Farms with Angus x Friesian heifers 16 mths to £1580 and Blue x Friesian steers to £1650. Homebred Hereford steers from A G Dodd 14 mths to £1720; Shorthorn steers 13 mths homebred from P J & P B Wade to £1570 with the heifers £1510 from the same home. A smart run of Limousin crosses 18 mths from T Martin saw the steers to £1930 and heifers to £1860. A pen of strong Angus heifers 18 mths from R & H Vincent topped at £1790. A good run from Langrish Farmers, East Sussex saw Simmental cross steers 16 mths top at £1820 and Hereford cross steers 18 mths  to £1490. Harder sorts from D Manser saw Blue x Friesian steers 22 mths to £1730 with others £1300 and heifers £1120. Quality Holstein Friesian steers 24 mths from B J Goodsell & Son topped at £1700 whilst top call of the day went to Dick Lanham with strong Angus x Friesian steers 21 mths making £2070.
We have a good numbers of stores coming forward and already booked in every week for the next month so if you have store or breeding cattle to sell do not hesitate to get in touch in order for us to place your cattle on the best week.

Principal prices include:
Native:
Aberdeen Angus x Friesian steers 21 mths – £2070 – D Lanham
Aberdeen Angus x Friesian steers 19 mths – £1690 – I D Machin
Hereford steers 14 mths – £1720 – A G Dodd
Hereford x Friesian steers 29 mths – £1670 – C Kearl
Aberdeen Angus x Friesian heifers 19 mths – £1890 – P J & P B Wade
Aberdeen Angus x Friesian heifers 18 mths – £1580 – Hall Place Farms
Aberdeen Angus cross heifers 18 mths – £1790 – R & H Vincent
Aberdeen Angus cross heifer 23 mths – £1420 – C Woodhead
Continental:
Limousin cross steer 16 mths – £1930 – T Martin
Limousin x Friesian steer 18 mths – £1920 – G W Fuller & Son
Simmental cross steer 16 mths – £1820 – Langrish Farmers
British Blue x Friesian steers 25 mths – £1720 – D Manser
British Blue x Friesian heifer 25 mths – £1700 – J E Scutt & Sons
Limousin x Friesian heifer 17 mths – £1680 – T Castle & Sons
Limousin cross heifers 17 mths – £1630 – T Martin
British Blue x Friesian heifer 17 mths – £1600 – T Castle & Sons

Calves – 38 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357.

Disappointing not to have more calves forward this week with a strong complement of local and regional customers keen to secure calves. Prices strong throughout with very few crossbred calves forward this week. Again, mostly fresh calves 2-4 weeks and well presented.
No Blue bulls this week but a nice run of heifers from J W Boyd & Sons to £315, £270-£310.
A good show of Angus calves this week with bulls to £415 from both J W Boyd & Sons, and R & J Ledger and generally £300- £400. Angus heifers in demand generally £200 – £300 topping at £315 from Kingcott Dairy. Angus crossbred heifer £95.
A pair of Simmental x bulls from R & J Ledger £425 and £375, their Simmental heifer £350.
Black & White bulls to £200 P J Forknall, £160 Parrett & Son.
Limousin steer 4 mths weanling £330 Tracey Higgins.

Bull Calves
Simmental cross – 2 – Ave. £400.00 – Top £425.00 – R & J Ledger Ltd
Aberdeen Angus cross – 12 – Ave. £363.33 – Top £415.00 – J W Boyd & Sons
British Friesian – 2 – Ave. £180.00 – Top £200.00 – P J Forknall
Heifer Calves
British Blue cross – 8 – Ave. £295.63 – Top £315.00 – – J W Boyd & Sons
Simmental cross – 1 – Ave. £350.00 – Top £350.00 – R & J Ledger Ltd
Aberdeen Angus cross – 11 – Ave. £248.18 – Top £325.00 – R & J Ledger Ltd
Bull Weanlings
Limousin cross – 1 – Ave. £330.00 – Top £330.00 – Mrs T Higgins

Cattle Passports
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If details are incorrect return and advise BCMS or advise the auctioneers on market day without writing on the passport.

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