Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 6th August 2024

Sheep Sales Reports

New Season Lambs – 1,478

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Top price per kilo – 358p – T H Carnaghan
Top price per head – £178.00 – P N & C Burden

A good entry of 1,500 lambs this week, with a large amount of well fed and properly finished types on show. These heavy lambs are really in demand currently due to shortage of supply nationally and prices are steadily creeping upwards, week on week. Top runs from C & J Georgetti & Sons, G H Dean & Co and T H Carnaghan all reached and exceeded £170 hd and top spot was taken by P N & C Burden at £178. T H Carnaghan justified his trip up from West Sussex by taking top spot in the price per kilo stakes at 358p kg (for 48kgs). It is starting to look like we will begin to run short on lambs in the coming weeks, with a number of the feeders now into the back end of their 2024 crop, potentially it is worth feeding a few…?

31 – £110.00 (355p kg) – Eastlands Farm
32 – £80.00 (242p kg) – J Cain
34 – £80.00 (235p kg) – N Trower
35 – £90.00 (257p kg) – P Wise
36 – £110.00 (306p kg) – G P King
37 – £118.00 (319p kg) – G H Dean & Co
38 – £112.00 (295p kg) – Lovejoy Farm Partnership
39 – £137.00 (351p kg) – G H Dean & Co
40 – £127.00 (318p kg) – K T D Axell
41 – £129.00 (315p kg) – G H Dean & Co
42 – £141.00 (336p kg) – G H Dean & Co
43 – £149.00 (347p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
44 – £144.00 (327p kg) –  Link Bros
45 – £154.00 (342p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
46 – £161.00 (350p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
47 – £168.00 (357p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
48 – £172.00 (358p kg) – T H Carnaghan
49 – £160.00 (327p kg) –  Link Bros
50 – £171.00 (342p kg) – C & J Georgetti & Sons
51 – £178.00 (349p kg) – P N & C Burden
58 – £170.00 (293p kg) – V Higgins

Averages (p/kg)

Light 25.6 to 32 kgs – 32 – Top 355, Average 344.2
Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 202 – Top 328, Average 291.1
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 710 – Top 351, Average 301.4
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 511 – Top 358, Average 330.6
Over 52.1 kgs – 23 – Top 293, Average 263.5

Cull Sheep – 548 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07712 246474

Top price ewe: £182.00 – N A Balcomb & Son – Ave £97.89

An improved quality in the pens with a much larger entry and a cracking trade from start to finish. The best ewes regularly £120 – £150 and to a top price of £182 for smashing Texels from N A Balcomb & Son. Medium sorts £90 – £115 on most occasions with leaner grazing types £60 – £85 throughout with only very few sold below these figures. Please do not hesitate to get in contact if you have any larger numbers of ewes to sell in the coming weeks.

Top prices included

Texels to £182 – N A Balcomb & Son, Charollais to £154 – N A Balcomb & Son, Suffolk cross to £151 – G H Dean & Co, Texel cross to £140 – S W Batch, Romneys to £130 – W T Kemp, Mules to £126 – J Farrant.

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle –  28 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357

Short rations in a busy harvesting week but those in attendance well rewarded with a strong trade.
Best beef bred types 280-310p with steers led by W Alexander (Shoreham) Ltd with Limousin cross at 305p, £1797, whilst heifers topped at 301p, £1863 for a Sussex cross from M A Piper & Son Farms.
Powerful Limousin cross steers sold to £2039 from W Alexander (Shoreham) Ltd.
Strong demand for well finished dairy bred steers from Alan Down Limousin x Friesian to 276p, £1786; Hereford x Friesian 275p, £1771, Friesian 250p, £1435.
Angus cross heifers from W S Furnival Ltd to 271p, £1549; Sussex heifers to 260p, £1375.
A tremendous Charolais bull from Highfields Park Farm sold at 228p kg grossing up at £2423.

Top Steers

W Alexander (Shoreham) Ltd – Limousin cross – 305p (£1797)
W Alexander (Shoreham) Ltd – Limousin cross – 296p (£2039)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 276p (£1749)
W S Furnival Ltd – British Blue cross – 276p (£1681)
A J Down – Hereford cross – 275p (£1578)

Top Heifers

M A Piper & Son – Sussex cross – 301p (£1863)
M A Piper & Son – Sussex cross – 291p (£1830)
W Alexander (Shoreham) Ltd – Limousin cross – 289p (£1529)
M A Piper & Son – Sussex cross – 286p (£1827)
W Alexander (Shoreham) Ltd – Limousin cross – 285p (£1551)

Average Prices

Steers 551 to 650kg – 12 Sold – Top 305p – Av 272p
Steers 651kg + – 3 Sold – Top 296p – Av 272p
Heifers 300 to 500 kg – 1 Sold – Top 260p – Av 260p
Heifers 501 to 590 kg – 8 Sold- Top 289p – Av 274p
Heifers 591 kg + – 3 Sold – Top 301p – Av 292p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 32 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357

A small show of cows but some excellent types within the entry and with the trade as strong as it is another outstanding result.
Only 7 cattle under £1000, and three of those Jersey’s! 11 cows over £1300 selling to a top of £1968 for Charolais from Highfields Park Farm. Charolais 223p, 211p (2), £1968, £1810, £1702 (Non FA) Highfields Park Farm; Limousin cross 223p, 196p, £1171, £1036 (Non FA) A Boyd & Co, 199p, £1519 Ms Kerry Butcher; Angus cross 207p, £1342 (Non FA) J C & P C Dalloway, 195p, £1216 R Brown; Simmental cross 185p, £1384 W J Hurley; Sussex 183p, £1232 Ms Kerry Butcher, 180p, £1122 W J Hurley; British Blue cross 184p, £1239 Ms Kerry Butcher.
Very few dairy culls forward. All wanted. A few fleshed Holstein cow 185p, £1550; A plain Holstein Friesian 145p, £1045; Jersey heifer 161p, £698.

Beef Cows – 24 Sold – Top 223, Average 182.1
Dairy Cows – 6 Sold – Top 185, Average 124.2

 

Pigs – 65 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07712 246474

Top price: £204.75 from Brockhill Park Performing Arts

A very mixed entry on the day with a strong demand for well-bred finished pigs that were 85 + kg. Brockhill College led the way with their well finished pigs to 210p pk followed closely by P & R Marshall to 195p pk. Smart weaners from P & R Marshall to £52 and £50 with traditional bred weaners from D Houghton – Judge to £35. Please do inform me of any pigs that you intend on selling in the next sale on Tuesday 20^th August.

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