Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 7th June 2022

Sheep Sales Reports

Finished Sheep – 1,617 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

New Season Lambs – 1,371 Sold

Top price: 362p p/kg – D Hopper
Top price per head: £171 T Masters

A similar amount forward this week and fears of a dip in trade following the busy bank holiday weekend were soon put away with a superb trade for all lambs. Probably the best quality entry of lambs we have seen this year with 25 lots of sheep selling over £150 hd to a top of £171 from Tom Masters, who showed 200 lambs  to, once again, average just under £160. Another notable run of 200 head from M J Ashworth sold to average just a shade over £150. Big smiles all around!

Smaller lambs for export were in keen demand with Dan Hopper topping the charts here at 362p kg, with Friday Street Farmers and P & E Andreozzi in close second at 358p. Long may it last!

Top Prices

35kg – £115.00 (329p/kg) – S T Phillips
36kg – £128.00 (356p/kg) – N A Vincent
37kg – £130.50 (353p/kg) – S W Mount & Sons Ltd
38kg – £135.50 (357p/kg) – K T D Axell
39kg – £141.00 (362p/kg) – D Hopper
40kg – £139.00 (348p/kg) – K T D Axell
41kg – £143.50 (350p/kg) – P & E Andreozzi
42kg – £146.00 (348p/kg) – G Tucker
43kg – £154.00 (358p/kg) – P & E Andreozzi
44kg – £152.00 (345p/kg) – L Stevens & Sons
45kg – £158.00 (351p/kg) – T Masters
46kg – £160.00 (348p/kg) – P & E Andreozzi
47kg – £161.00 (343p/kg) – L Stevens & Sons
48kg – £166.50 (347p/kg) – T Masters
50kg – £167.00 (334p/kg) – T Masters
52kg – £171.00 (329p/kg) – T Masters
56kg – £150.00 (268p/kg) – J Farrant

Averages (p/kg)

Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs – 299 – Top 362, Average 339.6
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 723 – Top 358, Average 335.6
Heavy 45.6 to 52kgs – 315 – Top 351, Average 339.9
Others over 52.1kgs – 34 – Top 344, Average 332.3

Finished Hoggets – 246 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Top price: 308p/kg – R T, J B & I Lockwood
Top price per head: £168 – R L Goodman & Son

Really getting to the bottom of the barrel now in term of choice and quality, but a trade like we have not seen this year with the heavy hoggets, in particular, and even the mature sheep selling to £168 hd from R L Goodman & Son and several pens of hoggets over £150. These bigger types are certainly boosted by the strength of the ewe trade with an upcoming festival on the horizon. Numbers are really going to drop to next to nothing in the next couple of weeks so take advantage if you can!

Cull Sheep – 262 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook O’Connell 07712246474

Ewes: Top £196 – P & E Andreozzi, Average £135.17
Rams: Top £190 – M Furey, Average £145.03

Probably the dearest we have ever seen the ewes with a tremendous trade throughout. The strong meat ewes are in short supply and were consistently £130 – £160, with the very best keenly sought at close to £200! Leaner strong ewes £90 – £130 head with plain grazing types £60 – £90. Demand is high and supplies low, so prices are strengthening in anticipation of the main Muslim Festival of Eid al Adha in early July. Take advantage now!

Top prices included:

Texel to £196 – P & E Andreozzi, Charollais to £186 – P & E Andreozzi, Suffolk cross to £162 – J Hooker & Son, Blue Texel to £161 – J Pearce, Romneys to £152 – A B Jones & Ptnrs, Mules to £136 – T Morgan & Son

Cattle Sales Reports

Finished Cattle – 50 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

The best show of finished cattle at Ashford Market for some time met a cracking good trade with 8 individual buyers competing strongly for all on offer with prices probably at the highest level yet.

Quality cattle with weight sold readily and grossed well in excess of £1800 with Limousin cross steers £2036 (245p) and £1950 (249p) and Continental cross heifers £1876 (281p) and £1914 (278p) from M B Farms, and British Blue cross steers in the 257p to 269p bracket and grossing to £1925 from K & P M Sinden & Sons.

Smart handy weight Continental crosses up to £1643 (270p) for a Limousin cross heifer from W Alexander (Shoreham).

The weekly consignments of well fleshed dairy bred cattle from A J Down sold well in the 236p to 242p bracket with a Limousin x Friesian steer grossing to £1698 and Hereford x Friesian steer to £1457.

A larger percentage of native bred on offer and these were again well received and well sold. Purebred Sussex 235p plus with a steer to £1660 (256p) from D W Page & Son and a top-quality run of Aberdeen Angus cross steers in the 240p to 257p bracket and grossing up to £1742 from R G Gibson & Son.

A pair of Blonde bulls to £1592 (227p) from G L Boulden & Sons.

Keep the cattle coming we have a competitive trade to match other outlets.

Top Steers

K & P M Sinden & Sons – British Blue – 269p/kg (£1847)
K & P M Sinden & Sons – British Blue – 259p/kg (£1843)
K & P M Sinden & Sons – British Blue – 259p/kg (£1925)
K & P M Sinden & Sons– British Blue – 257p/kg (£1925)
D W Page & Son – Sussex – 256p/kg (£1660)

Top Heifers

M B Farms – Limousin cross – 281p/kg (£1876)
M B Farms – British Blue – 278p/kg (£1914)
W Alexander (Shoreham) – Limousin cross – 270p/kg (£1643)
R G Gibson & Son – Aberdeen Angus – 257p/kg (£1718)
R F & E A Simmons – Limousin cross – 253p/kg (£1272)

Average Prices (p/kg)

Steers up to 650kg – 22 Sold – Top 237 – Ave235.0
Steers over 651kg – 14 Sold – Top 256 – Ave 251.0
Heifers up to 590kg – 6 Sold – Top 253 – Ave 248.0
Heifers over 591kg – 7 Sold – Top 281 – Ave 260.0
Bulls over 651kg – 2 Sold – Top 227 – Ave 220.0

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 35 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795200357

This trade is quite simply staggering, and it is only a shame that there are not more cows about to take benefit of it!!

A good quality show of beef cows with the best young types flying past 220p kg and getting close to 250p!

Good beef meat cows regularly around 200p with very little but the oldest and plainest under 180p kg.

Limousin cross 244p, £1802 (Non-FA) W Akehurst; 225p, £1030 R Brown; British Blue cross 230p, £1446 (Non-FA) W Akehurst; 209p, £1572 Betchworth Estate; Aberdeen Angus cross 225p, 198p (2), £1274, £1260, £1167 R Brown; Charolais cross 213p, £1604 R Brown; Sussex 212p, £1428 N A Balcomb & Son; Lincoln Red cross 205p, 192p, £1407, £1111 R Brown.

A small show of dairy culls and anything with meat very dear indeed. Plain boners looking well sold at 120 – 150p kg.

British Friesian 190p, 189p, 184p, £1514, £1344, £1282 B J Goodsell & Son; Holstein Friesian 187p, 186p, £1605, £1548 Leggatt Farming.

Beef Cows – 23 Sold – Top 244p/kg, Average 190.9p/kg
Dairy Cows – 11 Sold – Top 190p/kg, Average 157.8p/kg

Store Cattle – 3 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Just a few forward but plenty of interest and well sold.

Calves – 39 Sold

Auctioneer: Tom Hamplett 07966 104532

A straight enough trade for the goods on offer with various purchaser accounts open and some not getting started. Averages would appear back but a day to be here to see the goods.

Hickson Bros topped the bull trade with their run of British Blues topping at £340, £330, and £300. Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £240 from J W Boyd & Sons and Herefords to £200 from Goddard & Sons.

Heifers perhaps a little easier on the fortnight with a top of £220 for Simmentals from Betchworth Estate Farms, with Blues to £200 from Goddard & Sons. Younger Angus forward to a top of £190 from Kingcott Dairy.

Black and whites selling on a stand on trade to previous weeks with a top of £115 for bulls from A & W J Hitchcock.

Bull Calves

British Blue – 10 – Top £340.00 – Average £235.50
Simmental – 2 – Top £200.00 – Average £180.00
Aberdeen Angus – 2 – Top £240.00 – Average £210.00
Hereford – 1 – Top £200.00 – Average £200.00
Holstein Friesian – 5 – Top £115.00 – Average £89.00

Heifer Calves

British Blue – 8 – Top £200.00 – Average £170.63
Simmental – 1 – Top £220.00 – Average £220.00
Aberdeen Angus – 8 – Top £190.00 – Average £156.25

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