Ashford Market Report – Tuesday 9th June 2026

Sheep Sales Reports

New Season Lambs – 1477 sold.

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Top Price Per Kilo – 507p/kg – Miss Georgia Jackson
Top Price Price Per Head  – £240/hd – MJ Ashworth

A good number of lambs penned this week with just under 1500 in total. Trade has begun to show the split we see every year with the creep fed lambs and the grass finished big singles setting two tiers in the trade, but this time the tiers are considerably higher than we have ever seen before, with the grass lambs selling for prices in line with what the best fed lambs made last year and often £160-£180/hd, with the fed sheep selling well past this and to a top price this week of £240/hd for a superb pen of heavy continental lambs from M J Ashworth. The average price per kilo would look a little down on last week but still running at 448p, despite more of the second tier sheep now being on offer.

The very best always rings the top bells and this week Miss Georgia Jackson showed some superb quality continental lambs at these topped at 507p/kg for 44kg lambs (£223/hd), with several other selling from 480-500p/kg from S W Mount, E J Stanford, Carol Wimble and Dan Hopper.

32 – £134.00 (419p kg) – J & K Walther
33 – £136.00 (412p kg) – J & K Walther
34 – £160.00 (471p kg) – E J Stanford & Sons
35 – £165.00 (471p kg) – K T D Axell
36 – £169.00 (469p kg) – Eastlands Farm
37 – £180.00 (486p kg) – S W Mount & Sons Ltd
38 – £181.00 (476p kg) – D Hopper
39 – £194.00 (497p kg) – C Wimble
40 – £189.00 (473p kg) – S W Mount & Sons Ltd
41 – £192.00 (468p kg) – K T D Axell
42 – £205.00 (488p kg) – G Jackson
43 – £201.00 (467p kg) – Eastlands Farm
44 – £223.00 (507p kg) – G Jackson
45 – £214.00 (476p kg) – David Clark (Farms) Ltd
46 – £216.00 (470p kg) – P & E Andreozzi
47 – £215.00 (457p kg) – P & E Andreozzi
48 – £220.00 (458p kg) – David Clark (Farms) Ltd
49 – £221.00 (451p kg) – J Heathcote
50 – £238.00 (476p kg) – G Jackson
51 – £230.00 (451p kg) – M J Ashworth
53 – £234.00 (442p kg) – M J Ashworth
54 – £240.00 (444p kg) – M J Ashworth

Averages (p/kg)

Light 32.1 to 39kgs – 414 – Top 486 – Ave.441.3
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 798 – Top 507 – Ave. 450.5
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 187 – Top 476 – Ave. 446.1
Over 52.1 kgs – 17 – Top 444 – Ave. 436.8

Finished Hoggets – 43 sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903.

Only a handful on offer this week and the best meated still in demand with these topping at £214 from Mr K Bond.

Averages (p/kg)

Light 32.1 to 39 – 13 – Top 362 – Ave. 218.5
Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs – 7 – Top 363 – Ave. 282.3
Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs – 10 – Top 389 – Ave. 363.5
Over 52.1 kgs + – 13 – Top 375 – Ave. 346.31

Cull Sheep – 189 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Top Price: £230 from R G Stevens          Ave. £153.28

More numbers than last weeks with a very mixed show penned and the best fleshed sorts remaining short. The best regularly £160 – £190 to a top price of £230 from R G Stevens for Beltex ewes. Medium sorts look well sold and £130 – £160 on most occasions with leaner grazing types £100 – £130 throughout with only 4 lots sold under £100 on the day.
More numbers would be of no concern with buyers present every week for all grades.

Top Prices Included:

Beltex to £230 from R G Stevens
Texels to £225 from E Stretton
Texel Cross to £214 from S & V Bullock
Crossbred to £214 from M J Ashworth
Suffolk Cross to £190 from R G Stevens
Mules to £185 from P & E Andreozzi
Romneys to £168 from Thorsons Farms Ltd

Ewes & Lambs 19 sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Just a few pens of couples this week with crossbred ewes and Texel lambs from G Andrews to £312 per outfit, taking top spot on the day.
We will have a section available for couples every Tuesday so please do inform me of any you have to sell in the coming weeks.

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Cattle Reports

Finished Cattle –  55 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357.

A similar number of cattle forward this week, and it was again the young bulls that took the limelight with a smart run of Limousin and Limousin x Sussex bulls from G W & B Bridges selling to 404p, £2401 with 4 over 380p driven on by added farmer competition to source seasonal working bulls. Overall trade showing more overall conviction and buyers keener to own cattle.
Better beef bred cattle 340-370p with a Limousin steer at 368p from R & S Vant, and a Limousin heifer at 367p from R F & E A Simmons topping the sections. A fine pair of well fleshed Simmental heifers from W & P New 353p £2344 and 349p £2265.
Limousin X Friesian steers from A J Down to 350p £2324, generally 330-345p, and their heifer 331p £1884. Strong British Blue x Friesian steers from Leggat Farming to 331p £2380. Holstein bred cattle improving a little with most back over 300p.
A few more natives in the entry with Sussex steers from Thorsons Farms Ltd to 341p, 340p, 335p; 329p from K & P M Sinden. Angus steers from Leggat Farming to 334p £2335.
Best Limousin bulls 360-400p, with the Sussex bred types 340-360p, from G W & B Bridges (15 av 358p £2038). Heavyweights from T Castle & Son saw British Blue X Friesian to 312p £2134, British Friesian to 296p £2083.

Leading steer prices

J Tilley – Charolais cross – 319p (£2388)
Leggat Farming Ltd – British Blue cross – 331p (£2379)
Leggat Farming Ltd – Aberdeen Angus cross – 334p (£2334)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 350p (£2324)
A J Down – Limousin cross – 347p (£2252)

Leading heifer prices

W & P New –  Simmental cross – 353p (£2344)
W & P New – Limousin cross – 349p (£2265)
Leggat Farming Ltd – British Blue cross 327p (£2203)
R F & E A Simmons – Limousin cross – 363p (£2120)
R F & E A Simmons – Limousin cross – 367p (£2015)

Average prices

Steers 551 to 650 kg – 14 – Top 354p – Ave. 338.7p
Steers 651 kg + – 9 – Top 350p – Ave. 326.4p
Heifers 501 to 590 kg – 5 – Top 367p – Ave. 341.8p
Heifers 591+ kg – 4 – Top 359p – Ave. 340.6p

OTM Cattle and Cull Cows – 61 Sold

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357.

Excellent numbers for the time of year undoubtedly assisted by the entry of breeding cattle, but also a reflection of the strength of demand in the live market for both slaughter and feeding cows.
Quite a variation on offer with both slaughter and feeding cows pushing close to 300p without anything of exceptional shape on offer. Strong older Charolais cows from Highfields Park Farm to 291p £2832; fleshed younger Angus cows from A & S Woodford to 296p; and an absolute monster of a 4 year old Angus steer from J & A Lyon at £3015. Recent rains have helped the grazing men and leaner, sound beef cows of all ages certainly firmer.
Angus 296p £1788 A & S Woodford, 281p, 275p £2127, £1809 J Berryman, 274p £2078 Trenchmore LLP, 257p £1629 G Dalloway; Charolais 291p, 290p, 285p £2832, £2518, £2287 Highfields Park; Horned Longhorns 280p, 268p £2033, £1887 M A Piper & Son; Sussex 276p, 269p £1692, £1570 J Dinnis, 268p(2) £1672, £1645 Price-Whitehead, 254p £1927 Trenchmore LLP; Trad Hereford 276p £1653 Great Malgraves Farm; Lincoln Red 256p £1801 N Morgan; South Devon 245p £1773 Gardners; Red Poll 250p £1410 J Stygal.
More fleshed and dry dairy cows forward and well received, with better shaped cows 230-260p.
Montbeliarde 260p, 254p £1939, £1861 J Howie; Holstein 239p, 237p £1963, £1610 W G & T A Manford, 234p £1950 P J Forknall, 230, 228p £1882, £1661 J Howie; Ayrshire 234p £1492 J Howie; Jersey 218p £1294 J Howie, 216p £1282 Hickson Bros.
Stock Bulls (5) Another good trade for those failing their seasonal health check.
Limousin 260p £2348; Simmental 240p £2263; Wagyu 240 £1377; British White 232p £1574; Red Poll 198p £1600.
Overage (12) A decent show of flesh amongst the overage but, certainly, nothing to surpass a tremendous 4 year old Angus steer from J & A Lyon weighing 1140kg, and realising £3015.
Trade improving a little along with the improvement in the prime beef prime beef.
Charolais 3+ heifer 330p £2339 J Berryman; Beef Shorthorn OTM steer 316p £2209 A G Young & Sons; British Blue 4+ steer 308p £1830 R Scott; Welsh Black 3+ heifer 307p £1916 W Alexander; Angus OTM heifer 304p £1747 J Tilley; Red Poll OTM steer 304p £2049 A G Young & Sons; Horned Longhorn OTM heifer 294p £1688 Canterbury Oast Trust; South Devon 3+ heifers 289p, 277p £2295, £2207 Gardners; Holstein Friesian 3+ steers 280p, 275p £2222 R Scott.

Beef Cows – 29 Sold – Top 296, Average 252.2
Dairy Cows – 14 Sold – Top 260, Average 216.0

Store & Breeding Cattle – 152 Sold

Auctioneer: James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

A super trade with customers forward in force for all grades looking to fill their boots following recent, and very much needed rainfall over the past few weeks. Breeding cattle were first as usual which saw a 8 year old Limousin bull from H W Richards to £3800 and a young Sussex cow and calf outfit from J Dinnis & Ptnrs to £2280. A herd dispersal of pedigree Hereford cows and calf outfits from the Grange Farm Partnership topped at £2600 for cows with steers calves and cows with heifer calves not far behind to £2550. On with the stores with extras from R Solley first topping at £1180 for well reared 9 month British Blue x Friesian steers and British Blue x Friesian steers 19 months from M Godden to £1000. K Perkins had Aberdeen Angus cross heifers 10 months to £1140 and a Limousin cross steer 13 months from J Prior & Son to £1560. British Blue x Friesian steers 17-19 months from P Lanham topped at £1840 and strong Aberdeen Angus x Friesian steers 23 months from B Sutton to £1980. Shorthorn x Friesian steers 22 months off the Wye Downs from R T, J B &  I Lockwood topped at £1360 and tremendous purebred Charolais heifers 25 months from Highfields Park Farm topped at £2360 taking top spot on the day. Aberdeen Angus cross steers 18 months from A & S Woodford & Sons to £2110 and Aberdeen Angus cross steers 11 months from R Padfield topped at £1480 with the heifers not far behind and to £1470.

Please do inform me of any cattle you have to sell with our next catalogued sale on Tuesday 23^rd June.

Top Prices:

Steers:
Aberdeen Angus cross- 19 mths – £2110 – A & S Woodford & Sons
Aberdeen Angus cross – 23 mths – £1980 – B Sutton
British Blue Cross – 23 mths – £1940 – B Sutton

Heifers:
Charolais – 25 mths – £2360 – Highfields Park Farm
Charolais Cross – 25 mths – £1820 – G J Ostridge
British Blue Cross – 23 mths – £1740 – B Sutton

Calves – 63 Sold

Auctioneer: Tristan Howell 07917024340.

Larger numbers of weaned calves found strong prices but fresh calves a shade easier since the last sale.
A substantial run of young Aberdeen Angus and Sussex calves from J Warnock & Sons topped at £520, with the majority of bulls medium types within the £300-£350 range and heifers £250-£300. J W Boyd & Sons Ltd bringing forward 3–4-week-old British Blue bulls, all north of £400, the best finding £600 – their Aberdeen Angus calves at a similar age topping at £455 for heifers and £405 for bulls. Black and white calves looking the trade of the day at £450, £405 for British Friesians from T Castle & Son, and Holstein Friesians to £370 from J Warnock & Sons.
Kent Game Shooting headlining the weanlings with a well-done Aberdeen Angus cross steer, 6 months old, to £890 and others from this home included 6-month-old British Friesian steers to £705. W G & T A Manford had a 5-month Sussex cross heifer to £800, presented alongside a run of British Blue crosses, topping at £770 for the bulls.

Bull Calves
British Blue cross – 9 – Ave. £408.33 – Top £600 – J W Boyd & Sons Ltd.
Sussex cross – 2 – Ave. £335.00 – Top £370 – J Warnock & Sons.
Aberdeen Angus cross – 7 – Ave. £398.00 – Top £520 – J Warnock & Sons.
British Friesian – 2 – Ave. £427.50 – Top £450 – T Castle & Son.

Heifer Calves
British Blue cross – 4 – Ave. £343.75 – Top £460 – R & J Ledger.
Limousin cross – 2 – Ave. £435.00 – Top £490.00 – T Castle & Sons.
Aberdeen Angus cross – 11 – Ave. £306.36 – Top £405.00 – J W Boyd & Sons Ltd.

Steer Calves
Hereford cross – 4 – Ave. £517.50 – Top £555 – J Howie.

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