Weekly Sales News – 17 May 2016
Sheep sales reports
Finished Sheep – 2,993 Sold
Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903
Top price per kilo – 239p – Mr D Isaac: top price per head – £94 – L Stevens & Sons.
Report on trade: This was a disappointing trade for a large entry of new season lambs with overall averages dropping by some 25p per kg in a week and now on a par with prices achieved at the same time last year. The large number of hoggets still available obviously does not help and this will change quickly over the next few weeks. The lamb trade going forward will be very much influenced by the speed at which they finish and come forward for sale.
Overall average today was 194.3p with big premium available for the smart lightweight lambs with 35kg Beltex crosses topping the market at £83.50 (238.6p) from Mr D Isaac. A quality run from T Masters took the pick of the medium weight trade averaging £85.62 and some superb heavyweights grossing up to £94 from L Stevens & Sons.
We had a smaller entry this week in the pens as the end of the hogget finishing season draws to a close with a lot of sheep in the pens with erupted teeth. With over 1,300 new season lambs in the pens being sold on a easier trade, we saw a small dip in the hogget prices from last weeks levels. We had generally less meated sorts in the pens and the best were sold at a distinct premium grossing in excess of £100 from Ashenden Farms. Lighter weight export grade sold in the region of 175p-190p.
| New season lamb prices | ||||||||||
| Kgs | Top Price | Ave Price | Top Vendor | p per kg | ||||||
| 34 | 68 | 66.19 | M J Ashworth | 200.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 83.50 | 71.34 | Mr D Isaac | 239.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 84.50 | 71.07 | Mr S T Phillips | 207.0 | ||||||
| 37 | 79.50 | 72.01 | Mr G Stokes | 215.0 | ||||||
| 38 | 79.00 | 75.40 | Mr G Stokes | 208.0 | ||||||
| 39 | 80.50 | 76.50 | Ms H V Link | 206.0 | ||||||
| 40 | 82.00 | 77.15 | Link Bros | 205.0 | ||||||
| 41 | 83.00 | 78.91 | M A Piper & Son Farms | 202.0 | ||||||
| 42 | 80.50 | 78.83 | Mr T R Kirk | 192.0 | ||||||
| 43 | 86.00 | 83.60 | M J Ashworth | 200.0 | ||||||
| 44 | 87.20 | 86.38 | Mr T Masters | 198.0 | ||||||
| 45 | 88.00 | 87.04 | Mr T Masters | 196.0 | ||||||
| 46 | 88.50 | 88.32 | Mr G Stokes | 192.0 | ||||||
| New season lambs – pence per kg | ||||||||||
| Weight Range | Number | Top | Bottom | Average | National Averages | |||||
| Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs | 569 | 239.0 | 88.0 | 197.46 | 200.2 | |||||
| Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs | 688 | 205.0 | 162.0 | 192.24 | 195.0 | |||||
| Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs | 40 | 192.0 | 188.0 | 190.6 | 188.1 | |||||
| Others 52.1kg + | 13 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 151.5 | |||||
| Hogget prices | ||||||||||
| Kgs | Top Price | Ave Price | Top Vendor | p per kg | ||||||
| 38 | 73.00 | 68.20 | Eastlands Farm | 192.0 | ||||||
| 39 | 71.50 | 66.81 | Freshfield Farm | 183.0 | ||||||
| 41 | 79.00 | 72.45 | Botley Hioll Farm | 193.0 | ||||||
| 42 | 80.00 | 73.74 | R L Goodman & Son | 190.0 | ||||||
| 43 | 82.00 | 74.62 | Langrish Farmers | 191.0 | ||||||
| 44 | 83.00 | 74.67 | Whiteleaf Farm | 189.0 | ||||||
| 45 | 86.00 | 81.28 | Summerdown Estate | 191.0 | ||||||
| 46 | 82.20 | 79.35 | Summerdown Estate | 179.0 | ||||||
| 47 | 93.50 | 86.84 | Ashenden Farms | 199.0 | ||||||
| 48 | 88.50 | 81.03 | Mr R H Smith | 184.0 | ||||||
| 49 | 95.00 | 85.08 | Ashenden Farms | 194.0 | ||||||
| 50 | 100.20 | 90.86 | Ashenden Farms | 200.0 | ||||||
| 51 | 94.00 | 90.14 | Mr T Carr | 184.0 | ||||||
| 52 | 92.00 | 89.27 | Wick Farms | 177.0 | ||||||
| Hogget averages – pence per kg | ||||||||||
| Weight Range | Number | Top | Bottom | Average | National Averages | |||||
| Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs | 101 | 192.0 | 88.0 | 165.25 | 155.7 | |||||
| Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs | 431 | 193.0 | 100.0 | 173.8 | 165.7 | |||||
| Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs | 578 | 200.0 | 136.0 | 176.25 | 165.2 | |||||
| Others 52.1kg + | 394 | 177.0 | 125.0 | 165.33 | 156.8 | |||||
Cull Ewes and Rams – 359 Sold
Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903
Report on trade: A smaller entry this week and a different trade too with averages up by over £10. Wholesale demand has picked up once again and the smaller number of ewes on offer pushed prices back up to the levels we have been seeing over recent weeks.
Top prices on the day included Suffolk crosses to £93.50 from N & C Hedges, Mules to £76 from P R & H R Vellacott and Romneys to £80 from L F Crisford & Sons.
Store and Breeding Sheep – 1,417 Sold
Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903
Report on trade: One of the largest entries of breeding sheep we have seen on a Tuesday for many years saw almost 1500 sheep in the pens including almost 800 ewe tegs and large consignments of ewes with lambs at foot. A large crowd from all over the South East were in attendance and there were several bidders on each and every pen with the recent good grass growing conditions helping fuel the buyers enthusiasm.
Ewes and lambs sold from £45-57 per life depending on the ages of the ewes on offer. M Banham topped at £57 per life for some Suffolk cross 1 lamb ewes with Charollais cross lambs at foot. Romney ewes from G & H Bates sold to £51 per life with lambs at foot and a large run of sheep from T M Beesley were shown very well in the pens with strong healthy lambs that sold to average around £50 per life.
Ewe tegs were in demand with some tremendous pure Texels from M D & T Healy selling to £156. Top spot in the Suffolk x Mule section was £100 shared by Summerdown Farm and M Gammons while Mules from M Gammons sold to £97 and Romneys topped at £97 from H F Brown & Sons.
A handful of young rams were offered as a late entry from Rusper Farm. These Texels made to £195 and Charolais to £150.
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For up to date information on all livestock sales please contact
Elwyn Davies (Sheep) 07710 803901 or 01233 861263
Peter Kingwill (Cattle & Sheep) 07795 200357
Martin Crowhurst (Sheep & Cattle) 07710 803903 or 01797 343936
Simon Husk (Sheep & Cattle) 07885 968077 or 01304 842393
Mark Cleverdon (Rams, Breeding Cattle, Pigs & Calves) 07748 202688
John Rossiter (Cull ewes & store sheep plus commercial vehicles) 07557 392903
Cattle sales reports
Finished Cattle – 52 Sold Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901
Report on trade: Again much more interest around the finished cattle ring with buyers keener and bidding competitively for all on offer. The few smart butcher type cattle made in excess of 200p per kg being notably a Limousin cross steer at £1162 (208p) from L E Humphreys & Son and a Blonde cross steer £1088 (204p) from G L Boulden & Sons.
Large heavyweight cattle made around160p, particularly an Aberdeen Angus cross steer at £1200 (164p) from A R Dunlop, and a Limousin cross steer to £1164 (160p) from R F & E A Simmons.
The native breeds on offer attracted plenty of interest from local butchers with the best Sussex steers especially selling well to £1096 (188p) from K & P M Sinden & Sons and £1012 (175p) from A H Hoad & Son. A heavy Friesian steer made £886 (135p) from R Price & Sons.
More smart butcher type sorts could be sold at favourable prices. Support the competitive auction system and avoid long term control from the major abattoirs.
| Finished cattle averages – pence per kg | ||||||||||
| Classification | No | Top | Bottom | Average | ||||||
| Light steers (370-550 kgs) | 7 | 204.0 | 172.0 | 182.1 | ||||||
| Medium steers (551-650 kgs) | 15 | 208.0 | 125.0 | 168.8 | ||||||
| Heavy steers (651+ kgs) | 9 | 166.0 | 121.0 | 151.6 | ||||||
| Light heifers (370-550 kgs) | 4 | 175.0 | 156.0 | 164.5 | ||||||
| Medium heifers (551-650 kgs) | 13 | 196.0 | 160.0 | 175.6 | ||||||
| Heavy heifers (651+ kgs) | 2 | 190.0 | 170.0 | 17`9.5 | ||||||
| Light bulls (370-550 kgs) | 1 | 132.0 | 132.0 | 131.5 | ||||||
| Heavy bulls (651+ kgs) | 1 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 144.5 | ||||||
| 30 to 48 mths Heifers | 8 | 139.0 | 75.0 | 119.9 | ||||||
| Leading steer prices | ||||||||||
| Vendor | Weight Kgs | Breed | P per Kg | Gross £ | ||||||
| L E Humphreys | 560 | 24 mths Limousin | 208.0 | 1159 | ||||||
| G L Boulden & Sons | 535 | 18mths Blonde | 204.0 | 1086 | ||||||
| Mr S Marsh | 510 | 17 mths British Blue | 197.0 | 999 | ||||||
| K & P M Sinden & Sons | 585 | 25 mths Sussex | 188.0 | 1093 | ||||||
| M A & F W Owen | 610 | 14 mths Aberdeen Angus | 186.0 | 1123 | ||||||
| Leading heifer prices | ||||||||||
| G L Boulden & Sons | 574 | 26 mths Blonde | 196.0 | 1119 | ||||||
| G L Boulden & Sons | 595 | 20 mths Blonde | 190.0 | 1124 | ||||||
| K & P M Sinden & Sons | 540 | 26 mths British Blue | 189.0 | 1015 | ||||||
| K & P M Sinden & Sons | 520 | 26 mths British Blue | 189.0 | 977 | ||||||
| Mr S Marsh | 515 | 17 mths British Blue | 183.0 | 937 | ||||||
Cull Cows and Bulls – 57 Sold
Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill – 07795 200357
Report on trade: Cows are a real trade at the moment and producers with slaughter or feeding cattle really ought to be taking advantage over the coming weeks. Numbers were for the time of year with supplies nationally tight. A real mixture of qualities today but all very well sold.
Best beef meat cows made 130-150p per kg with no real smart feeders on offer. Commercial meat cows were dearer at 110-130p with more cows up over £1000 again. Older feeders also remain a very firm trade with grass in abundance.
Limousin 148p and 142p (£1010) from L E Humphreys & Sons, 141p (£1019) M B Farms and 129p E Chantler & Sons; Simmental 128p E Chantler & Sons; Hereford 129p (£1112), British Blue 128p and Red Poll 127p(2) (£848) from A & R Martin; South Devon 127p and 124p (£963) Frederick & Sons and a Sussex 116p (Non Farm assured) A H Hoad & Son.
We were short of best cows this week amongst the dairy culls. Young Holstein slips made 134p, 128p and 121p (£851) from A J Thompson & Sons; Holstein Friesian 126p (£929) Huddlestone Farmers and medium cows were very dear.
Stock bulls improved with a Limousin grossing to £1097 and Sussex £908.
| Cull cattle section – pence per kg | ||||
| Classification | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
| Beef cows | 29 | 148.0 | 89.5 | 115.5 |
| Dairy cows | 22 | 134.0 | 47.5 | 96.7 |
| Cull bulls | 2 | 106.0 | 90.0 | 97.5 |
Breeding Cattle – 1 Bull and 10 females Sold
Auctioneer: Mark Cleverdon 07748 202688
Report on trade: One young bull forward and sold to breed being a Charolais from J Boomaars which made £1280. We have got customers looking for bulls for this season if there are others out there for sale which can be sold with a breeding warranty.
Aberdeen Angus cross cows and calves in a herd reduction sale from P A Mummery again found strong demand making to 1040 and 6 averaged £960. Birthday boy (80 years young!) Fred Husk sold another 3 first calved British Blue cross heifers to £1340 and £1325 with Limousin bull calves.
We have catalogued a further entry of breeding cattle including cows and calves for next Tuesday 24th May – see full details earlier in this report and in our online catalogue.
Store Cattle – 183 Sold
Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901
Report on trade: Another exceptionally good trade for store cattle with a good attendance of buyers and a particular strong interest from local graziers. The recent grass growth has certainly stimulated demand with 25 successful individual buyers ensuring competitive returns throughout.
The entry of predominately dairy and native bred cattle was well received with prices often beyond expectations. The majority of youngsters traded in the £450 to £650 bracket, 12-18 mth stores £700 to £900, and strong forward stores with frame to finish short term made in excess of £1000.
If you have stores to sell please contact us to enter cattle into our weekly catalogue and take advantage of these attractive prices.
| Principle prices Young bulls | ||
| 12 mths Charolais bulls | £890 | J Boomaars |
| 12 mths South Devon bulls | £745 | Mrs C S Hayes |
| Continental bred 7 mths British Blue cross steers |
£700 |
N A Husk |
| 12 mths British Blue heifers | £780 | N A Husk |
| 12 mths British Blue x Friesian steers | £785 | M W Goddard |
| 18 mths British Blue cross heifers | £900 | N A Husk |
| 20 mths Simmental cross heifers | £882 | S W Powell |
| 24 mths Blonde x Aberdeen Angus steers | £1130 | C Langridge |
| 24 mths Simmental x Blonde steers | £1020 | C Langridge |
| 24 mths Limousin cross steers | £1075 | N D Cannon |
Native bred
| 9 mths Shorthorn cross steers | £772 | Ms L A Burgess |
| 10-12 mths Stabiliser cross steers | £705 | A & N Bullen |
| 10 mths Aberdeen Angus x Hereford steers | £775 | A R Ambrose |
| 10 mths Aberdeen Angus cross heifers | £670 | A R Ambrose |
| 15 mths Aberdeen Angus x Simmental heifers | £830 | S C Gammon |
| 15 mths Aberdeen Angus cross steers | £822 | A K F Dod |
| 15 mths Aberdeen Angus cross heifers | £730 | A K F Dod |
| 15 mths Hereford x Friesian heifers | £725 | E & J H Maylam |
| 27 mths Sussex cross steers | £995 | D T Marden |
| 18 mths Friesian steers | £630 | E & J H Maylam |
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Our next Auction Sales are ……
Horse & Saddlery Sale
Thursday 2nd June at 10am – catalogues will be available soon and late entries close 26th May
Donkeys, riding ponies, event horses and youngstock
New & nearly new saddlery & tack, grooming kit, yard equipment, rugs, harness
Riding boots, show jackets, jodhpurs, body protectors, yard clothing & boots
On farm sale of Farm Tractors and Machinery
Saturday 11th June at Barty Farm, Bearsted, Maidstone – catalogues available soon
A selection of vintage, veteran and modern tractors and implements
Collective Machinery & Equipment Sale
Friday 17th June at 9.30am – Entries close 27th May
New & newly near mowers & garden machinery
New tools, farm & agricultural equipment, timber plus large selection of miscellaneous items.
Classic Car and Vintage, Veteran and Modern Tractors plus Rural Bygones Sale
Friday 15th July
We remind all livestock producers again that ………
It is essential we have a completed entry form with every consignment of livestock to this market. FCI Market Forms MUST be filled out with vendor’s name, holding number, FABBL & TB status, PLUS the ear numbers and details of animals entered. This is compulsory and the market staff do not have time to fill out vendor forms – please comply.
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General news
Updated 10th May 2016
South Eastern Shire Horse Association (SESHA) Heavy Horse and Country Show will be held at the East Bysshe Showground, Eastbourne Road (A22), Newchapel, Surrey. RH7 6LF on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May.
Shearing course – a British Wool Marketing Board shearing course will be held at Rye on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th May. This is for all standards, beginners to advanced. Please contact Alison Gould on 01392 477944 or Charles Fuggle on 07885226428 or email agould@britishwool.org.uk
Monday 30th May – Surrey County Show. For details visit www.surreycountyshow.co.uk. or ring show secretary, 01483 890810
Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th June – South of England Show, Ardingly, Sussex. More details from Wiz Cuff on 01444 892700 or on www.seas.org.uk.
Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th June – Royal Norfolk Show, Norwich. Full details from Mary Wright on 01603 748931 or visit www.royalnorfolkshow.co.uk
South Sheep 2016 – This bi annual event, promoted by the National Sheep Association is this year being held on Tuesday 7th June at Pythouse Farm, Salisbury. SP3 3PA. For more details to follow please contact event organiser Bob Blanden 01666 860308 or enquiries@southsheep.org.uk
Southern Shears – This years event will be held on Sunday 17th July at Holmbush Farm, Faygate, Crawley, West Sussex (RH12 4SE). this is a shearing competition which will be run on BISCA rules with open, junior, novice, ladies and blades. Full details available from Mary Masters mary.m@btconnect.com, Facebook and Twitter (@southernshears) or www.southernshears.weebly.com
Ashford Cattle Show news
Summer competitions will be held again this year.
Flocks will be judged in the first week of June and will be Judged by Andrew Barr Snr, Lenham. Entries to Rhona Thompson on 07948116687 please. They close on Friday 20th May. Beef herds will also be judged in first week of June. Entries to Hazel Watson on 07944 587898. They close on Friday 20th May. Growing crops details will be confirmed soon.
All show enquiries and information available from www.ashfordcattleshow.co.uk or Julie on 07887 643002.
Heathfield Show news – the show society have issed the following press release
“Heathfield Show – Saturday 28th May at Little Tottingworth Farm, Broad Oak, Heathfield, East Sussex.
The High Weald’s Shop Window
People driving past the fields of Little Tottingworth Farm in Broad Oak, Heathfield over the weekend will have noticed teams of people measuring out the field. This was the beginning of two weeks preparations for the Heathfield & District Agricultural Show.
David Unsworth White, our Ground Contractor, is responsible for directing the team of volunteers who are happy to drive in pegs and hold tapes but rely on David’s expertise to make sure the marquees go up in the right positions, the roadways are the right width to give access to all areas of the Show and the showing rings meet the size requirements they need.
The Show always provides a lavish spread of entertainment together with all the countryside elements which make this such a successful event. Where else would visitors be able to see the very best examples of livestock, beautiful, elegant horses, the latest in agricultural machinery and technology, traditional crafts such as shoeing and metalwork and wonderful displays of flower arrangements, all in one place.
The New Enterprise Zone will be promoting 10 start up businesses who have been trading for less than a year on Show day and have ‘won’ a free trade stand space at the Show. The Craft Marquee plays host to local craftsmen, and the Education marquee, this year sponsored by Bede’s, will be show casing the ‘how, why, what, when and where’ of agriculture. The Farmers Market area is bigger and better than ever before with local cheese makers, raw milk specialist and sausage makers occupying just a few of the stalls that will be present on Show day.
Anticipation is running high amongst all the volunteers – the JCB Dancing Diggers are this year’s main ring attraction. Pirouettes, bucket sweeps and the obligatory bangs and whistles will be the order of the day during their two displays and should not be missed.
‘Hug a hen’ was a popular feature of the Poultry marquee last year, this year pigeons will be making an appearance. The Micro Brewery is featuring the beer of local breweries and this year a pint can be enjoyed accompanied by local band El Banda Barros.
Pre-show discounted tickets are available from www.heathfieldshow.orgn or various local outlets.
For further information or photos please contact The Show Office on 01435 864587 or 07799 846299. Email: Secretary@heathfieldshow.org”
Finished Sheep
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Finished Cattle
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