Weekly Sales News – 20th September 2016

Top price per kilo – 221p – R G & E F B Russell & Son: Top price per head – £99 – A J Skinner & Son

 Report on trade: A smaller entry of lambs this week with a large variation in terms of quality on offer. There were several pens of the best grade continental lambs on offer but also many leaner sorts.. We can however report a strong trade throughout the entry with competition for each grade of lambs on offer. Export grade lambs topped at 221p per kg from R J & E F B Russell for some very smart 36kg Beltex lambs and some heavier sorts from L Stevens & Sons to 210p for 43kg lambs. The heavy weight sorts on offer were once again sold on a comparable trade per kilo to the handy weights and these topped at £99 for some super lambs from A J Skinner & Son (198p) and £93.50 from Mr AR Dunlop at 51kgs.

Cull Ewes and Rams – 496 Sold

Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903

Report on trade: A few less on offer this week with a similar trade without any fireworks but  consistent throughout. Meat Ewes topped at around £80 and the leaner sorts, which were generally bought to farm on, would be selling to a comparative trade to previous weeks between £35 and £60 dependant on breed.

Several more ewes would be expected in the coming months and it would be helpful to know of any large consignments in advance of sale day.

Top prices included continental ewes to £83 from Ms H V Link, Suffolk crosses to £82 from P D Denne, Mules to £55 from H Edmonds and Romneys to £65 from R S Body & Sons.

Report on trade: This was another strong trade for an improved entry of cattle with several feeding men also around the ring competing well for the leaner sorts on offer. Best butcher type cattle made 210p per kg plus with Limousin crosses from M B Farms taking top honours and a smart British Blue cross steer selling well at £1274 (226p) from S Marsh.

Other top prices, in addition to those quoted below, included a run of Limousin cross heifers grossing £1100 plus and up to £1198 (213p) from W S Furnival (Brookland) and a Limousin heifer at £1155 (190p) from J F Windibank. A Charolais cross steer madet £1180 (178p) from H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd.

Native bred cattle made up to £1161 for a Sussex bull from C E & W S Millson and a Sussex steer grossed £1023 from W G Best.

Please confirm entries in advance every week  so we can notify the purchasers.

Report on trade: The cow trade was much improved on the week with more customers around the ring and determination amongst the feeding men and slaughterhouses to secure numbers. Prospects look good in this sector with the imported material finding itself at a disadvantage. Lean old cows do find it hard going but it is the back end and there will be more to come.

Good beef cows made 125-150p per kg, with assurance making some 10-15p difference to the fleshed types. Feeders were all very dear and young cows under 4 yrs very keenly soughtafter . TB status is of no issue at all as stock will generally be finished well within the 120 days.

Simmentals made to 154p and £1005 (Non FA) from D E Jenkins; Herefords 161p and Sussex 148p and 142p Bowes Lyon Estate; South Devon 138p and 124p £976 H & S Nesfield; Aberdeen Angus 131p, 128p £886 C R Cook; Sussex 130p Miss E Wood; Sussex 129p, 127p £999 C E & W S Millson and Limousin 125p D J Miles and 124p F W Hare & Sons.

We were short of flesh again amongst the dairy culls where British Friesians made 128p(2), 124p, 121p(2) from  Debden Court Farms and Holstein Friesians 120p £972 R C & J L Pickering. Good meat cows made 110p plus; steakers 90-110p; boners 70-90p and plain, particularly if lightweights 40-60p. Good trade for the season.

There was strong demand for the overage (3 yrs plus) cattle with Holstein steers 134p (£1115), 131p, 130p, 128p(2) etc. from E T Ledger & Son.

Store Cattle – 619 Sold

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Report on trade: This was a particularily large entry of store cattle for September, with several producers selling earlier than usual due to the tightening keep situation. All sellers were well rewarded with competitive prices throughout with the ringside packed with potential buyers attracted by the numbers and quality of stock on offer.

The majority of youngsters made £400 to £600 and the best of the 12-15 mths stores £800 to £1000 with strong stores with frame to finish short term making over £1000. The beef bred Continental crosses took the pick of the prices while the native breeds are attracting the usual keen interest from finishers aiming their cattle at the various specialist schemes.

DEFRA regularly remind us of our responsibilities regarding unfit animals. No unfit animal should be exposed for sale in a market.

All animals should be fit to travel. All in milk cows should to be milked out prior to movement to market. Do not present lame sheep or those, for any reason, which are not fit to be transported.

Lairage bookings for Monday and Thursday evenings

Please ring David Martin on 07860 114650 to confirm when you are delivering stock to the market for overnight lairage.

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General news

Updated 20^th September 2016

Wanted – grazing / mowing grass within 10 miles radius of  Charing. Ring 07714292024 or 07730496037.

For Sale – up to 70 acres of standing maize (estimated 20 tonne per acre crop) which was direct drilled and with good access in West Kent. Contact Elwyn Davies on 07710 803901 for details

Wanted – winter stock housing. Have you the buildings, the food and the time to have up to 200 beef cattle this winter in ideally a TB4 area? Enquiries will be treated in confidence. Please contact Peter Kingwill.

Grass keep available – 12 month grazings near Andover for smart shorn Romney ewe lambs third week Sept start. Will accept multiples of 200 but would prefer 600 as a lot. Contact Ted Sclater 07785793450 or 01264736420 to discuss.

Kent Herdsmans Club – For all details on Herdsman’s Club events contact Chairman Sandra Brown on 01233 502796 or Jo Masters 01580 240568. Meetings at the Conningbrook Hotel, Ashford.

Monday 20^th October 7.30pm – Dianne Quested from Mid Kent Training to give a talk about the training programmes and courses available.

Monday 14th November at 7.30pm – a talk by John Arthur Boyd about his travels around the UK and his book.

Saturday 24^th September – East Sussex ploughing match at Broad Farm, Hellingly. BN27 4DU. Full details available from on www.espms.co.uk.

Wednesday 28^th September – East Kent Ploughing Match in Nonington near Dover. Full details available from secretary, Sarah Moir on 07802 974 838

Saturday 8^th October – Harvest Supper, Amos Hall, Ashford Market, TN24 0HB. For all details on RABI fundraising in the South East contact Charles Tassell 01622 858733, David Chantler 01622 850207 or Sally Field on 01903 882741.

Hobbs Parker Auctioneers and Car Auctions run over 200 auction sales every year

Our next Auction Sales are…….

Abbots Court Farm, Burmarsh

Thursday 29^th September at 11am

A complete farm dispersal auction on instruction of A Frith & Sons from 1500 acre arable unit to Include:-

2011 New Holland CR9070 Combine Harvester;2011 John Deere 7930 4WD Tractor;2009 John Deere 6930 Premium 4WD Tractor;2003 John Deere 8520 4WD Tractor;4 other John Deere & Ford Tractors

2001 New Holland LM410 Telehandler; 2005 Bateman RB25 Self Propelled Sprayer

2010 Richard Western 16T Grain Trailer; 3 Richard Western 14T Grain Trailers

2009 Vaderstad Rapid A 600 S Drill; 2013 Vaderstad Rexius Twin 450 Press; Sumo Trio 3 TR 103 Cultivator; Wide range of Simba Rolls, Packers, Disc harrows, Cultivators &  Presses; 2006 Bomford Kestral Hedge Cutter; Kuhn TBE 210 Shredder; Ploughs, Subsoilers, Power Harrows, Grain Handling, Grain Store & Workshop equipment

Further items entered from local farms include a Quivogne 4.8m Tinemaster cultivator, 3 Marstons and Cooks grain trailers, Bomford Triblade 3000 topper, 2006 New Holland 30’ vari feed header, 2 sets of Claas and Krone Triple front and rear mowers, set of Simba 6.6m Cambridge rolls, Amazone ZA-M 2200 fertilizer spreader, Ifor Williams 14’ trailer with sheep container, Simba 4m CultiPress, Massey Ferguson 700 quad bike and many other lots.

Chilli Farm Machinery auction

Saturday 1^st October at 9.30am

Large entries of tractors, trailers, vehicles, arable equipment, haymaking equipment, tractor attachments & spares, livestock kit, garden machinery, workshop tools and a large and varied selection of rural bygones are now catalogued.

Up to 500 lots of shrubs and garden plants and hedging and trees will also be offered.

Horse & Saddlery auction

Thursday 27^th October at  10am. Entries close on Friday 7^th October

Entries expected of 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

Collective Machinery & Equipment auction

Friday 11^th November at  9.30am. Entries close on Friday 21^st October

New & newly near mowers & garden machinery

New tools, farm & agricultural equipment, timber plus large

Special Vehicle auction

Monday 9^th November from 10am

This auction of cars will include a special sales of 4 X 4, Diesel, sports and MPV vehicles.

Rural Property auction

Wednesday 23^rd November

Contact James Hickman on 01233 506223 for all details

Ashford Cattle Show and Sale of Christmas Annual show of livestock, crops, carcases and much much more. All details from Julie Coney 07887 643002 or email ashfordcattleshow@gmail.co.uk