Weekly Sales News – 21 June 2016
Sheep sales reports
Finished Sheep – 1,795 Sold
Auctioneers: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901 and John Rossiter 07557 392903
Top price per kilo – 210p – Mr K Lukehurst: Top price per head – £91.00 – D G & J W Gore
Report on trade: This week saw an improved trade for new season lambs with overall average of 185p per kg and the best continental crosses selling readily around 200p with 40kg Beltex crosses topping the market at £84 (210p) from K Lukehurst. Well fleshed medium weights sold well in the £80 to £85 bracket and heavyweights up to £91 from D G & J W Gore.
A reduced number of hoggets continued to sell well with the best fleshed sorts £75 plus and up to £100 from N A Vincent.
Early arrival of lambs appreciated to ensure proper grading and sorting prior to sale. Please keep us informed regarding entries so we can notify the buyers.
| New season lamb prices | ||||||||||
| Kgs | Top Price | Ave Price | Top Vendor | p per kg | ||||||
| 35 | 65.00 | 63.69 | R Mair & Son | 186.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 72.00 | 63.99 | Mr N A Vincent | 200.0 | ||||||
| 37 | 75.50 | 67.67 | Mr K Lukehurst | 204.0 | ||||||
| 38 | 74.20 | 69.02 | Mrs H V Link | 195.0 | ||||||
| 39 | 80.00 | 71.27 | G H Dean & Co | 205.0 | ||||||
| 40 | 84.00 | 73.99 | Mr K Lukehurst | 210.0 | ||||||
| 41 | 82.00 | 75.97 | M B Farms | 200.0 | ||||||
| 42 | 86.00 | 80.01 | G H Dean & Co | 205.0 | ||||||
| 43 | 86.20 | 81.21 | C & J Georgetti & Sons | 200.0 | ||||||
| 44 | 85.50 | 83.35 | P & E Andreozzi | 194.0 | ||||||
| 45 | 84.00 | 84.07 | Mr T Masters | 187.0 | ||||||
| New season lambs – pence per kg | ||||||||||
| Weight Range | Number | Top | Bottom | Average | National Averages | |||||
| Standard 32.1 to 39 kgs | 761 | 205.0 | 154.0 | 181.89 | 192.5 | |||||
| Medium 39.1 to 45.5 kgs | 810 | 210.0 | 159.0 | 187.4 | 190.7 | |||||
| Heavy 45.6 to 52 kgs | 14 | 190.0 | 187.0 | 188.7 | 182.2 | |||||
Cull Ewes and Rams – 269 Sold
Auctioneer: John Rossiter 07557 392903
Report on trade: A disappointing number of ewes and many more could be sold at very favourable prices, but crossbred ewes sold in excess of £80 and up to £109 from C B Hope.
More ewes wanted to satisfy strong demand.
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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
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Hobbs Parker Auctioneers and Car Auctions run over 200 auction sales every year
Our next Auction Sales are ……
Commercial Vehicle sale
Thursday 7th July at 3.00pm
A wide selection of upto 40 vehicles are generally offered in these sales
Classic Car and Vintage, Veteran and Modern Tractors plus Rural Bygones sale
Friday 15th July
Store and Breeding Sheep sale
Friday 29th July at 11am
This our first of 14 late summer and autumn sales and will incorporate the Southdown Sheep Societies Early Premier Breeders Show and Sale of breeding sheep.
Cattle sales reports
Finished Cattle – 67 Sold
Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901
Report on trade: A similar trade for the commercial continental bred cattle and a very good trade for a few exceptional shaped cattle. The native bred cattle in particular were a very strong trade. M B Farms topped both steers and heifers with cattle making an excess of 220p per kg and D W Ferguson Ltd and W S Furnival (Brookland) Ltd) also had cattle making over 200p. Priors Byne Farm Sussex cattle were strongly competed over and made upto 184p and D J Martin and Miss I Dinnis saw there Sussex and Sussex crosses made to 178p.
| Finished cattle averages – pence per kg | ||||||||||
| Classification | No | Top | Bottom | Average | ||||||
| Light steers (370-550 kgs) | 15 | 218.0 | 144.0 | 174.6 | ||||||
| Medium steers (551-650 kgs) | 13 | 219.0 | 133.0 | 172.5 | ||||||
| Heavy steers (651+ kgs) | 3 | 169.0 | 139.0 | 158.5 | ||||||
| Light heifers (370-550 kgs) | 4 | 199.0 | 164.0 | 178.5 | ||||||
| Medium heifers (551-650 kgs) | 19 | 225.0 | 124.0 | 179.9 | ||||||
| Heavy heifers (651+ kgs) | 1 | 177.0 | 177.0 | 177.5 | ||||||
| 30 to 48 mths heifers | 8 | 131.0 | 99.0 | 120.4 | ||||||
| Leading steer prices | ||||||||||
| Vendor | Weight Kgs | Breed | P per Kg | Gross £ | ||||||
| M B Farms | 640 | 24 mths Limousin | 219.0 | 1404 | ||||||
| D W Ferguson Ltd | 505 | 20 mths Limousin | 218.0 | 1103 | ||||||
| Priors Byne Farm | 465 | 18 mths Sussex | 193 | 899 | ||||||
| Priors Byne Farm | 485 | 22 mths Sussex | 188.0 | 914 | ||||||
| B G & M A Tomsett | 575 | 22 mths Aberdeen Angus | 186.0 | 1072 | ||||||
| Leading heifer prices | ||||||||||
| M B Farms | 570 | 25 mths Limousin | 225.0 | 1285 | ||||||
| D W Ferguson Ltd | 550 | 16 mths Blonde | 219.0 | 1207 | ||||||
| W S Furnival (Brookland) | 520 | 16 mths Limousin | 204.0 | 1063 | ||||||
| D W Ferguson Ltd | 485 | 28 mths British Blue | 199.0 | 967 | ||||||
| R F & E A Simmons | 505 | 26 mths Limousin | 198.0 | 1002 | ||||||
Cull Cows and Bulls – 77 Sold
Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill – 07795 200357
Report on trade: Good numbers are still coming forward and they met another very strong trade. Quality was much more variable this week with a shortage of the smart feeding types and not much flesh on offer in the beef sector. Rates very similar to recent weeks but we all await the referendum result to see the impact on exchange rates. Currently a relatively weak Pound is helping our exports and hindering the imports.
Limousins made to 141p per kg and £969 for Freshfields Farms, 132p and £947 for J Batchelor & Ptnrs; South Devons 136p and 130p G Symons and 122p W E Baines; Simmental 127p D J Cornforth; British Blue 127p F Henderson and Sussex 120p,118p and £753 D J Miles (Exempt).
British Friesians amde 116p, 115p(3), 113p(2) from Debden Court; Holstein Friesian 117p, 114p from J Skinner, 116p, 115p W F Farms; 116p W S Furnival; and foreign bred Holsteins 90p, 88p, 86p. Jerseys made 86p and 80p Hickson Bros.
Good bulls are wanted and Limousins made 128p,124p and to £1246.
| Cull cattle section – pence per kg | ||||
| Classification | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
| Beef cows | 32 | 140.0 | 60.0 | 107.2 |
| Dairy cows | 42 | 121.0 | 39.0 | 89.4 |
| Cull bulls | 3 | 128.0 | 99.0 | 117.0 |
Store Cattle – 118 Sold
Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901
Report on trade: The store cattle sale kicked off sharply with two good shaped Limousin cross 7 mth old bulls from A Boyd & Co making £790. This set a trend for the sale with only the long term TB Edge cattle being harder to sell, with the 60 to 120 day testing period falling now in the middle of harvest these are not proving popular with buyers from low risk areas. Barfrestone Courts yearling British Blue steers made up £730 and heifers to £700. Their Aberdeen Angus cross steers at 9-12 mths also made to £700. J Swift made up to £788 for his 15 mth old Limousin and British Blue crosses, A Boyd & Co had a 21 mth Limousin steer which made £1075 and A J Down had a pen of Hereford x Friesian steers in forward condition which made £1020 at 14 mths.
This was a good trade overall with plentiful supplies of grass helping the situation.
Other stock sales reports
Calves – 60 Sold
Auctioneer: Mark Cleverdon 07748 202688
Report on trade: Still a smaller than expected entry, even for June, but regular buyers were on hand and competed well to secure stock right through to the lesser end of the runs of black and white bull calves. The dairy bulls made up 66% of the entry and again the beef crosses sold exceptionally well.
Young beef crosses made to £275 for British Blue heifers and £260 for bulls from J W Boyd & Sons while stronger British Blues made to £385 for both bulls and heifers from M W Goddard. Native breeds were led by Goddard & Son with their Aberdeen Angus bulls making £300 and £260 and heifers £220. A West Sussex farm consigned Blonde heifers to make £250 and Limousin heifers £280.
Reared black and white bulls made to £175 from D Murdoch & Sons and £170 from M W Goddard with young models to £110 from Ledger Farms. The majority of the rest made £30 to £100 whikle reared (November 2011 born) Ayrshire bulls made to £235 from J Howie
Please keep your entries of calves coming. At our fortnightly sales we expect to have plenty of enquiries for all shapes, sizes and ages of stock. Thank you all for texts and messages with early notice of your entries for forthcoming sales – it does help.
| Calf averages – £ per head | ||||
| Description | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
| Continental Bulls | 7 | 385.00 | 180.00 | 268.86 |
| Continental Heifers | 4 | 385.00 | 275.00 | 352.50 |
| Native Bulls | 7 | 300.00 | 46.00 | 202.29 |
| Native Heifers | 2 | 150.00 | 145.00 | 147.50 |
| Friesian Bulls 1st quality | 7 | 235.00 | 162.00 | 196.29 |
| Friesian Bulls 2nd quality | 12 | 128.00 | 72.00 | 90.75 |
| Friesian Bulls 3rd quality | 21 | 70.00 | 30.00 | 52.00 |
Store and Finished Pigs – 174 Sold
Auctioneer: Mark Cleverdon 07748 202688
Report on trade: Quality was not to the fore this week in the finished pens but those on offer made similar prices to recent sales and in total a good number were sold again. Cull numbers increased and stores were fewer this week. Nationally the deadweight returns have now caught up with the markets which is good news for the industry as a whole.
The best finished pigs made to 101p per kg for a single light pig from A C Ellett and a pen from C B Hope with the best pigs (33 of the entry) grossing £85 to £98. C B Hopes run of 38 averaged £85.32. The remainder of varied quality made principally 30 to 80p.
Cull sows and boars made 18 to 38p with the best with weight 35p plus. A heavy boar grossed £84.
In the store pig pens well bred light fedders made £40 to £42 from P & R Marshall and others £5 to £12.
Our pig sales are held once a fortnight and with spring and summer on the way we all hope the trade and confidence in the pig sector will rise again (from the very low levels prevailing for about 3 months on more now!). Please keep in touch with us here in Ashford if you have pigs to sell.
| Pig averages | ||||
| Description | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
| 1st Quality finished – p per kg | 72 | 101.0 | 87.0 | 94.6 |
| – £ per head | 98.62 | 65.65 | 81.72 | |
| 2nd Quality finished – p per kg | 42 | 86.0 | 22.0 | 47.2 |
| – £ per head | 88.56 | 13.99 | 39.34 | |
| Cull sows – p per kg | 18 | 38.0 | 10.0 | 31.9 |
| – £ per head | 98.60 | 11.50 | 52.32 | |
| Cull boars – p per kg | 2 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 |
| – £ per head | 84.00 | 47.60 | 65.80 | |
| Strong stores – £ per head | 2 | 12.00 | 10.00 | 11.00 |
| Small stores – £ per head | 38 | 42.00 | 5.00 | 33.45 |
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General news
Updated 21st June 2016
Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th June – Royal Norfolk Show, Norwich. Full details from Juliette Tompkins on 01603 748931 or visit www.royalnorfolkshow.co.uk
Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th July – Livestock Event 2015 at the NEC, Birmingham. For details look at www.livestockevent.co.uk or ring 0845 458 2711.
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July – Kent County Show, Detling. Full details available from Show Office 01622 630975. ** Hobbs Parker are again pleased to be sponsoring competitions in both the cattle and sheep rings **
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