Weekly Sales News – 28th December 2021

Top Price Per Kilo – 293p – CA Worley Farming Ltd: Top Price Per Head – £147 – Summerdown Farm

Report on trade: Just over 1,100 lambs were on offer today and a similar trade was seen to last week, with both being reduced entries due to being Christmas week. Demand is still strong for all types with the heavier lambs really ringing the bell once again and making to a top price of £147 from Summerdown Farm with others including W & P New, M A Piper & Son and I Strang all selling sheep over £138.

The more continental types on offer for the export trade topped at 293p per kg from C A Worley Farming with W & P New a close second at 291p.

Happy New Year to all our vendors, buyers and staff.

Auctioneer: James Cook O’Connell

Top Price Ewe: £149 from P & E Andreozzi   (Ave. £97.00)      Top Price Ram:£71 from Langrish Farmers

A good show of ewes of all shapes and sizes with strong demand once again for the best fleshed types on offer.

A entry of note from Stone Farms were well finished and topped with Texels at £108. Mules from D Howard topping at £110 and Romneys from Langrish Farmers topping at £110. Grazing ewes still in plentiful supply and ranging from £50 – £80 with only the very worst below this.

Top prices included:

Continentals to £149 from P & E Andreozzi

Suffolk x to £131 from Summerdown Farm

Romneys to £110 from Langrish Farmers

Report on trade: A very small pre-Christmas entry with 6 Holstein Friesian cows from Huddlestone Farmers selling to a fabulous trade topping at 129p per kg grossing £1065.

Auctioneer: Peter Kingwill 07795 200357

Report on trade: Just two Longhorn cows that had run with a Limousin bull since the Summer sold very well to £690.

Report on trade: A seasonal entry with a festive spirit to the trade this week and a top of £360 for British Blue Bulls from Hickson Bros. A Hereford Bull from Goddard & Son to £250. Heifer trade also full of seasonal spirit with a top of £370 for Blues from Hickson Bros. A little more life in the dairy bull trade this week seeing a seasonal spike with a top of £118 for a younger calf from J W Boyd & Sons. Dairy bull average would be at least £20 dearer on the fortnight.

Wishing all vendors and purchasers a Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year, I hope to see you all for the first sale of 2022 which will be Tuesday 4^th January.

A reminder that we are able to offer calves from Arla vendors under 56 days old subject to a declaration being signed by the purchaser, any queries on this please do get in touch.

Cattle Producers, Please Note – Revised Advice

Inconclusive Reactors – all IRs from high risk or edge areas that have had a negative (clear) result on retesting remain restricted on their holding for the rest of their life and can only move direct to slaughter or an approved finishing unit (AFU).

In a low risk area if there has been a TB breakdown (i.e. with reactors) then again any IRs that subsequently have a negative test are still only allowed to go direct to slaughter or an AFU, however if only IRs are identified in a low risk area herd test then no movement restrictions are placed on those animals if they subsequently re test negative (clear).

Should any low risk area producer have any doubts, about the position please do not hesitate to contact Peter Kingwill.

Cattle Passports

We remind producers that on no occasion should the details on a cattle passport be changed other than by returning it to BCMS.

If details are incorrect return and advise BCMS, or advice the auctioneers on market day without writing on the passport.

Notices – Des Heathcote, Egerton

Family and friends have asked us to report that Des sadly passed away recently. Well known in the local community and farming circles Des also worked for Hobbs Parker car auctions for a period in the 1980’s.

Miscellaneous livestock and general goods and services for sale and wanted ex farm

Wanted – Roll over sheep crate and square hay rack by a North Kent farmer please ring 01622-737055 / 07976 921689.

Hay and Straw register

For a small charge we are quite happy to advertise your hay, straw, and fodder for sale in this register which will now run until early May for further details please ring our auctioneers office on 01233 502222.

For Sale – Conventional baled and 4 string big bales meadow hay on a farm in the Ashford area. Can be delivered. Ring Michael on 07715651766 or 01233 820261

For Sale – large quantities of hay, hayledge and straw in the Ashford area. Ring 07707 879642

For Sale – large quantities of top-notch feed and bedding – Round bale naked hay, Round bale wrapped haylage, Mini Hesston bales naked hay, Round bale wrapped silage, Round bale naked wheat straw, Round bale naked barley straw, Round bale naked oat straw, Whole Wheat and barley in crane bags, Logs of all varieties, shapes, sizes and prices.

All from our own Red Tractor certified farms (with full field traceability) and keenly priced ex farm or delivered locally or nationwide. Richard Barnes (Farms) Ltd, Etchingham, TN19 7AZ.

01580 819000, 07768 771933

Southern Rover Club news

The Southern Rover Owners Club (SROC) are a long-established group of local enthusiasts covering Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Essex and are seeking areas of land for the occasional use of Land Rover based competitive motor sport. They are looking for any areas with rough terrain including scrubland, former quarries, and accessible woodland. The ground can include open grassland, hillsides and slopes, rocky terrain, and boggy areas. They normally visit each site once a year and have a scale of fees they pay, depending on the type of event held. References from existing landowners can be provided. All their events are run under permits and insurances issued by Motor Sport UK and are governed by technical regulations compiled by both the MSUK and the Association of Land Rover Clubs.

The format for events is that several short courses will be set out over rough terrain with drivers expected to negotiate each section from start to finish without incurring penalties. There are no time or speed elements involved. Events are similar to Motorcycle trials in nature.

If you are able to offer any suitable land or would like to know more about the club or events, please email Graham Bridgland at competitionsec@sroc.co.uk. More information can be seen at www.sroc.co.uk