Weekly Sales News – 4th June 2019

New seasons lambs: Top price per kilo – 250p – Ms H V Link: Top price per head £110.50 – R A & W Brown

Report on trade: A similar sized entry of lambs to last week were penned with some super quality on offer which certainly boosted the trade. This coincided with the week where we saw the most firms fully switch to new season lambs for the majority of their kill as hoggets have finally dried up around the country. Despite this we still had 900 hoggets in the pens but nationally there were very few on offer.

The best quality certainly saw a real lift in demand this week and some prices were up by £5-10 on the week with several pens of the heavier types selling in excess of £100.  The podium of these top prices was filled with Sussex farmers, who travelled the distance and were rewarded with prices of £110.50 fo R A & W Brown , closely followed by T Masters at £109.50 and £107.50 from P & E Andreozzi. The trade for lighter export weight lambs improved also and these sold to 250p from Ms H V Link and closely followed by MB Farms at 242p.

Still 900 hoggets penned this week with everything on offer from both ends of the scale. Lean ones, thick ones, young ones and old ones (A bit like the Hobbs Parker team….!) Trade is still strong for the better end of the hoggets on offer provided they are meat and have not got erupted teeth.  Numbers in this department are expected to drop off very quickly now.

Sheep sales here in Ashford are supported by buyers representing a large cross section of abattoirs throughout the country. Please ensure your FABBL status is up to date and if you are not FABBL assured seriously consider becoming so – certain buyers are restricted to the purchase of only farm assured stock.

Report on trade: We saw a difficult trade for the ewes on offer this week with the wholesale trade reported to be very slow  and the major abattoirs cutting back their killing this week to just a 3 day week. The best meated sorts made in the region of £80 with a few buyers present for some grazing types from £35-55.

Top prices include Texel rams to £80 from G Husk, Suffolk crosses to £78 from R L Goodman & Sons and Romneys to £78 from P Ashlee.

Report on trade: Despite major abattoirs reducing price and cancelling loads due to short term over supply, trade at Ashford Market is holding relatively well. The best handyweight cattle are attracting prices in excess of 200p per kg with a Limousin cross heifer topping the market at £1151 (208p) from W S Furnival (Brookland) and a Blonde cross heifer to £1146 (207p) from G L Boulden & Sons. Heavier sorts made 180p to 190p with notably a Blonde cross heifer to £1196 (186p) from G L Boulden & Sons and a Limousin cross steer £1118 (190p) from R F & E A Simmons.

A few native bred cattle on offer to supply the local butcher trade saw an Aberdeen Angus cross steer £951 (182p) from T Russell and a Sussex steer £914 (178p) from A H Hoad & Son.

Report on trade: Quite a contrast to last week with a good quality show of fleshed beef cows, in particular, with very few keeping beef types. A few well fleshed dairy culls but more leaner cows off grass straight out of the dairy.

Trade strong, particularly for the well fleshed beef cows, but deadweight trends are declining nationally as more culls come forward particularly in the dairy sector as the first flush of grass milk falls away.

Smart continental cross cows made 140-150p per kg and plenty more 120-140p. Best dairy culls 115-120p but the mid range as well sold as anything.

Headlines included Limousin cross 150p(2), 147p, 144p and £1129, £1121 W S Furnival (Brookland); British Blue cross 148p, 139p £1142 M B Farms and 134p, 130p £1010 W S Furnival (Brookland); South Devon 129p £982 Gardners; Sussex cross  125p £959 J Batchelor & Ptrs; Sussex 125p £890 Gardners, 122p, 118p, 117p £868 (Non FA) I Strang and 121p £886 Chandler & Dunn; Aberdeen Angus cross 123p £925 M A & F W Owen and Blonde cross 124p Gardners and 120p J Prior & Son.

In the dairy lines British Friesian 120p(2), 119p £902, £866 PHR Farms; Holstein Friesian OTM heifer 134p £1088 J Leggat & Son; Holstein Friesian cows 120p £884 J Leggat & Son, 117p £908 J Warnock & Son and 116p £959 D Murdoch & Sons; Brown Swiss 112p £886 D Murdoch & Sons and Jersey 85p, 83p £477 Hickson Bros.

Stock bulls saw Aberdeen Angus 113p £1213 and Sussex 103p £866.

Please do not hesitate to ring at anytime for marketing advice.          

Report on trade: A very good competitive trade for all the better bred sorts on offer although some of the second quality and badly bred cattle were difficult to place.

A pen of 20 mths South Devon cross heifers topped the market at £840 from G Symons while yearling South Devon cross heifers sold well at £720 from G Huntley & Son.

Other cattle to sell well included hard done 12 mths Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £715 from S Lewis and yearling continental cross heifers at £775 from J Batchelor & Ptnrs, £755 from G Huntley & Son and £710 from Mrs E M West.

Breeding cattle – 2 young Sussex cows with pure spring born calves made £890 for W T Kemp and a Hereford cow and strong calf £990

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

Our next Auction Sales include……

Special Auction Sale of Convertible Cars

Wednesday 12^th June at 5.00pm

Special sale of convertible cars with the normal car auction to follow

Collective Machinery & Equipment sale

Friday 14^th June at 9.30am.

Catalogues will be available about a week before the sale

Lots will include new & newly near mowers & garden machinery. New tools, farm & agricultural equipment, timber plus a large selection of miscellaneous items.

Commercial Vehicles

Thursday 20^th June at 3.00pm

A wide selection of up to 40 vehicles are generally offered in these sales

Classic Car and Vintage, Veteran and Modern Tractors plus Rural Bygones sale

Friday 12^th July at 10.00am

A special sale of classic and vintage cars, vintage, veteran and modern tractors plus rural bygones.

Summer events / meetings in the area of interest to farmers

Wednesday and Thursday 26^th and 27^th June – Royal Norfolk Show, Norwich. Full details from Holly Whittaker on 01603 748931 or visit www.royalnorfolkshow.co.uk

Kent County Show – Friday to Sunday 5^th to 7^th July – All show enquiries to 01622 633051. Hobbs Parkers are again pleased to be sponsoring cattle and sheep sections

RABI, Young Farmers Clubs, 91 Club, Kent Herdsmans Club and FCN news

RABI – copies of a Summer newsletter are available here in the market.

EORS Field contest farm walk – Thursday 27^th June at home Farm, Sundridge (with the Westacott family). All details from Beer, Siggs and Griffin (NFU) 01732 496050

For further information on all RABI events in Kent ring Charles Tassell – 01622 858733, 07973 412179 or email charles@tassell.co.uk

Kent Herdsmans Club

The next meeting is on Monday 10th June 2019 at 7.30pm with a visit to Beacon Farm, Coldblow Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford. TN26 3PL to view their brand new milking parlour and their cows etc by kind permission of Ed and Bethan Williams.

For all details on Herdsman’s Club events please contact Chairman Alan Jull 07708283220 or Jo Masters 01580 240568.

Wanted – Agricultural Worker required on a mixed farm. Full time position. Duties to include milking, sheep work, tractor driving and general yard work. For more information contact

Robert on 07849092323 or e-mail r.warnock@hotmail.co.uk

Hobbs Parker Auctioneers livestock sales catalogues are always available online on the auctioneers pages of our website www.hobbsparker.co.uk All entries are listed on these regularly updated pages

Ashford Livestock Market has its own Facebook page where news and reports are now being posted on a regular basis www.facebook.com/AshfordLivestockMarket/

Hobbs Parker Auctioneers email a livestock market short report on the afternoon of every livestock sale day. To receive this email report you need to log on to the auctioneers pages of our website www.hobbsparker.co.uk and click the link to email alerts.

To ensure you continue to receive the email it should be opened on a regular basis

Ashford Cattle News

Mike Bromley 2019 Chairman with George Horne 2019 President

The Ashford Cattle Show Society are pleased to announce that George Horne has kindly accepted the invitation to be our president for 2019 in the build up to 150^th show in 2020. George comes from an old Kentish yeoman farming family, who have been farming in Westwell for many generations. A sporty family, his father and uncle raced horses in point to points before the war, his mother played cricket and he himself played rugby for 40 years. His ambition is to ski in his 80th year.

He is married to Jane (nee Campbell) also a point to point rider and they have two girls, Louise is working in construction in the middle east and Catherine who is married to Tom Brandreth and they have twin boys. Both Catherine and Tom along with George and Jane are at  Nash Court where they all look after the farms which involves growing arable crops as well as cattle and sheep. The sheep are generally regarded on the oldest registered pedigree Romney flock in the world.

See earlier in this report for summer competition details. The 2019 show will be held here in Ashford Market on Monday and Tuesday 26^th and 27^th November

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

Our next Auction Sales include……

Special Auction Sale of Convertible Cars

Wednesday 12^th June at 5.00pm

Special sale of convertible cars with the normal car auction to follow

Collective Machinery & Equipment sale

Friday 14^th June at 9.30am.

Catalogues will be available about a week before the sale

Lots will include new & newly near mowers & garden machinery. New tools, farm & agricultural equipment, timber plus a large selection of miscellaneous items.

Commercial Vehicles

Thursday 20^th June at 3.00pm

A wide selection of up to 40 vehicles are generally offered in these sales

Classic Car and Vintage, Veteran and Modern Tractors plus Rural Bygones sale

Friday 12^th July at 10.00am

A special sale of classic and vintage cars, vintage, veteran and modern tractors plus rural bygones.

Summer events / meetings in the area of interest to farmers

Wednesday and Thursday 26^th and 27^th June – Royal Norfolk Show, Norwich. Full details from Holly Whittaker on 01603 748931 or visit www.royalnorfolkshow.co.uk

Kent County Show – Friday to Sunday 5^th to 7^th July – All show enquiries to 01622 633051. Hobbs Parkers are again pleased to be sponsoring cattle and sheep sections

RABI, Young Farmers Clubs, 91 Club, Kent Herdsmans Club and FCN news

RABI – copies of a Summer newsletter are available here in the market.

EORS Field contest farm walk – Thursday 27^th June at home Farm, Sundridge (with the Westacott family). All details from Beer, Siggs and Griffin (NFU) 01732 496050

For further information on all RABI events in Kent ring Charles Tassell – 01622 858733, 07973 412179 or email charles@tassell.co.uk

Kent Herdsmans Club

The next meeting is on Monday 10th June 2019 at 7.30pm with a visit to Beacon Farm, Coldblow Lane, Woodchurch, Ashford. TN26 3PL to view their brand new milking parlour and their cows etc by kind permission of Ed and Bethan Williams.

For all details on Herdsman’s Club events please contact Chairman Alan Jull 07708283220 or Jo Masters 01580 240568.

Wanted – Agricultural Worker required on a mixed farm. Full time position. Duties to include milking, sheep work, tractor driving and general yard work. For more information contact

Robert on 07849092323 or e-mail r.warnock@hotmail.co.uk

Hobbs Parker Auctioneers livestock sales catalogues are always available online on the auctioneers pages of our website www.hobbsparker.co.uk All entries are listed on these regularly updated pages

Ashford Livestock Market has its own Facebook page where news and reports are now being posted on a regular basis www.facebook.com/AshfordLivestockMarket/

Hobbs Parker Auctioneers email a livestock market short report on the afternoon of every livestock sale day. To receive this email report you need to log on to the auctioneers pages of our website www.hobbsparker.co.uk and click the link to email alerts.

To ensure you continue to receive the email it should be opened on a regular basis

Ashford Cattle News

The Ashford Cattle Show Society are pleased to announce that George Horne has kindly accepted the invitation to be our president for 2019 in the build up to 150^th show in 2020. George comes from an old Kentish yeoman farming family, who have been farming in Westwell for many generations. A sporty family, his father and uncle raced horses in point to points before the war, his mother played cricket and he himself played rugby for 40 years. His ambition is to ski in his 80th year.

He is married to Jane (nee Campbell) also a point to point rider and they have two girls, Louise is working in construction in the middle east and Catherine who is married to Tom Brandreth and they have twin boys. Both Catherine and Tom along with George and Jane are at  Nash Court where they all look after the farms which involves growing arable crops as well as cattle and sheep. The sheep are generally regarded on the oldest registered pedigree Romney flock in the world.

See earlier in this report for summer competition details. The 2019 show will be held here in Ashford Market on Monday and Tuesday 26^th and 27^th November