Weekly Sales News – 6 September 2016

Top price per kilo – 225p – Mr T Husk: Top price per head – £98.50 – C George

 Report on trade: An increased entry saw almost 40% more lambs on offer than last week and an improved trade also with the SQQ average up almost 10p per kg on the week. This trade has certainly been boosted by the upcoming Muslim festival but there is a strong demand for all sorts of lambs on offer from the super lights right up to the heavies for both both the home export trade.

A larger number ofvery best export grade continental lambs were on offer with super runs from Passmore Coombes, G H Dean & Co, P & C Bower Ptnrs, T Husk and R J Adams to name but a few. These top quality sorts sold to a good premium with all over 200p to a top price of 225p for Mr T Husk. Heavy lambs were a super trade this week with once again the best end of these making in excess of 200p from Mn Woodroofe, A Jull and M J Jilks and to a top price of £98.50 for some very heavy 54kg lambs from C George.

Report on trade: A large entry with almost 1100 ewes on offer, almost double last weeks entry, due mainly to the impeding Muslim festival and a wet Monday allowing the local farmers to have a chance to sort some ewes. Ewes were a slightly improved trade despite the drop in average price which was due to the large percentage of leaner sorts in the pens.

Best continental ewes sold to £90 and a slightly improved trade for cull rams pushed these up to £100. Several buyers were present for the leaner sorts on offer to farm on until after christmas and these sorts traded between £30 and £58. Please advise us of any large consignments of ewes over the coming weeks.

Top prices included continental ewes to £90 from Bocketts Farm, Suffolk crosses to £87 from M Woodroofe, Mules to £68 from David Clarke Farms and Romneys to £74.50 from A & A Barr Farms. Rams to £100 from D P Isaac.

Report on trade: Again we saw an increase in numbers with 10 individual successful buyers ensuring competitive returns throughout. The best butcher type cattle attracted prices of 210p plus with a superb Limousin cross heifer topping at 230p (£1239) and Limousin Cross steers grossing up to £1315 both from M B Farms.

Several runs of native bred cattle were on offer and  sold well with the pick of the prices including a heavy Aberdeen Angus steer grossing up to £1231 from J Leggat &Son, a handy weight Aberdeen Angus cross steer at 201p (£1090) from D W Ferguson Ltd, Sussex cross steer at 193p (£1068) from A & M Lyon and Sussex heifers to 196p (£1075) from T Masters.

Several over 30 months were on offer with Limousin cross steers at £1015 from J H & A H Godden

Report on trade: All cows a real trade today with all buyers in active mood and keen to secure stock for both slaughter and feeding. There was nothing special about the entry with a high proportion from the dairy sector and many of those at the lean end of the profile but trade  all grades keen and competitive. There were very few fleshed beef cows but lean feeders, whether assured or not and irrespective of area status, taken on strongly by the feeders with approved fattening status.

Beef meat cows made 130-140p per kg but there were few forward. A Charolais made 139p and £1183 from B A & P T Heath; British Blues 134p and 130p £881 from L Palmer & Son; Aberdeen Angus 129p G R & A J Weller; Hereford 127p £892 F Henderson; Simmental 127p (Non FA) G F Hawkins and Sussex 124p from Raveningham Farms.

Best dairy culls made over 125p; meat 110-120p; steakers 85-100p and plain 70p plus with only the lightweights less money. Young British Friesians made  144p and 128p E P Knight; Holstein Friesian 131p,129p and £1028 Appleton Farms; 125p and £934 M Goddard; 122p R C & J L Pickering; 117p, 116p £1062 Goddard & Son; Ayrshire 119p and £830 R & J Ledger; Shorthorn 117p R C & J L Pickering and Jerseys 68p S E Lane & Ptrs.

Overage steers (36 mths plus) wanted and made 139p, 136p and 135p and £1016 E T Ledger & Son.

There was a good trade for fleshed stock bulls but less money for the leaner old types.

Report on trade: A fantastic start to the Autumn store cattle sales with a good show of cattle attracting big feeding customers from the Eastern counties and Midlands in addition to our regular buyers. Trade was strong throughout with buyers in bullish mood and gaining confidence from the improvement in finished returns during recent months.

The best of the continental crosses made from £800 to £1000 with a superb 15 mths British Blue heifer up to £1000 from T Masters and strong Limousin cross steers topping the market at £1110 from F C Henderson.

The native breeds again were sought after with attractive prices to match. The pick of the trade included a run of 10 – 11 mths Aberdeen Angus cross steers which made up to £828 from R Brown & Daughter. A quality run of 15 to 18 mth Sussex stores were particularly well received with steers making to £890 and heifers to £850 from Raveningham Farms.

Auctioneer: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901

Report on trade: A relatively large entry of beef cows and calves saw 3 consignments of mainly native breeds attracting lots of interest and competitive prices throughout with 8 successful purchasers.

Top prices included £1260 for a Charolais cross cow and Simmental cross calf from R & T Marriner while a run of Sussex cross cows and calves topped at £1100 from Exors of P T O’Brien and Aberdeen Angus cows and calves made to £820 from D Tucker.

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

Our next Auction Sales are…….

Commercial Vehicle sale

Thursday 22^nd September at 3.00pm

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

Store and Breeding Sheep sale

Friday 23^rd September at 11am

See our Forthcoming Livestock Sale information at the front of this report for details

Sale of Boats and Maritime items at Ramsgate Harbour

Saturday 17^th September

A good large entry of boats and other maritime items

Abbots Court Farm, Burmarsh

Thursday 29^th September at 11am

A complete farm dispersal sale 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 entries of implements and machinery are welcome, please advise details immediately.

Romney and Sussex Day shows and sales

Friday 30^th September at 11am

Sponsored by Elanco Animal Health and Farmers Guardian – full details of entries will be available next week

Chilli Farm Machinery sale

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 expected

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

We need your entries for this sale immediately please.

General news

Updated 6^th September 2016

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 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

Monday 12th September at 7.30pm – visit to Brattle Farm Museum, Pinnock Lane, Staplehurst. The museum is signed by brown ‘tourist’ signs from main road through Staplehurst.

Saturday 17^th September – Weald of Kent ploughing match at High Tilt Farm, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent. Full details available from secretary Karen Wheeler 01580 753206 or on www.wkpma.co.uk.

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

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.

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