Weekly Sales News – 9 August 2016

Top price per kilo – 226p – K Lukehurst: Top price per head – £97.50 – C D Millen

 Report on trade: A good entry of  lambs were on offer this week considering the ongoing harvest period but the strong level of trade we have seen certainly brought the numbers out with just over 2000 lambs penned. Numbers have been slipping downwards nationally over the past week which has in turn helped to push prices up by approx 7-8p per kg on the corresponding markets last week with the Ashford SQQ figure up by 8p on the week.

There were a large number of good quality lambs on offer this week right through the weights from 35kgs to 47kgs with the majority selling in excess of 200p to a top price of 226p form Mr K Lukehurst for 37kg Beltex lambs closely followed by Mrs C Worley at 218p and GH Dean and Co at 213p. Probably the lambs that were best sold on the day were the heavy sorts with 51kg lambs from CD Millen selling to £97.50 (191p), 47 Kg from A C Hulme & Sons to £95.50 (203p) and 46kgs from M Woodruffe to £95 (207p).

Report on trade: A larger entry were penned this week as a result of a lot of lambs being weaned in the past few weeks. This means in turn a lot of ewes are being presented on the leaner side but these sorts look well sold to the grazing men who wish to secure some ewes to farm on and present later in the year when numbers drop.

Best ewes still sold in excess of £90 from G H Dean & Co and Mrs H V Link. Grazing sorts sold mainly from £40 to £60.

Sold by Richard Wood

Report on trade: Fewer cattle were offered this week, no doubt many vendors are busy with hay or wheat, but trade was no different with perhaps the top end gaining a few more coppers. Top price this week was S Marsh whose heavyweight Blonde heifers sold to 222p  per kg and grossed £1107 at 11 mths, while top notch purebred Limousins from M B Farms sold to 218p and grossed £1595 at 29 mths. A run of indoor fed steers from A J Down sold to 184p and grossed to £1055 at 17 mths and the first draw of grazed steers from H G Tompsett & Sons were well received and sold to 200p.

A decent show of bulls were a fair trade but no better than expectations with Limousin x Friesians from T Castle & Son selling to 179p grossing £1140 at 19 mths and a suckled Limousin from M A Piper & Son Farms to 181p at 16 mths.

Report on trade: A very hot trade for a smaller entry with plainer cows in the majority and all well sold. All decent beef cows were 125p per kg and above with the pick making to 150p for a 3 yr old Charolais from C E Price and Sons (£1067). A South Devon made to 134p (£1153) from W E Baines, a Blonde to 135p (£1082) from G L Boulden & Sons and a Sussex to 130p (£833) from D J Miles.

The pick of the dairy cows were all 120p plus to 128p (£966) from Debden Court Ltd and very plain sorts straight from work 50-90p depending how much bag and belly they were carrying.

Cull bulls were also a hot trade with a 7 yr old Limousin from M A Piper & Son Farms to 125p (£1566), Simmental to 109p (£1166) from Boyes & New and a thick Hereford to 93p.

11 Cows, Calves and in calf cows are catalogued for next Tuesday 16th August

Sold by Richard Wood

Report on trade: A very short entry.

Next weeks sale includes up to 55 head which are already catalogued.

See our forthcoming sales information for details of entries.

If you have cattle to sell please speak to any of our auctioneers team for help and advice

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Updated 9^th August 2016

Wanted – Working sheepdog, anything considered bay and east Kent farmer.

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.

For Sale  – the remaining bitches from a litter of working sheepdog puppies – 8 weeks old  Ex farm on the Kent / Sussex borders. Ring 07976 255431

Wanted – a small number Beef Shorthorn breeding females for a farm in East Kent

For Sale ex farm 3 in pig Saddleback Sows due in the next month to six weeks from an East Kent farm

Upto 10 late spring calved pedigree Sussex cows. Hertfordshire – TB Low.

Quantity of 2015 made clamped maize silage in the Tonbridge area. Ring 07771 657402“

Farmers Weekly Awards 2016 – we congratulate 3 nominees, who have connections with the market and Hobbs Parker, who have reached the final stages of these competitions (top 3). Gordon Wyeth from Ropley, Hampshire in Sheep Farmer of the Year, Andrew Howard from Hothfield in Arable Farmer of the Year and  Peter Brown from Bicester in Beef Farmer of the Year.

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.

Sunday 4^th September – Romney Marsh Ploughing and Cultivation Society Ploughing Match at Scotney Court Farm, Lydd, Romney Marsh. TN29 9JP. For all details email: romneyploughing@yahoo.co.uk or ring Chairman Alan Higgs on 07785 783662.

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

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

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

Our next Auction Sales are ……

Horse & Saddlery Sale

Thursday 18^th August at 10am.  Catalogues now available

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

Store and Breeding Sheep sale

Friday 26^th August at 11am

This is our third of 14 late summer and autumn sales and we will pen upto 5,000 principally store lambs plus an early entry of breeding sheep.

Special Vehicle sale

Monday 29^th August from 10am

This auction of cars will include a special sales of 4 X 4, Diesel, sports and high performance, commercial and general vehicles. Upto 500 vehicles will be on site and in the sale.

Store and Breeding Sheep sale

Friday 26^th August at 11am

This is our fourth of 14 late summer and autumn sales and we will pen upto 5,000 principally store lambs plus an early entry of breeding sheep.

Commercial Vehicle sale

Thursday 8^th September at 3.00pm

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

Sale of Boats and Maritime items at Ramsgate Harbour

Saturday 17^th September

Large entries of tractors, trailers, vehicles, arable equipment,

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

Upto 500 lots of shrubs and garden plants and hedging and trees will also be offered

Collective Machinery & Equipment sale

Friday 11^th November at 9.30am.

New & newly near mowers & garden machinery

New tools, farm & agricultural equipment, timber plus large selection of miscellaneous items.

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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.

South East Farmer and Farm Machinery magazines The August edition of this popular regional farming magazine is now available here in the market. Hobbs Parker are regular contributors to the editorial content.

In addition our Property Consultants Outlook for Autumn 2016 is available with this months edition. Articles looking at current issues affecting many aspects of land ownership make interesting reading for all landowners and occupiers.