Auctions

Farm Sale – Sunday 27th September – Layer De La Haye Rye Farm Sale Catalogue

Our Country Market Auctions are welcoming and friendly offering a wide range of prime livestock for buyers and sellers.  We secure excellent rates and provide an excellent venue for deadstock, buyers and sellers.  The Stanfords auctions are more than just the sales, we are a hub for the agricultural and livestock communities, bringing together the best from around the region.

Our Livestock Market dates back to 1900 and we are immensely proud to be the only weekly Livestock Auction in operation in East Anglia. Our weekly auction, held on a Tuesday, provides clients with the opportunity to source primestock from farmers located in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Cattle and sheep are purchased by butchers, wholesalers and other buyers who appreciate the quality primestock, efficient service and bustling atmosphere that the Stanfords Weekly Livestock Market provides.

Weekly auctions of prime and cull stock every Tuesday with Store sales on the last Tuesday of each month.

To enter stock please ring Steven Ellis on 07446 100931 or 01206 842156.

Latest Livestock Market Report

72 Cattle an increased entry of cattle generally good quality throughout saw a firm demand. Some excellent runs of cattle of forward topping at 389pkg from J V Styles & Son at Shelton, Norfolk for a Hereford X Limousin steer (£2213.41). The Styles 5 other cattle from 370pkg to 386pkg. Messrs Drivers Farms Limousin heifers to 376pkg and the 6 from 357pkg to 376pkg and topping the price per head on the day to £2685.38. P A Evans to 375pkg for Limousin steers and heifers to 383pkg. Colin Reeve 379pkg and 377pkg for Blonde heifers. Phil Liverton 5 Limousin heifers 373pkg to 379pkg and to £2346.17. Stabliser heifers from F J Horsnell 336pkg from 330pkg, Hereford X steers to 345pkg from Adam Youngman and heifers to 339pkg again from Adam. BB X Dairy heifers to 349pkg from A Heath & Sons and J W Gray with steers to 344pkg from J W Gray. AA X steers to 326pkg from Adam Youngman and heifers to 343pkg from A Heath & Sons.

710 Sheep similar entry found another good selling trade with lambs forward from 36kg to 82kg live weight. Strongest demand for meated Continental X lambs of 45kg to 52kg. Top per head this week £200 a head (twice) from Acorn Farms who had others at £183, £190 etc. Lambs over 52kg to 340pkg from W B French & Son, Woodhatch Farms to 334pkg from Chess Valley Livestock to 333pkg and Oliver Eves (Shelford Sheep) to 332pkg. Heavy lambs to £177 a head from Woodhatch Farming and Chess Valley Livestock with W B French & Son to £175 a head as was Oliver Eves (2 pens). Heavy lambs to 361pkg from Chess Valley Livestock, John Revett to 357pkg with Oliver Eves to 350pkg. Medium lambs to £159 from John Revett (2) and Chess Valley Livestock with M & J Taylor to £156 and at 366pkg from John Fisher, John Revett to 361pkg with M & J Taylor to 358pkg (2). Standard lambs very short to £142 from Andy Green (364pkg), Chris Pettitt to 375pkg to 362pkg. Please keep numbers coming.

150 EWES an entry of mainly Mules of all sorts to average £118.18 from £19 to £170 for Texel X. No heavy ewes forward this week. Welsh Mules to £132, Scot Mules to £143, NC Mules to £142, Jacob ewes to £132, Texel X ewes to £139, Kent ewes to £139, very lean ewes from £19 all included in the averages.

Fur and Feather sale commences 9.45 followed by Plants, Bikes followed by yard sale commences at 10am and timber from 11.00.

Goods Accepted Thursday May 9am – 3pm, Friday 9am – 3pm, Saturday morning between 7.00 and 8.30. Fur and feather lots accepted for sale between 7.00 and 9 am on Saturday mornings

The gates will be open from 7.00am on the morning of the sale.

If you have any enquiries please contact Steven Ellis on 01206842156 and he will be happy to discuss them with you.

Rye Farm Sale Catalogue

Ad-hoc Farm Machinery Sales

We have hosted and produced a range of farm machinery sales so if you would like to know more on this please contact Steven Ellis on 07446 100931 or 01206 842156.