Auctions

General Sale Saturday 18th April – General Sale Catalogue 18th April

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

63 Cattle an average entry found more buyers present but less trade as reports of falling dead weight prices affect the buyers enthusiasm. Some excellent cattle forward and as reflected in the averages. A fantastic heavy steer from M B Farms topping the price per kg at 410pkg and the price per head at £3079.10 with another at £3068. Two other steers from the same vendor at 400pkg and a heifer at the same. Les Carr a home bred Limousin heifer at 387pkg with a steer at the same price per kg. Pauline Byam an excellent Limousin heifer to 376pkg (£2383.84) with Geoff Freeman to 370pkg for a BB X steer (£2427.20) and a similar bred heifer to 364pkg (£2275). P B Goodwin Limousin heifer to 379pkg with a steer to 370pkg (£2830.50). Excellent run of homebred BB X steers and heifers from A & W Bentall saw heifers to 373pkg steers to 377pkg. General run of cattle 320pkg to 355pkg throughout with a few O- grade cattle less but nothing below 300pkg. A difficult time for all finishers and as stated last week please keep in contact with us to advise on demand and numbers.

335 Sheep a short entry found a strong demand with more wanted. Again several plain OSL forward affecting averages. Top per head this week £205 from Richard Criddle. With W & J Griffin to £202 (3 pens), £201, £200 (2 pens) as were Jamie Gregory and Polly Northwood and Richard Criddle and to 413pkg from Richard Criddle. W Chantry & Son to 410pkg, W & J Griffin to 400pkg. Medium hoggs £190, £189 from W Chantry & Son with lighter weights £178 and Billington Sheep Farm Ltd to £177 at 42kg and 421pkg. Standard lambs of variable quality with meat to £155 from Richard Criddle and Billington Sheep Farm Ltd to £151 a head and to 397pkg. Leaner lambs around 330pkg to 313pkg. As always meat paying in all sections. A shorter entry than expected of NSL a firm trade topping at £205 a head for superb lambs from Emma Page with other pens at £198, £196, £195 etc. Richard Criddle to £187 for 42kg lambs with lighter lambs to £183, £179 etc. Again meat paying more. More lambs are needed.

77 EWES to average £153.91 including Soay ewes from £18 a head to £40. More could be sold to advantage. Texel X ewes to £209, £198 etc, Lleyn ewes to £198, £196 etc, Half Bred ewes to £195, £193 etc, NC Mules to £180, £176, £169 etc, Suffolk Mules to £196, £190, Ryeland ewes to £172, £162 etc, Romany ewes to £192, £185 etc.

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.

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.