Auctions

General Sale room this week. 20th June 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

29 Cattle a very short entry still found a difficult selling trade with buyers stating supply exceeding demand with boxed meats cheap and available. Top this week Colin Reeve 396pkg for a very smart Limousin heifer (£2391.84), Colin having others at 392pkg and a Blonde steer at 386pkg and a Blonde heifer at 372pkg. P B Goodwin Limousin heifers to 350pkg (£2124.50) and a heavy Limousin steer at 342pkg (£2582.10) topping the price per head. AA bred steers to 340pkg from H H Cawston & Sons (£2312) with Hagag Limited to 331pkg and 324pkg. Heifers from W J Broom to 320pkg. Hereford heifers from George Wright Farms taken to feed at 304pkg and 302pkg. A Heath & Sons again forward with 14 m/o BB X Dairy heifers to 346pkg, 342pkg, 340pkg etc. Please enter your stock as soon as possible to discuss the trade.

435 Sheep a shorter entry and another fast selling trade in all sections in contrast to the cattle trade. New Season Lambs again rang the bell to £227 a head from Owen Forde for 50kg lambs, C C Roots to £220, £216, £215 etc with R Partridge & Sons to £217 and A Starling to £210. Medium lambs to £320 from Chris Pettitt (45kg) with C C Roots & Sons to £200.50, £200 (2) etc as were F Pearce & Sons. Standard lambs to £191.50 again from Chris Pettitt who had others to £188.50 with Andrew Green to £187.50, £182 (2) etc. Old Season Lambs still forward but several very plain sorts. Meat selling well and wanted in all sections topping at £195 a head from Richard Criddle at 54kg  with Faye Fearn to £186. Medium hoggs to £160 from Billington Sheep Farms Limited. Standard hoggs to £155 from Richard Criddle, £150 etc. Lean sorts more difficult.

47 EWES to £242 for Suffolk ewes from Jim Hammond to average £162.19. Many more wanted. Other Suffolk ewes to £232, £230 etc, Lleyn ewes to £224, Jacob ewes to £150, NC Mules to £172, Beltex ewes to £206, Teeswater ewes to £184, £182, Shetland ewes to £137, Norfolk Horn ewes to £161, only 4 ewes below £100.

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.