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

73 Cattle and some resistance seen with all buyers stating demand slow with dead weight prices falling. Some tremendous cattle forward from regular supporters but trade generally 15p to 20p lower on the week, although still in line with other centre quotations. Let us hope the fall is short-lived. Top this week again to M B Farms showing Limousin heifers to 412pkg (£2801.60) topping per price per kg and heifers head price with another to 407pkg. Heavy Limousin steers from the same vendor to 398pkg (£3148.18) and another at 390pkg (£3049.80) topping the price per head for steers. Les Carr Limousin heifers to 388pkg, 370pkg. Gary Hubert Limousin steers to 384pkg with BB X heifers to 380pkg. Pauline Byam Limousin steers to 394pkg with another at 380pkg. Robert Vant Limousin heifers to 387pkg (2) with heifers to 372pkg. Raven Bros Blonde & Limousin steers with weight to 370pkg (2). Peter Goodwin Limousin heifers to 370pkg with heavy similar bred steers to 365pkg. J V Styles & Sons Limousin steers to 376pkg, 372pkg etc with smart handy weights from A & W Bentall 375pkg (3) BB X steers from A & W Bentall to 375pkg (3), 374pkg etc with similar bred heifers to 378pkg (2).

398 Sheep desperately short entry found a strong trade throughout with price advancing on the week. New Season Lambs still short trading to £211 a head from Andrew Jones & Bungehurst Farms with Richard Criddle to £205, £202 etc. Topping the price per kg at 503pkg was Richard Criddle & Bungehurst Farms (2) with medium & standard lambs 460pk to 495pkg. Old Season Lambs to £208 a head from Nigel Mrozek, £206 etc. James Coe to £196, Mark & Jake Taylor to £195, £193, £190 etc and heavy Old Season Lambs to 417pkg from Richard Criddle. Medium Old Season Lambs to £196 from James Coe and the Criddles to £189 (3), £187 and to 440pkg as was James Coe. Standard Old Season Lambs keenly sought to £177 from Richard Criddle with others to £176, £169 etc. Billington Sheep to £159 at 37kg and the Criddles to 458pkg, 454pkg, 451pkg etc. A few very lean tup OSL included in the averages. More wanted please.

42 EWES to £253 average £176.52. Many more wanted. Hampshire ewes to £208, North Country Mules to £233, £204 etc, Suffolk Mules to £191, Blue Texel ewes to £190, Welsh to £100 only 2 ewes below, Hampshire to £212, Easy Care to £154.

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.