Auctions

Sale Report – Rye Farm Machinery Sale – 27th September 2026 – Rye Farm Sale Report

Next General Sale – Saturday 19th September – General Sale Catalogue – 19th September

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

91 Cattle – an entry of commercial cattle, with the very best not forward. Trade dearer on the week when considering the quality, with even demand throughout. Top this week 379pkg for an R-grade AAX steer from HAGAG Ltd, who had others at 366pkg (2), 362pkg etc., and to £2,315.69 per head. J W Gray showing BBX steers to 368pkg (2), with others to 352pkg etc., and AAX heifers to 360pkg. Adam Youngman to 356pkg for Hereford X steers, with others 351pkg, 350pkg etc. Mr and Mrs L J Dowley with Simmental heifers to 364pkg and to £2,585.18. J W G Dunt & Sons with AAX heifers to 364pkg and SD heifers to 356pkg. Telmara Farms Ltd, Simmental heifers to 366pkg (£2,335.48). Red Poll heifers to 345pkg from Ian Stennett, Chaplin Brothers AAX steers to 358pkg (2), A Heath & Sons Continental X heifers to 364pkg from 348pkg and to £2,088.45. E Halsall & Sons Stabiliser heifers to 359pkg and AAX steers to 356pkg (2). Rod Lock Agricultural topping the price per head on the day for a mighty Limousin steer at £2,915.25.

36 STORES – short entry. A 17m/o Simmental pure bred bull from Telmara Farms to £2,900. AAX steers 19m/o to £2,080, heifers to £1,820. Stabiliser steers 18m/o to £1,820, heifers to £1,480. Simmental steers 17m/o to £1,800, South Devon steers to £1,800 (16m/o). Hereford steers 17m/o to £1,540, AAX heifers 15m/o to £1,700. Simmental steers 6m/o to £1,300. 18m/o AA bulls to £1,240.

646 Sheep – a similar entry found a consistent trade with heavy weights slightly more difficult. Very heavy lambs to £200 from James Coe, with La Hogue Farm Foods to £182, W Chantry & Sons to £181 and Brad Webb to £180 and to 333pkg for Aungier Livestock for Cheviot X Texel lambs. Heavy lambs to £170 from Mr & Mrs M Partridge, Aungier Livestock and La Hogue Farm Foods at the same level and to 370pkg from La Hogue Farm Foods. Brad Webb to 351pkg (2), medium lambs to £155 for P & M Richards, as were Aungier Livestock (2 pens), with W Chantry & Sons to £151 and to 352pkg from P & M Richards, N Mrozek to 351pkg (2), J Coe to 349pkg and Aungier Livestock to 345pkg. Standard lambs to £141 from Becky Byam, James Coe to £138 and 21^st Century Farms to £132. Becky Byam topping the price per kg on the day at 371pkg with James Coe to 354pkg.

126 EWES – all in average £133.33 for a generally plain show of ewes. Several ewes taken for grazing. Rogue ewes to £189 from Becky Byam with others to £170, £164 etc., Kent ewes to £160, Lleyn ewes to £159, Herdwick X ewes to £137, Easy Care ewes to £146, Welsh Mules to £140. Welsh X ewes to £155, Jacob ewes to £140, North County Mules to £145, Polled Dorset ewes to £130, grazing ewes from £32 to £120 depending on breed.

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.