Auctions

General Sale room this week – General Sale Catalogue – 18th July

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

66 Cattle – cattle trade this week improved with some very good cattle on offer. Simmental young bull sold to 338pkg (£1990) from Telmara Farm Ltd. Hereford young bulls sold to 320pkg (£2012) from George Wright Farms. Limousin young bull sold to 345pkg (£2608) from R A Keeling. Limousin X steers sold to 370pkg and 364pkg from J V Styles & Son realising £2265 and 365pkg (£2292) from D J Black. Limousin X heifers sold to 390pkg (£2364) from J V Styles & Son, 377pkg and 370pkg (£2239) from P B Goodwin and 364pkg (£2292) from J B Farms. British Blue X steers 338pkg from A Heath & Sons. Beef Shorthorn steers sold to 352pkg (£2295) from A Hamilton. Simmental X steers sold to 364pkg (£2162) from J W Chamley and to 348pkg (£2338) from Telmara Farm Ltd. Simmental X heifers sold to 329pkg (£2256) from P A Evans. Hereford X heifers sold to 330pkg (£1910) from W J Brown & Son. AA X steers sold to 325pkg (£1677) from F C Green & Son.

584 Sheep an entry of 404 finished lambs met with a selective trade with only well finished lambs selling to a premium. Cheviot lambs sold to £135 (330pkg), Texel X lambs sold to £155, £145 (350pkg and 349pkg). Charollais X lambs sold to £165, £160 (335pkg and 334pkg). Suffolk X lambs sold to £160 (330pkg). New season lambs SQQ 317pkg.

118 EWES averaged £114.35. Ewes selling to a reduced level with more lean ewes forward as a result of the current drought conditions. Lleyn ewes £121, Romney ewes £143, £141, £139, Charollais X ewes £168, £145, Texel X ewes £147, £145.

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.