Auctions

Farm Sale Sunday 2nd June 2024 in Brightlingsea at 11am. Catalogues now available Brightlingsea Farm Sale 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

An average entry of 54 Cattle including 50 prime cattle, 2 bulls and 2 over age.  Generally high quality forward with nothing below 240.5pkg in the sale of prime cattle.  Top per kg this week a superb Limousin steer from D J Black, Great Bentley, (£1,892.30) with another at 315.5pkg (£2,003.43).  Topping run of steer and heifers from A & W Bentall seeing Limousin steers to 302.5pkg with BBX heifers to 300.5pkg and BBX steers to 297.5pkg, all at 12/13 months and to £1,701.70 from £1,516.38 other than one small meated Limousin heifer at £1,381.36.  Run of Simmental X steers from H P Marriage & Sons to 289.5pkg from 284.5pkg (4 head) at 14/15 m/o with an AAX heifer at 279.5pkg.  R W & D R Coe Limousin X steers to 288.5pkg, 284.5pkg and heifer to 286.5pkg.  Gary Hubert Hereford X heifers to 286.5pkg, 281.5pkg with Tony Evans showing Limousin steers to 284.5pkg (2).  J W Gray showing usual run to 286.5pkg for BBX steers, Hereford X steers to 277.5pkg from 240.5pkg and Limousin steers to 276.5pkg.  Charlie Bowes showing Limousin X heifer to 282.5pkg with steer to 276.5pkg.  A Heath & Sons back again with 6 dairy X Continental heifers to 283.5, 277.5pkg (2) etc.  Traditional breeds from R J Scarfe & Partners saw Shorthorn heifer to 279.5pkg and Red Poll steers to 268.5, 265.5pkg etc.  More bite to the trade this week after the BBQ weekend.

An average entry of 648 Sheep included a short entry of New Season Lambs which were wanted and more could have been sold to advantage.  Heavy NSL from Acorn Farms to £228 a head with Chris Chamley to £221 (2) and H G Thurston to £212 a head (461pkg).  Medium lambs flying to £218 a head (40kg) 545pkg with other pens to £214. C W & D Chamley also to £214 with W Ralph to £203.  Standard lambs to £184 a head (484pkg) from H G Thurston.  Many more wanted.  Old Season Lambs, the good, the bad and the ugly but all selling easily as buyers look to restock.  As always best meat selling at a premium.  Heavy hoggs from Will Griffin to £212 (2) with others to £210 from Will and La Hogue Farm Foods at the same level with the same vendor at £204.  The £200 mark reached by Richard Lewin, Phil Eagle, Jamie Gregory and W & J Griffin (2 pens) with M R & J Taylor to £198.  Medium hoggs to £192 from Will Griffin, P Eagle at £190 with M R & J Taylor to £190, £189, £187 etc.  Standard hoggs short seeing Ed Hawkins to £140, Samantha Merchant to £135 with David Billington to £134.  Top per kg the heavies to 426pkg from Lewin Farms, La Hogue to 424pkg, Will Griffin to 417pkg.  Medium hoggs to 439pkg from La Hogue Farms with others to 434pkg, 430pkg (3 pens), all shorn.  Standard hoggs to 364pkg from Ed Hawkins.  As stated meat and quality paying, hoggs still wanted please.

140 EWES to £185 for Suffolks to avg £134.40 to include all including very plain ewe at £10. ½ bred ewe to £178. Norh Country Mules to £170, Cheviots to £150, Suffolk Mules to £175. Another strong selling trade

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.

Sunday 2nd June 2024. Farm sale at Brightlingsea, Essex.

Please click here for a catalogue – Brightlingsea 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.