South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 4th MARCH 2009
CATTLE (33) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Rock solid trade once again but just not enough – regular vendors Mark & John Cornwell’s young suckler bred Limousin heifer is top call at 172.5p and they sell four more cattle to average over £1,000, but the total gross return this week goes to Mr. & Mrs. Hesselgrave’s Charolais-x heavyweight steer clocking up £1,274. Best of the steers to John & Mary Jones’ Limousin cross at 169p and good to see native bred South Devons, pre-movement tested, from Paul Collinson at 159p. Well bred first quality Continental cross steers and heifers easily command 160/170p but are difficlut to find.
WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
MF & JC Cornwell’s 600 kg. Limousin heifer 172.5p
J & M Jones’ 640 kg. Limousin 169p
MF & JC Cornwell’s 695 kg. Limousin 161p
Mr & Mrs J F Collinson’s & Son 640kg. South Devon 159p
JH Geering & Son’s 590 kg. Limousin heifer 156p
JH Geering & Son’s 715 kg. Limousin 156p
WB Hesselgrave’s 830kg. Charolais 153.5p
R J Ayre & Son’s 585 kg. Limousin 153p
JW Down’s 550 kg. Sussex 152p
M F & J C Cornwell’s 665 kg. Limousin 148.5p
Mr & Mrs J F Collinson & Son’s 660 kg. South Devon 148p
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Steers - No. – Price |
Heifers – No. - Price |
PREMIUM (E & R/2,3 &4L) |
7 |
157.6p |
2 |
164.3p |
PRIME (R4H and 0+ 3 & 4) |
11 |
143.7p |
3 |
140.3p |
OTHERS (Remainder) |
5 |
131.9p |
5 |
129.6p |
CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (18)
Some good fleshed beef cows forward, Charles Diplock has first quality Limousin x Friesian cows at 120p and heavyweight Angus x Friesian cows realising just short of £1,000. Lean steaking black and white to 92p and medium fleshed Friesian Holsteins £1. Not many clean beef under 48 months - F & JM Rumsey have Simmental cross heifers at 137p. Demand is excellent, the heavier the better.
CALVES (11) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Very short - small Limousin cross bulls £70, Young Friesian bull £30, reared Friesian Holsteins, 8/9 weeks £82, Friesian stirks £170 - we have keen purchasers looking for young beef cross calves - supplies are short.
PIGS (21)
Good enquiry for Oxford Black and Sandy lightweight porkers, gilts to 112p and entires to 90p. Cull sows and boars out in numbers - sows £150, £145, £130 & £120 twice and up to 68p per kilo. Heavyweight boars to £100. Selling pigs - please try and let us know.
SHEEP (865) - Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt
HOGGETS (624) Overall average 169.6p per kg.
To coin a phrase from one market customer today - our sheep trade was “as hot as hell”! No one who was there could surely disagree £80 plus was the order of the day. After nearly 30 years the auctioneer seems to be getting it right at last, long may it continue. We would, however, add a note of caution - how long can it continue!
Leading prices per kg. L Barrett 190.8p, 183.1p, 179.7p, 176.2p, 175.5p,
J Monnington Farms Ltd 182.8p, 177.6p, 176.8p, GE Tobitt 182.6p, CA Lee & Sons 181.3p, DS & P Humphrey 180.2p, 177.9p, S Cook 180p, JM Higgins 178.9p,
BC Thomas 176p.
Leading prices per head: P Gorringe £86.50, £84, SJ Carr £85, £84, £82, RH Smith £85, J Monnington Farms Ltd £84.50, £81, GE Tobitt £84, NC Moss £82, NCYPE £81.50, D Marley £81, RW Kemp & Ptns £81, R & W Brown £81.
EWES (177)
Nothing like enough for the level of demand. At prices approaching £115 per head the figures speak volumes. Freshfield Mill Farms £115, JRG Smith £85, £80, RH Smith £80.50, J Goffin £80, C Wettern £77, GE Tobitt £76.50, Mr & Mrs JF Collinson & Son £75, SJ Carr £74.
STORE LAMBS (428)
It is amazing that there aren’t more profit hunters having a go. Surely whether buying or selling this is one sector of the sheep trade where anyone would be advised to get involved. J Monnington Farms Ltd £69, J Higgins £64, GWH Osbourne £63, £57.50, £52, R & D Marten £62.50, DW Reed £60.50, £53, R & W Brown £60,
J Goffin £59.50, RG Whyman £59.50, C Deroo £59.50, S Stanistreet £54.
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
The First Spring Auction of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS'
& CONTRACTORS' PLANT
on THURSDAY, 12th MARCH at 10. a.m.
Entries include:- ‘96 JCB Fastrac; ‘88 Landrover 110, ‘93 Volvo 940 and Daihatsu Sportrack 1.6; Pony trap; Rice twin wheel horse trailer; 8’ chain harrows, 8’ trailed grass harrows, as new; Fleming 5’ roller, Fleming 5’ link box, Fleming 4’ topper, Kubota, Cat and JCB buckets; Post hole borer; livestock equipment; Oxdale log splitter, as new and Verticle hyd. log splitter, fencing stakes; gates; chain saws; lawnmowers inc. many ride-ons; strimmers; hedgecutters; rotovators; wood chippers, pressure washers; generators; engines; pumps; concrete mixers; garden tools & sundries; small tools & paint (as new), mixed shrubs, herbaceous and specimen plants, etc.
Catalogues now available
Next Sale this Spring to be held at
ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND on SATURDAY, 4th APRIL
(Entries Close Friday, 20th March)
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STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 2nd MARCH
Auctioneer:- Roger Waters
Marching into March - Marvellous Moments last Monday
Robert Heath’s Simmental cross steers, 24 mos £995
David Cross’ Angus cross steers, 24/25 mos £940
big cattle, big money
Tony Monnington’s Simmental steers, fourteen months
younger and an impressive £630
BREEDING STOCK - Demand is good, mostly native cows on offer
JA Fordham & Son’s In-calf Angus cross cows £630, £620, £610, etc.,
J Wheatland’s In-calf Hereford cows £600
SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - 12 months and younger
Insatiable demand - surely take advantage of this trade now.
Frank Grantham’s Charolais cross entires £795 at just over 12 mos,
O’Neill Smith’s Blonde cross steers, 10/13 mos £660,
J Monnington Farms’ Simmental cross steers, 11 mos £630 and heifers £500,
WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Belgian Blue, 10 mos £600,
Mrs PA Greenwood’s Simmental x Friesian steers, 10 mos £490
ANGUS EXCITE - Outwintered is the order of the day -
David Cross is delighted with the demand !
HJ Cross & Son’s outwintered Angus steers at 25 mos £940, £925
and heifers £720/£715, WS & JM Daniels’ Angus cross heifers,
19 mos £770, Angus cross steers, 16 mos £665,
WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Angus cross steer, 11 mos £635,
Mrs Greenwood’s Angus cross steers, 10 mos £600 and heifers £430
OTHER NATIVES OF NOTE
MJ & ML McCubbine’s Hereford cross heifers, 23 mos £615 and 15 mos £530,
J Monnington Farms’ Hereford cross steers, 11 mos £555
and heifers £475 and not forgetting T Nash’s Longhorn steer £450
STRONGER STORES, 17/24 months, very, very keen
Robert Heath takes top price - Simmental cross steers, 24 mos
just £5 short of £1,000! others at £975
Others in the big money bracket
WS & JM Daniels’ Simmental cross £870,
WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Belgian Blue cross, 18 mos £840,
S Smither’s Charolais cross steer, 23 mos £830.
and FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN STEERS to finish with - mixed selection
D Fieldwick’s Holsteins £435, R Harris’ Friesian Holstein £370 and
J Marsh’s New Zealand bred Friesian Holsteins £260
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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 16th MARCH
Entries now being taken for this sale and already include:-
Special Home-reared consignment of 58 Limousin cross steers and heifers,
born July ’07 /Feb ’08, 13/20 mos old, from Mrs PA Greenwood,
12 Friesian steers, 16/18 mos from D Fieldwick and 11 Angus and Friesian steers and heifers, 11/16 mos from BF Armstrong & Son,
plus many more good entries coming forward
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Note for your Diary
SPRING SHOW AT HAILSHAM
EASTER SHOW & SALE
of PRIME CATTLE & MILK LAMBS
to be held on
WEDNESDAY, 1st APRIL
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CUSTOM HATCHING
We can custom hatch your pheasant or partridge eggs
and deliver the chicks back to you for rearing.
8 x 8ft brooder huts for sale.
In good order and stored under cover
Buyer to collect and dismantle.
Tel: Henry Grissell - 01424 838207
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MARK & JIM ROGERS
FENCING & GARDENING CONTRACTORS
ALL TYPES OF FENCING UNDERTAKEN, HEDGE TRIMMING, STRIMMING, GARDEN CLEARANCE
Mark – 07739031514 and Jim – 07770786276
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MOBILE WELDING SERVICE
MIG & ARC - For all Farm Repairs and Fabrication
Tel: Rob Sargent
07809 545849 or 01424 892620
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S.D.F. GENERAL VERMIN CONTROL
Mark Littmoden
Traditional Mole Catcher
01273 483636 – 07949472495
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TO LET 50 ACRES OF
GOOD FENCED & WATERED SUMMER GRAZING
Sheep Preferred
Tel: Nick Young 01435 865077
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GRAHAM LONG - Professional Mole Catcher
Using traditional trapping methods
Member of the Guild of British Mole Catchers - fully insured
Over 30 years experience
07795 226296 - 01435 813718
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** FARM DIRECT **
BULLS to buy - BULLS TO HIRE
Many breeds represented - Natives and Continentals
Angus, Herefords and Murray Grey
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DAIRY DIRECT
Three Friesian Heifer calves, from pedigree stock,
Nov/Feb born, breeding available
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BEEF DIRECT
Two Pedigree Sussex heifers, high health status,
SAC accredited scheme, 22 months and 11 months
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FODDER STORE ALL AVAILABLE - Hay, Straw and Silage,
Big round and big square bales, some small bale hay also clamp grass and maize silage available throughout Sussex and Kent
We may have some close to you - why not give us a call.
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Tel: RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874
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Congratulations to Mrs. Susan Harmer of Mill Laine, Offham, leading sheep breeder and exporter of the Southdown breed, for being invited to judge the Southdown sheep classes at this year’s Paris Show - European recognition for a young local sheep farmer who does much to promote the
Southdown breed.
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HAILSHAM FARMERS' PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET
On SATURDAY, 14th MARCH
Held On Second Saturday In Every Month
9.00 ~ 12.30 At Hailsham Cattle Market
Farmers’ Markets are a great place to browse and buy during this recession, and Hailsham Farmers’ Market is no exception. There are great bargains to be had both with our producers and also in our Craft section. We are all feeling the effects of the economic downturn, and it is so important to support local traders.
We are pleased to be promoting “Farm Stay” brochures helping the farming community to boost their income by offering bed and breakfast, holiday cottages and caravan sites all over Great Britain at very competitive prices. Come along and pick up your free copy.
Just a reminder that we will be holding our usual Easter Bonnet competition at our April Farmers Market.
Market cafe open from 8.00 a.m.
For further information please ring Janet Dann 01323 833359