WEDNESDAY, 12th AUGUST 2009

 

CATTLE (12) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Desperately short, only twelve forward. Regular supporters, Derek Southouse and Ronnie Kemp share the top rewards, homebred, Limousin cross steers and heifers at 158p and 157.5p. John Down’s heavyweight Sussex to 144p, Julian Mockford’s lighter weight Sussex to 141p.

	Steers - No. – Price		Heifers – No. - Price
PREMIUM (E & R/2,3 &4L)	3	157.7p	1	155.0p
PRIME (R4H and 0+ 3 & 4)	5	140.8p	-	---.-p
OTHERS (Remainder)	2	133.0p	-	. ---.-p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (29)
Better numbers in cull cows and overage beef department, spirited competition throughout. Best of the beef culls Peter Nye’s lightweight Limousin 117p. Lean medium weight Continental cross: Charolais cross 100p, Simmental cross 97p.  R J Parson’s well fleshed Purebred Sussex 109p, W B & G F D Hesselgrave’s South Devon 97p. Overage beef firm as ever. John Waters’ second draw has Continental cross steers to 139.5p and
Mrs. Greenwood’s Angus x Friesian heifer to 125.5p

CALVES (8) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Nothing wrong with the demand for calves - Simmental cross bulls, 5 weeks old £285. Reared Angus x Channel Island bull £180, Reared British Friesian bull £255

PIGS (6)
Entire white cutters to £86.70 and 89p per kilo. Cull sows to £125 per head. Selling/bringing pigs to Hailsham, please let us know.

SHEEP (704) Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

LAMBS (429) Overall average 149.0p per kilo
Predictably harvesting and haymaking sadly resulted in generally fewer sheep on offer. Totally against the national we were much dearer Hailsham, especially for the very best.
Leading prices per kg:- J M & S Ogilvy 193.8p, 160p, Chellows Farm 169.7p, 159.5p, R D Thomas 165.9p, A J & G M Gingell 161.8p 158.9p, M K Wickens 159.4p, L Barrett 159p, R J Verity 158.8p, A A & M Woolgar 157.9p G N & J West 157.6p, 155.6p, Bantony Farm 157.1p, D Miles 156.1p
Leading prices per head:- J M & S Ogilvy £77.50, £64.80, L Barret £72.50, G N & J West £72.50, £70, £65, £63,
A J & G M Gingell £72, £71.50, £64.50, £63.50, W Gribble £66.50, J D Trunkfield Farms Ltd £65.50, Tutts Barn Farm £64.50

EWES (103)
The festival is just around the corner. Get your ewes to Hailsham NOW!
G Harvey £79, £70, £66.50 Chellows Farm £72.50, R J Verity £69.50, Ashdown & General Land Co., £68,
I Williams £68, A A & M Woolgar £65.50

STORE SHEEP (172)
Nothing like as many and we would have hoped for, nonetheless a rip roarer of a trade. With the fat price where it is, does it pay to feed them?... we think not - for the time being anyway! Get your stores to Hailsham without delay!    Bantony Farm £50, £46, Mrs D Owen £50, G W Gribble £49, Chellows Farm £47.50, H C Grissell £46.50, £44 (twice), £42, K Shields £46 (twice), £45, K Axell £44.50

STORE CATTLE
WEDNESDAY, 12th AUGUST ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

No doubt could have sold double the number of store cattle, rain and sunshine keep the grass growing
and the buyers buying - not enough supply for the demand

YOUNGER STORES -
still a blue chip trade the right ones are definitely the right price
R Stickland’s Blonde x Sussex/Friesian steers 10/11 mos £660 and heifers £545,
C Diplock’s Limousin cross steers, 10 mos £560,
Limousin cross heifers, 10 mos £490,
T Avon’s Simmental cross heifers, 13 mos £550

NATIVE CATTLE
Mrs Greenwood’s homebred consignment takes a starring role
Aberdeen Angus steers 24 mos £870, 18 mos £780, heifers 18 mos £755
Other Angus cross stores:
P Tolhurst’s Angus cross steers £640 and heifers £645,
C Harding’s Angus cross steers, 14 mos £590
N W Russell have Sussex x Friesian steers 23 mos £690
JHW & SE Hodson’s Sussex x heifers 25 mos £555
and Chris Unsted, supporter of the Hereford breed has
Hereford cross cow with Hereford cross heifer calf at foot £810 
and Hereford cross steer 17 mos £430

OLDER STORES - keeping pace, too few, more needed
Mrs Greenwood’s Limousin cross steer, 23 mos £880,
Simmental cross steer, 20 mos £725,
Limousin cross heifer, 21 mos £785, Simmental cross heifer, 16 mos £590,
Mrs Newman’s Simmental cross steer, 15 mos £480

and finally Friesian Holstein heifers this time
RPM Investments, yearling plus £620/£600 
and the Jersians to £290

NEXT SALE - MONDAY 24th AUGUST
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HAILSHAM MARKET
Reduction sale of virtually the entire
BUSHLEIGH FLOCK of
66 PEDIGREE SUFFOLKS
Flock Code -DJW
16 Shearling ewes (K), 12 One Lambers (J), 7Two lambers (D), 10 three lambers (F),
10 four lambers and over (D, C & Z) 6 Ewe lambs, Stock Ram and 4 Shearling Rams
MVA Accredited, Scrapie Monitored
Flock first established early 1980’s on Baddlingham and Seafield bloodlines,
Regularly shown at Local Agricultural Shows and winners of several supreme
and breed championships, large flock competitions and also winners at
Royal Smithfield and carcass champion at South Eastern Primestock Winter Fayre
On the instructions of Mr. C. Kniestedt and moved from
Bush Farm, North Chailey for convenience of sale
on WEDNESDAY, 19th AUGUST
To be sold at approx. 2.00 pm and not before
Catalogues available
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Deep in the heart of East Sussex
we’re on the move again to
HUNTERS FARM
BRIGHTLING, Nr. Robertsbridge
For a Collective Sale of
FARM MACHINERY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT,
MISCELLANY, BYGONES, SMALL TOOLS, ETC.
including lots from the
Exors of George Honeysett and The Late Fred Groombridge
and include McCormick Int. 475, Ford 4000, 2 x Ford 4100, ‘V’ Reg John Deere 3140 with foreloaders,
M/F 135, Ferguson TE20 Tractors, ‘07 Kawasaki Trans mule 3010 quad bike;
Kuhn GMD 44 four disc mower; Major 600 offset grass topper; Tipping, bale and plant trailers
inc Crushland steel, M/F 200 monocoque tipping, Wessex plant, Marshall 10 ton,
Bateson cattle and Ifor Williams flat bed; New Holland 644 round, International 440 and
Bamford Super 159 balers; Haybobs; Lemkin and M/F 3f rev. ploughs; Parmiter folding chain harrows;
Cambridge ring rollers; Howard 105 dung spreader; modern IAE cattle feeders/barriers; sheep race
and hurdles; scales, cattle and sheep troughs, creep feeders, tanks, hurdles, gates etc;
plus quantity of new small tools and poultry - inc. chickens, pullets, bantams, ducks & turkeys
to be held on
SATURDAY, 22nd AUGUST
By kind permission of the Exors of George Honeysett
Sale to commence at 10.30 a.m.
Catalogues now available
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** FARM DIRECT**
BULL BANK - Limousin stock bull, Young Charolas bull, Simmental bull, 25 mos
Purebred Sussex bulls, not registered, choice of four
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DAIRY DIRECT
WANTED - Twelve Friesian Holstein Heifers - late summer/autumn calving
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BEEF DIRECT
Small Young Continental cross Beef Herd second and third calvers
Belgian Blue, Limousin cross and Simmental cross cows
with Limousin cross calves at foot, Running back with Limousin
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Small Elite Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Herd
Comprising: Five Cows with Calves at foot, early spring born
Four In-calf Cows/Heifers, autumn calving,
Four Served/Bulling heifers and two young bulls
High Health status, BVD, IBR, Lepto, Johnes Disease free Blue Tongue Vaccinated
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Six Pedigree Hereford in-calf heifers, well grown - Canadian breeding
Running with Registered Hereford bull, Jan/Feb calving
Six Pedigree Hereford bulling heifers, well grown - Canadian breeding
Inspection recommended
and now for something completely different!
Nine Water Buffalo - Cows of various ages, three with calves at foot,
Yearling heifer - attractively priced to a good home
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DEADSTOCK DIRECT - Coldstore 10’ x 10’ three phase motor
RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874

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Autumn Collective Sale Dates of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS' & CONTRACTORS' PLANT
at ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
on SATURDAY, 5th SEPTEMBER
Entries close Friday, 21st August
at OSNEY LODGE FARM,South Godstone
on SATURDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER
Entries close Friday, 4th September