South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

WEDNESDAY, 13^th MAY 2009

CATTLE (32) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Average entry - easier on the week, one or two vendors now coming to the yard ends. Graham Beck’s still out with good homebred Limousin cross stock his two year old heifer best of the run at 157p. Good to see local feeder and breeder Julian Mockford’s heavy Simmental cross heifer to 148p. Best of the steers, homebred again, to Jim and Nick Geering’s Limousin cross steer at 150p. Yarded cattle getting shorter - Keep in touch.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
W Beck & Son’s 550 kg. Limousin heifer 157p
J H Geering & Son’s 580 kg. Limousin 150p
W Beck & Son’s 620 kg. Limousin 148.5p
J Mockford’s 620 kg. Simmental heifer 148p
W Beck & Son’s 610 kg. Limousin heifer 147p
B J Foster’s 635 kg. Limousin heifer 147p
D Hobbs & Son’s 485 kg. Simmental 145.5p
J Mockford’s 605 kg. Sussex heifer 145p
J H Geering & Son’s 635 kg. Limousin 145p
W Beck & Son’s 675 kg. Limousin 145p
B J Foster’s 590 kg. Limousin 144.5p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (20)
No let up in the demand - heavyweight beef cull cows good meat or just good enough all 111p - 120p per kilo. Derek Southouse’s Blonde at the top and 120p. Young Friesians to feed on 120p per kilo. Lean steaking Holsteins all 90/96p. No well fleshed black and whites forward. Best of the overage beef to Jim & Nick Geering’s Limousin 135.5p

CALVES (19) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Just not enough - spirited competition for everything on offer. Ridgewood Farms’ Sussex x Friesian bulls to £160, £149, Friesian bulls £60, Hye House Farms’ Sussex x Friesian heifers to £97. Reared Fr. Holsteins £202

PIGS (--)
Next Wednesday, 20th May - Included in the pig section - 2 Saddleback sows been running with Landrace boar, Large White sow empty, 2 Berkshire x Tamworth gilts, believed in pig, 5 crossbred lightweight porkers, 7 crossbred store pigs also 12 white porker/cutter weight pigs.

SHEEP (814) Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

LAMBS (180) Overall average 207.1p per kilo
Definitely a two tier trade. The best keenly competed for at around the £90 per head mark, surely this must be right. Susan Howe and ‘Maestro’ Andreozzi lead the way. We need many more milk lambs please. Many butchers have now made the switch from Hoggets to lambs and there is likely to be a shortfall.
Leading prices per head: JJ Seller & Ptn 250p, 218.6p, J & MS Howe 234.3p, 211.1p, RJ Lloyd Campion 223.7p, 222.8p, Mrs MAE Clark 217.9p, L Andreozzi 215.8p, 210.7p, 210.6p, 209p, GN & J West 213.8p, Norton Frm P’ship 209.6p, 209.5p.
Leading prices per head: J & MS Howe £95, £85.50, L Andreozzi £93, £89.50, £88, GN & J West £92, £85.50, RJ Lloyd Campion £90, Friday Street Farmers £88, Norton Farm P’ship £88, £85.50, JJ Sell & Ptn £85.50

HOGGETS (262) Overall average 165p per kilo
Still a good demand for meated hoggets, the others now feeling the draught. Finish and presentation are paramount.
Leading prices per head: PT Bower 184p, RJ Verity 183.7p, MK Wickens 182.5p, 181.6p, 174.1p, Littleworth Farms 176.3p, 176.2p, JN Carr Farms 174.9p, 173.6p, A Taylor 174.7p, A Ellett 174.6p, N Gill 174.2p.  Leading prices per head: RW Kemp & Ptn £93, JRG Smith £88, £86.50, £84.50, £84, MK Wickens £85.50, J Heagerty £85.50.

EWES (177)
No let up in the trade, but remember big penfuls always sell better than singles. J Charman & Sons £93, C Kniestedt £92.50, D Powell £81.50, Norton Farm P’ship £80, £78

STORE LAMBS (74)
A fair go. A Taylor £70, £54.50, SMJ Baldock £56.50, £53.50, PEG Reed £53, RJ Barnes £44.

EWES & LAMBS (115)
Again undoubtedly the highlight of the sheep yard - £100 per couple the order of the day.

SHEEP DIRECT
Forty Lleyn and Lleyn cross ewes, one - three lambers with sixty three Charollais cross lambs at foot - Ewes Blue Tongue vac. ‘08.
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VENDORS & HAULIERS PLEASE GET YOUR SHEEP IN EARLY. WE MUST START SELLING AT 11.15 PROMPT COMMENCING
WITH MILK LAMBS
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LIMOUSIN BULL - PRE ‘96 - FREE OF CHARGE.
Steady worker looking for a good home with just a few females -
available for collection now
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WANTED - OUTDOOR CALF CREEP FEEDER -
Tel: RRW 07860 663345 - 01323 844874

STORE CATTLE REPORT
for MONDAY, 11th MAY ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

A real pleasure to have 400+ stores forward and thank you to all those that continue to support the spring store sales - demand carries on where we left off and we have customers who have still not fulfilled their grazing requirements for the season.

BEEF BREEDING STOCK - buoyant demand for breeding couples
D Robinson’s Charolais cross cow with heifer calf £850, JRV Wheatland’s Limousin and Sussex cross cows with Charolais cross bull calves £935 and £930,
H Venters’ South Devon cow with her Hereford cross bull £790.
Young beef cross autumn born calves -
Mark Peters’ Belgian Blue cross heifers always the part to £320

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - over & under 12 months
Steers mostly over £600 and mostly under 12 months and the very best £700 and more:- S Feakes’ Simmental-x steers, 13 mos £720, M & R Sherwood’s Limousin steers, 12 mos £710 and heifers £597, AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin steers, 14 mos £685, RR Sargent’s Charolais-x, 12 mos £660, J Marden’s Belgian Blue-x steers, 11 mos £675, J Nicholson’s Simmental-x, 11 mos £660, G Brain’s Limousin-x, 12 mos £630, T Avon’s Simmental x Sussex/Fr., 11 mos £625

OLDER CATTLE - 16/22 months old - Plenty of variety and plenty of price
W M Cleverley’s Charolais-x steer, 22 mos £825, Limousin-x steer, 23 mos £780, B Charman’s Simmental-x, 26 mos £817, AR Waters’ Belgian Blue-x steer, 16 mos £790, Simmental-x steer, 15 mos £770, P Davis’ Hereford x Fr., 20 mos £740, Bulstrode Farms’ Sussex x Fr. steers, 19 mos £690 and heifers £600

ANGUS CROSS - all ages and prices
Christine Walker’s outwintered Angus top the lot at £700, other leading prices:- R Wade’s 21 mos £697, A Goldsmith’s, 19 mos £657,
B Gurr’s 17 mos £645, PR Nye’s outwintered £635, S Feakes, 14 mos £605, N Adames’ Angus x British Friesian £612

BLACK & WHITE & WHITE & BLACK STEERS
feature in many places - out in greater numbers with customers to match
P Hook’s Fr. x Norweign Red, 27 mos £670, Adames (Flansham) British Fr., 15 mos £530, I May’s Holstein steers 18 mos £387, Barlavington Farms’ Holstein steers, 13 mos £355, M Peter’s young Holstein at 8 mos £283,
RG & J Thornton’s British Fr. steers, 16 weeks £235
and finally that Angus x Friesian in-calf heifer looking to favour its dam
rather than its sire - a pleasant surprise at £1,000! Sale Next Week on
WEDNESDAY, 20th MAY at 1.30 p.m.
Entries include:- 3 Continental cross cows with their Sussex calves at foot from J Rodgers, 20 Angus and Continental cross steer sand heifers 7/12 mos from Plumpton College, 16 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 11/13 mos from WH Beard & Son, 10 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 11/13 mos from N Hicks, 9 Purebred Angus and Simmental steers and heifers, 14/26 mos from TD Butcher and 10 Purebred Sussex steers, 15/24 mos from W Hextall
No Sale - MONDAY, 25th MAY - Bank Holiday
Next Store Sale thereafter - MONDAY, 1st JUNE
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
Auction of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS' & CONTRACTORS' PLANT
on THURSDAY, 21st MAY
Entries include:- ‘97 Isuzu Trooper SWB, ‘51 Mercedes Sprinter Hi-top diesel van (fitted as a workshop); Fordson Major and Ford 4610 tractors; dumper; caravan; trailers; J/D 1320 mower conditioner; JF Westmac CMT245 trailed mower; Alman 1500 litre trailed sprayer; Int. 440 and 446 pick up and M/F 35 conv. balers; Vicon varispreader; livestock, poultry and horse equip.; fencing stakes, gates, chain saws, lawnmowers inc. many ride-ons, strimmers, hedgecutters, rotovators, pressure washers, generators, engines, pumps, concrete mixers, garden tools & sundries, small tools & paint (as new), shrubs, trees, etc.
Catalogues now available
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OSNEY LODGE FARM,
SOUTH GODSTONE
on SATURDAY, 6th JUNE
(Entries Close Friday, 22nd May)
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CHURCHFIELD FARM
Gomshall, SurreyDispersal Sale of The Entire Long Established Prize
Winning Wotton Herd of

170 PEDIGREE JERSEYS
Viz: 109 Cows & Calved Heifers, 17 Served Heifers, 42 Unserved Heifers, i.e. calves to 14 months
Two Pedigree bulls and one Pedigree bull calf
NMR Recorded - All the year round calving
‘08/’09 Rolling Lac. Av. 5,985 kg. 5.09% BF 3.69% Pro
Annual average 5,370 kg. 4.85% BF 3.74% Pro
‘07/’08 Rolling Lac. Av. 6,634 kg. 5.21% BF 3.69% Pro
Annual average 5,904 kg. 5.22% BF 3.73% Pro
plus FARM MACHINERY & DAIRY EQUIPMENT, ETC.
Viz:- '94 J/D 3050 4 w/d, JCB 525-58 Farm Special Telehandler, Ford 4000 and M/F 590 for spares, tractors; '96 Keenan 100FP Easifeeder wagon, re-lined, Major Slurry tanker, Prime X Pailleuse straw spreader, Kline multi row drill, Ifor Williams livestock trailer, chain harrow, yard scraper, Petter 37 kva generator, Kew 1502 steam cleaner, dairy and livestock equipment; Fullwood 8200l DX milk tank; Fullwood 14/14 parlour; Hanco 18 tonne bulk bin, plus 150 tonnes Maize silage
to be sold by auction on
TUESDAY, 2nd JUNE 2009
on behalf of JPMH Evelyn, Trading as Abinger Farms
Sale to commence at 10.30 a.m. with the Machinery
followed by the Dairy Herd
Catalogues available shortly
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