South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

WEDNESDAY, 14^th JANUARY 2009

CATTLE (23) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Another cracking trade, regular quality vendors all sparring for the top slot. Ronnie Kemp 161.5p, John & Mary Jones 160p and Jim and Nick Geering 160p all with homebred Limousin cross steers. Graham Beck’s first draw in 2009 not far behind and offers a real heavyweight butchers heifer for 161p, a quarter of the entry gross £1,000 plus but again nothing like enough of them.Support the live auction system and thank you to all those that do.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
R W Kemp & Partners’ 645 kg. Limousin 161.5p
W Beck & Son’s 640 kg. Limousin heifer 161p
J & M Jones’ 610 kg. Limousin 160p
R W Kemp & Partners’ 590 kg. Limousin heifer 160p
JH Geering & Son’s 645 kg. Limousin 160p
W Beck & Son’s 680 kg. Limousin 159p
W Beck & Son’s 685 kg. Limousin 156p
J & M Jones’ 540 kg. Limousin heifer 154p
W Beck & Son’s 660 kg. Limousin 151.5p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (18)
Excellent trade, nothing like enough to satisfy the demand, Simmental cross, Charolais cross and Limousin cross meat cows 116p, 114.5p and 112p and in the £700/£800 price range. Medium quality Friesian Holsteins to 100p no first quality on offer. Beef over thirty months and under forty eight - A R Firrell’s Sussex heifers to 135p. Continental cross cull bull 99p and £886 per head.

CALVES (9) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Keen keen interest - reared Angus cross bull £180, reared Friesian cross bull £130 and reared Limousin cross heifer £187. Younger Sussex bull £88

PIGS (13)
Saddlebacks supreme in the store pigs - well grown weaner gilts £26 each and entires £20. Entered for next week - 30 Saddleback x white weaners.

SHEEP (902) - Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

HOGGETS (613) Overall average 143.9p per kg.
An historic day for Hailsham and a heroic entry of sheep and trade to match. Everyone did their bit today, thank you one and all. Buyers go head to head (quite literally). We may have not yet crossed the rubicon, however it looks like we will.
Leading prices per kg. S Curran 174.1p, 151.9p, CA Lee & Sons 164p, 161.1p, 159.3p, 151p, 149.7p, Mrs EM Serpell 161.6p, 156.6p, C French 159.4p, JCH Garner 155.9p, SJ Carr 151.9p, FS Major & Sons 150p, D Miles 150p, RD Thomas 149.9p
Leading prices per head: GE Tobitt £73, CA Lee & Sons £72.50, £72, £71, £70, A Wood £72.50, SJ Carr £72.50, £68.80, T Patton £72.50, £68.50, Mrs EM Serpell £70, C French £69, RD Thomas £69.

EWES (304)
Best trade in the south east and thats a fact. Tutts Barn Farm £69.50, M Brett £67, BC Thomas £66.50, £62.50, GN & J West £63.50, D Blake & Ptn £61.50, R & W Brown £61.50, £59.50, £57, JP Gingell £55.50, Ashdown & General Land Co £55.50.

STORE LAMBS (477)
Undoubtedly there is money to be made whether buying or selling. The key is to get it right. Please ask we are happy to sort your sheep on farm. JD Trunkfield Farms Ltd £54, £46, £43.50, FP Russell Farms £53.80, Mrs J Newsome £49.20, £44.80, CH Carrell £48.20, S Curran £48, Mrs SE Heath £47, T Avon £45, L Palmer £43, LM Morgan £42.50, R & L Haines £42.20.

Next Wednesday, 21st January
The final dispersal consignment of 140 Suffolk and Lleyn cross store lambs
from the Exors of C Granshaw

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New for 2009 -
Would you like to receive your market report by e-mail ?
Each week we mail out this market report as well as putting all the reports and catalogues on our web site. We would now like to offer you the chance to have a market report e-mailed to you each week. If you would like to make use of this service and, therefore, cut down on our postage costs please either ring us or e-mail us your e-mail address to info@southeastmarts.co.uk and we will gladly set it up.
SOUTH EAST MARTS IS SLOWLY
GETTING INTO THE 21st CENTURY !!
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Fortnightly Sales of
STORE CATTLE
next sale to be held on
WEDNESDAY, 21st JANUARY
Sale to commence at approx. 1.30 pm immediately
following the sale of Prime Cattle and OTM Stock
Entries include: 14 Limousin cross heifers, 13/14 months old from M & R Sherwood, 12 Continental cross steers and heifers, 14/18 mos from Greenwood & Son (Swanborough), 10 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 12 mos from
RC Thomas, plus a Highland bull at 12 mos
and 4 Purebred Longhorn bulls, 18 mos to 3 years
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** FARM DIRECT**
BULLS to buy - BULLS TO HIRE
Most breeds represented
Natives or Continentals
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DAIRY DIRECT
Nothing in the tank - all stock sold
Wanted to fill the tank
Genuine heifers and young cows calving now also
March calving heifers preferably pedigree and cubicle trained
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FODDER STORE
ALL AVAILABLE - Hay, Straw and Silage,
big round and big square bales, some small hay
also clamp grass silage
on various farms in East and West Sussex and Kent
We many have some close to you - why not give us a call.
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SHEEP DIRECT
98 Suffolk and Texel cross in-lamb ewes, mostly one lambers,
all scanned in-lamb to Texel to lamb mid February onwards
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DEADSTOCK DIRECT
Coleman steel slurry store - Molex L11 fibre bulk feed bin
RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874

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Last Minute Reminder
167th HAILSHAM FATSTOCK SHOW
ANNUAL DINNER & CUP PRESENTATION EVENING
at the
HERSTMONCEUX VILLAGE HALL
on SATURDAY, 24th JANUARY
Few remaining tickets still available - £22.00
Please phone Sally Habberfield immediately on
Mobile 07850 111837 or Eve. 01935 424624
or e-mail sallyhabberfield@hotmail.com

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BLUE TONGUE MEETING
Brown & Nuttall, Heathfield, Highcroft, Hailsham
Howe, Starnes, Gatwood & Blowey, Uckfield
Senlac, Battle in conjunction with the NFU present

“BLUETONGUE - THE LATEST”
Dr. Chris Oura - Animal Health, Pirbright
One of the world’s leading experts on Bluetongue -
who speaks the language farmers understand
At the Horseshoe Inn, Windmill Hill (on A271)
on Tuesday, 20th January 2009 at 7.30 pm
The presentation will be followed by a Question and Answer session chaired by Jeff Trunkfield, County Chairman NFU
followed by light refreshments at the bar
“There will be a PA system this time!”
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