South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 14^th APRIL 2010

CATTLE (43) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
No change - plenty of beef in the system - good steers and heifers change hands around 140p, the best 150p. Derek Southouse’s homebred Limousin 149.5p and 149p. Messrs Geering, Mockford and Sandys all sell homebred cattle circa 140p, Limousins, Simmentals and Angus. Best of the heifers - FP Norris & Son’s young Simmental cross 139.5p. Good enquiry for all the heavyweights, lightweights more difficult to place.

HAILSHAM'S HOT SPOTS
D G Southouse’s 560 kg. Limousin149.5p
DG Southouse’s 600 kg. Limousin 149p
SM Sandy’s 650 kg. Aberdeen Angus 141p
SM Sandy’s 660 kg. Aberdeen Angus 140.5p
JH Geering & Son’s 600 kg. Limousin 140.5p
J Mockford’s 570 kg. Simmental 140p
FP Norris & Son’s 540 kg. Simmental heifer 139.5p
RJ Ayre & Son’s 710 kg. Limousin 139.5p
J & S Harmer’s 580 kg. Sussex 139p
FP Norris & Son’s 480 kg. Simmental 139p

COWS & OVERAGE BEEF (26) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Manufacturing meat moving well, good cows £1 per kilo plus. Andy Lines’ Hereford 112.5p and Alex Gingell’s Blonde cross 111p lead the returns. Best of the Friesians to Henden Manor’s steakers 102.5p. Grazing cows very much wanted to £1 per kilo. Overage beef, best Angus with weight 129p, others 124p twice, the bigger the better.

CALVES (34) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Calves and customers all a good mix, all varying in age and quality and all sold. Ridgewood Farms’ Limousin cross bull £212, Sussex cross bull £175, £150, Clearwater Farms’ Blonde cross heifer £172, Henden Manor’s Simmental cross bull £192, £187 and Simmental cross heifers £191, £170. Reared Friesians, 10 weeks £183 and reared Angus £265

PIGS (--) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
No pigs on offer. Next week, 21st April - Berkshire sow and litter and one pen of British Lop weaners already entered.

SHEEP (902) Auctioneer: Nick Young
LAMBS (14) Overall average 233p per kilo
Off to a really good start - Friday Street Farmers swept the board. Prices just under £100 per head mark. Good quality, keen competition and good retailer demand. Many more wanted but please, please let us know what you have. Friday Street Farmers £99 (247.5p), £98.50 (246.2p), £94.50, (227.2p), £94 (215.1p)

HOGGETS (553) Overall average 177.7p per kilo
Quality fed hoggets a ripping trade, unfortunatley the also rans adversely affecting the overall average. Our advice is to feed them to make them meat before sending them to market. It is a false economy to show unfinished hoggets in the finished section.
Leading prices per kg:- EA Boyes & W New 207.1p, 190.4p, GE Tobitt 206.9p, 194.2p, C Deroo 205p, HH Visser 200p, M & R Bean 193.2p, CE Hepher 191.2p,
NJC & P Clouting 188.8p, JG Frizzell 188.6p, RG Whyman 187.8p, MK Wickens 187.7p, RH Smith 187.4p, D Marley 186.8p, 186.2p.
Leading prices per head:- R H Smith £114, £97.50, £92, C Deroo £108, £100, £91, HH Visser £95, £90, RJ Verity £95, £91, J Heagerty £94.50, H Hawkins & Co £94.50, G E Tobitt £94, £90, NJC & P Clouting £94, JG Frizzell £90

EWES (169)
If you have ewes prepare to shed them now! This trade cannot last, though it hurts to say it, they are too dear. Yet again a battle royale amongst the big factory men.
Do not delay get your ewes to Hailsham, don’t think this trade can last, it won’t.
O’Neill Smith Ltd £127, £126, H Hawkins & Co £125, GW Marshall £108, £108, N & J Horton £108, EA Boyes & W New £105, DW Passmore & Son £103, £97, M Rist £99, £98 J Glessing £98, HC Grissell £98,

STORE LAMBS (166)
N Reader £74, I Gasson £73.50, £65, S Fenton £73, D Patenall £70.50, £56, D Blake & Partners £69, K Shields £64, R Parks £63, C Deroo £55, JG Frizzell £55,
DW Passmore & Son £53, N Reader £51 (twice), W Paxton £50.

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STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 12th APRIL ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Good to see nearly 450 cattle offered on Cuckoo Fair Day and a total clearance of all stock.
Keep the cattle coming spring is nearly here.

BREEDING STOCK - Out in numbers and a good solid trade for the twenty in-calf cows
and cows with calves at foot
RD Monnington’s Beef herd consignment of in-calvers
Aberdeen Angus cross cows in-calf to calve early summer £820, £795, £780, £760, £745
and Limousin-x with Angus heifer calf at foot £950
B Gurr’s Simmental cross cow with Sussex cross heifer calf £780
I May’s Sussex cross cow with Sussex cross heifer calf £780
and Simmental cross cow with Sussex cross heifer calf £780

ANGUS ABOUND - All ages, all weights, all wanted -
M & R Bean’s two year old steers exceed expectations to £850,
Other leading prices:-
Mrs MEH Pile & Son’s Angus x Fr. steers, 20 mos £690,
EJ Brickell & Son’s Angus-x suckler steers, 12 mos £680 and heifers £460,
Mrs S MacDonald’s Angus x Friesian steer, 18 mos £650,
MF Haydon’s Angus-x suckler steers, 12 mos £637,
WB & GFD Hesselgrave’s Angus-x suckler steers, 11 mos £610 and Angus x MRI heifer, 11 mos £490,
GA & M Osgood’s Angus x Shorthorn steers, 18 mos £600 and heifers, 16 mos £420,
JS & M Tilley’s Angus-x suckler steers, 12 mos £595 and heifers, 12 mos £455.
Other Native bred cattle worthy of special mention
MJ & ML McCubbine’s Hereford-x steer, 12 mos £765 & heifers £510

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - around twelve months,
not the choice of some weeks but still sought after
MF Haydon’s Limousin x Simmental steer, 12 mos £697 and heifers £535,
HJ Hecks & Son’s Simmental-x steer, 11/12 mos £662 and heifers £490,
Miss N Morrison’s Simmental-x steer, 12 mos £630,
EJ Brickell & Son’s Limousin-x steer, 13 mos £660 and heifer £567

OLDER STORES - selling well considering the static fat trade
M & R Bean’s Simmental-x steers, 24 mos £855 and Limousin-x steers, 23 mos £885,
FP Norris’ homebred Simmental-x steers, 21/24 mos £860 and heifers £740

OUTWINTERED STOCK - very much the order of the day
P Perryman’s Charolais-x steers, 24/26 mos £890,
David A Hole’s Sussex steer, 24 mos £752
To conclude just a few Friesians, many more next week
AR & J Waters’ Black and white steers £607

Next Sale - 350 Head of
STORE CATTLE
on MONDAY, 19th APRIL
Entries already include:- 40 Friesian steers and Continental steers and heifers, 6/9 mos from M Peters, 29 Friesian steers and bulls, 12/18 mos from D Hobbs & Sons, 24 Continental cross and Hereford cross steers and heifers, 10/14 mos from CW Willson, 22 Continental-x and Native-x steers and heifers, 16/24 mos from T Kidger, 21 Continental-x and Native-x steers and heifers, 9/18 mos from W Visser, 20 Friesian steers, 7/8 mos from J Marsh, 20 Blonde d’Aquitaine cross steers and heifers, 10/12 mos from Mr & Mrs K Watts, 14 Friesian, Brown Swiss and Norwegian Red steers, 12/18 mos from P & Y Parkes, 15 Sussex and Sussex-x steers and heifers, 11/21 mos from J & JH Rodgers, 10 Limousin cross heifers from AA & M Woolgar, 9 Aberdeen Angus-x steers and heifers, 16/18 mos from Liverton Partners, 9 Friesian steers, 14/18 mos from Poland Bros, 6 Sussex-x heifers, 22/23 mos from WH Gingell & Son, 5 Purebred Sussex steers, 24 mos from J Lewin, plus many more good lots forward
and thereafter on
MONDAY, 26th APRIL
incorporating
ANNUAL SPRING SHOW & SALE OF STORE CATTLE
Prizes awarded for:-
BEST PEN OF STEERS & BEST PEN OF HEIFERS
(Any age, minimum of three in a pen)
CHAMPION PEN - DON HUTCHISON MEMORIAL TROPHY
plus for the BEST PEN OF HEIFERS THE DENNIS WALKER MEMORIAL CUP
BEST PEN OF CONTINENTALS
and BEST PEN OF NATIVE BRED CATTLE
Entries already include Annual Consignments of:-
24 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 17/18 mos from A Goldsmith,
20 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers and heifers, 10 months from
M Muggeridge, 20 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers, 18/19 mos from A Scott, 19 Hereford cross steers, 18/24 mos from David A Hole,
12 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 12/13 mos from WH Beard
Further entries being taken for this sale
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HERSTMONCEUX COLLECTIVE SALE
at LIME END FARM
of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS' & CONTRACTORS' PLANT
viz: David Brown 995, Case 1594 hydrashift and ‘B’ reg. M/F 698 tractors; McConnell and Kubota 101 diggers; ‘H’ Reg. Subaru pick up and ‘L’ Reg. Nissan 2.7T Terrano; 3 Ifor Williams livestock trailers, plus bale, tipping and plant trailers; grass and chain harrows; fert. spreaders; cambridge ring roller; McConnell Rhino, Claas WM165 and John Deere 1350 mowers; Fransguard RV390 tedder, McConnell topper and New Holland 640 baler; other tedders, grabs, acrobats, etc. also Livestock equipment inc. cattle crushes, troughs, feeders, hayracks, horse equipment; fencing stakes, gates, netting, timber, small tools, mowers, generators, chain saws, shrubs, chicken, etc.
on SATURDAY, 24th APRIL at 10 a.m.
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Other Spring Collective Sale
dates coming up
Ardingly Showground - THURSDAY, 13th MAY
Entries close Friday, 30th April
South Godstone - SATURDAY, 19th JUNE
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PRE-MOVEMENT TB TESTING REGULATIONS
BE SURE YOU HAVE GOT IT RIGHT BEFORE
MOVING CATTLE TO HAILSHAM MARKET
New Areas were brought into force in January 2010
Do you know what TB Testing Parish you are in ?
All cattle 42 days old and over (when the date of birth is “day 0”) moving out of a 1 or 2 yearly tested herd must have tested negative to a TB test within 60 days prior to movement unless the movement satisfies any of the exemptions. Please make sure if you are in a one or two yearly testing parish that your cattle are pre-movement tested before coming into the market. If you are unsure what area you are in please telephone the market or your local Trading Standards Office

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