South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 16th SEPTEMBER 2009

CATTLE (22) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Numbers improving and trade holding more local butcher interest and some buyers still unable to fulfil their order. Messrs. Blake, Bradford and Harris all share top price of 161p - D N Blake & Partners with Hereford cross, St. Georges Retreat’s - Dick Bradford with Pure Sussex and S Harris with Limousin cross. Flower & Lawrence have heavyweight Continental cross steers at 148.5p and 148p, etc. grossing over £1,000. Still more cattle needed to match buyers requirements.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
D Blake & Partners’ 575 kg. Hereford heifer 161p
SC Harris’ 570 kg. Limousin heifer 161p
St. Georges Retreat 480 kg. Sussex 161p
Flower & Lawrence’s 665 kg. Charolais 148.5p
Flower & Lawrence’s 705 kg. Charolais 148p
Flower & Lawrence’s 685 kg. Charolais 146p
D Blake & Partner’s 510 kg. Hereford heifer 146p
Flower & Lawrence’s 630 kg. Charolais 144.5p

CALVES (36) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Calf numbers on the increase and the excellent selling trade continues. Ridgewood Farm have Sussex cross bull to £171, Limousin cross bull to £163 and Belgian Blue cross bull to £172. Clearwater Farms younger Blonde cross bull to £139 and heifer likewise to £139, Skinner & Son’s Hereford x Friesian bull to £165 and heifer to £140. Best of the younger black and whites £42 twice, £40 twice and Ayrshire bulls £24 twice. Reared Friesian stirks to £195.

PIGS (10) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Two pens of weaner pigs selling very well £31.50 for gilts and £29.50 for boars, all at eight weeks old.

SHEEP (1771) - Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

LAMBS (671) Overall average 139.5p per kilo
The real meated lambs were a much warmer order - sadly the undermeated lambs did pull the job back a touch. Nonetheless there is a job for every type of lamb at Hailsham. Predictably the best made the most money.
Leading prices per kg:- Mrs R Crowther 156.8p, 152.3p, 146.7p, CA Lee & Sons 152.8p, Tutts Barn Farm 151.6p, 147.7p, 147.6p, FA Starley Partnership 151.5p, KM Hawes 150.9p, 148.6p, GA Vicary 148.8p, GN & J West 147.4p, T Wigmore 147.2p, L Andreozzi 146.7p.
Leading prices per head:- TD Butcher £77.50, CA Lee & Sons £73, AL Ainslie £73, £72.80, £71.50 (twice), £70.50, £70 twice. RJ Miles £72, John Marsh £71.50, FA Starley P’ship £70, Mrs H Raw £69.50, Mrs R Crowther £69, GN & J West £69 (twice).

EWES (378)
A battling good trade. CA Lee & Sons £69.50, RJ Miles £68.50, R & W Brown £68.50, £62.50, JHJ Gasson £67

STORE SHEEP (722)
The trade was so good they were fighting in the aisles for them.  As we have said before - buy and sell as many times as possible in the coming months. The best are still upwards of £50.  John Marsh £53.50, R Parks £53, CA Powell £53, £51.50, £48, S Stanisstreet £50, £46, T Wigmore £50 (twice), N Reader £49, Mrs CV Neale £48.50, DW Reed £48,
HC Grissell £48, Miss C Howe £47.50, Hollycombe Farms Ltd £47, S Levett £46.

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Sale of
300/350
STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER
Sale to commence at approx. 11.30 a.m.
Entries already include:- 6 Beef cross cows with their calves at foot from
Mrs S Macdonald, Pedigree Limousin bull from K Richardson, Special Annual homebred consignment of 46 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 13/14 mos from PW Taylor & Sons, also good consignments of 25 Sussex and Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 6/12 mos from RG & JM Thornton, 20 Friesian steers, Sept/Oct ‘08 from John Marsh, 17 Sussex cross steers and heifers, 24/25 mos from H Royce; 15 Friesian steers, 12/13 mos from M Peters, 15 Hereford and Limousin steers and heifers, 18/24 mos from AJ Palmer & Son, 15 Aberdeen Angus, Simmental and Belgian Blue cross steers, 12/24 mos from LA Charman, 15 Simmental/Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 12 mos from HH Harvey & Son, 14 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 10/17 mos from AD Woolgar, 14 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 15/16 mos from
RD Monnington, 11 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 23/25 mos from GR Morris & Sons, 10 Sussex and Sussex x Simmental steers, 15/18 mos from RW & SM Tidy
Sale to commence at 11.30 a.m.
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Now Weekly Sales
of STORE CATTLE
Next Sale - Monday, 28th September
Entries now being taken for this sale
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TOMORROW - SATURDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER at 10 a.m.
OSNEY LODGE FARM, Byers Lane, South Godstone
COLLECTIVE SALE of
TRACTORS, FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, PLANT,
POULTRY, HAY & AGRIC MISCELLANY
‘91 Ford 8630 Powershift, ‘F’ reg. Case Int. 685, ‘83 M/F 240 and Iseki 545 tractors, Suzuki 400 Sports, Suzuki 50cc and Suzuki 1600 ATV quad bikes; M/F 50B & Hymac 141P diggers, Libra 14t drott; ‘95 Isuzu trooper; ‘01 Subaru Impreza GL; ‘N’ Reg. Fiat Ducato panel van; Trailers inc:- Marston 12t grain, 13’ flat bed, 3t tipping. I/W cattle and double horse, plus various other plant and car trailers; Site office/canteen unit; horse cart and Sulky; dung spreaders; Dalbo Compact 6m ring rolls, DP8B s/r 5fr. rev. plough; Plotmaster harrow/drill; Vicon Mashio 3m power and Logic springtine harrows, Ransome Triple 213 and Krone 243 mowers, Reko 320L supercut and Westmac Welger RP12S round balers; hay bobs, turners and rakes, McConnell hedgetrimmer; Manitou bale spike, flat 8 grab, bucket and silage roller grab; livestock equipment inc. hay racks, mangers, troughs, etc.; tractor spares inc. Ford series 40 set of front weights; chestnut stakes, gates and wire; quantity of shrubs; timber; new tools; mowers; cement mixers; generators; power washers; chain saws; strimmers; hedgecutters; miscellany, poultry, round bales of hay etc., in all approx. 800 plus lots
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
Collective Sale
THURSDAY, 8th OCTOBER
Entries close Friday, 25th September
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MASKETTS MANOR FARM
Nutley, Nr. Uckfield
Dispersal/Collective Sale of
TRACTORS, TRAILERS, FARM MACHINERY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT, AGRI-MISC, BYGONES, POULTRY, ETC.
inc. ‘02 J/D 6210 4 w/d with J/D 651 loader; ‘B’ Reg. Int. 956XL, Ford 3000, Kubota ICS, Case Int. 856, Int. 444, Deutz Fahr 450, M/F 135 tractors; ‘53 J/D 3200 telehandler ex. cond.; Matbro Telestar and JCB 803 mini digger; Honda Big Red 4 x 4 quad bike; Warwick flat bed bale, Weekes tipping, Richard Western 6/8t grain, I/W flat bed,Chieftain low load plus many other trailers; Jaguar flail topper; Kuhn MDS 1141 fert. spreader; Vicon mower conditioner; New Holland 841 round baler; Hay zip tedder; Machio power harrow; Dowdeswell DPI 5 fr. rev. plough; Farmhand 450 dung spreader; Hardi crop sprayer; Parmiter harrows; Grays flat roller; Yard scraper; Predator Cub Pro dung collector; Hillam rigid 150 manure spreader, Kuhn power harrow, Parmiter 12’ chain harrows, Livestock equipment inc. cattle handling system; large and small calf hutches; drinking tanks; round cattle feeder; sheep cattle troughs; sheep hurdles; calf milk feeder; gates, shrubs and poultry etc. to be held on
SATURDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER at 10.30 a.m.
on the instructions of Wendy Bowsher, surrendering the tenancy
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Preliminary Sale announcement
AYRSHIRE FARM, Off Langtye Road, Ripe, Nr. Lewes
Dispersal Sale of
PEDIGREE ABERDEEN ANGUS AND HEREFORD BREEDING CATTLE
inc. Cows & Calves, In-calf heifers, Youngstock and Stock bulls,
also including extensive range of CATTLE EQUIPMENT
WATER BUFFALO, PYGMY GOATS, POULTRY
at a date to be announced in LATE OCTOBER
On the instructions of Robbie Dick
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** FARM DIRECT**

BULL BANK
Young pedigree Aberdeen Angus bull
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DAIRY DIRECT
WANTED - 12 Friesian Holstein Heifers - late summer/autumn calving
5 FRIESIAN IN-CALF COWS, due to calve late winter
1 FRIESIAN IN-CALF HEIFER – Non Dairy
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BEEF DIRECT
5 Pedigree Sussex bulling heifers
By Trottenden Major 13th and Elbridge Formidable 4th
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DEADSTOCK DIRECT - WANTED Shepherds Hut any condition considered
RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874
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Mark Littmoden - Traditional Mole Catcher
01273 483636 – 07949472495
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MIG & ARC - For all Farm Repairs and Fabrication
Tel: Rob Sargent 07809 545849 or 01424 892620
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LAUGHTON & DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’S
79th PLOUGHING MATCH
on
WEDNESDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER
at
VUGGLES FARM, BARCOMBE, LEWES
by kind permission of John Sclater CVO
For further information please contact the Secretary,
Mrs Mary Masters 01273 517824
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EAST SUSSEX 44th PLOUGHING MATCH
on
SATURDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER
at
PARK FARM, HELLINGLY, Nr. HAILSHAM
by kind permission of Gordon Gribble & Caroline Roots
For further information please contact the Secretary,
Debra Tingley 01435 830187