South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 17th FEBRUARY 2010
CATTLE (40) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Larger entry of under 30 month cattle easier on the week, quality Limousin cross heifers offered by Dick Bradford from St. Georges Retreat way out in front at 163p and 160p. Mark & John Cornwell’s Limousin x Friesians head the steers at 147p, they also have homebred Charolais steers at 144p, grossing £1065 - the bigger the better and good to see better numbers. Thank you to all those that supported with cattle entries this week. More cattle needed for next week please.
HAILSHAM'S HOT SPOTS
St Georges Retreat’s 590 kg. Sussex heifer 163p
St Georges Retreat’s 565 kg. Limousin heifer 160p
J & M Jones’ 600 kg. Limousin heifer 148.5p
M F & J C Cornwell’s 630 kg. Limousin 147p
J & M Jones’ 565 kg. Limousin 144p
M F & J C Cornwell’s 740 kg. Charolais 144p
M F & J C Cornwell’s 755 kg. Charolais 140p
Flower & Lawrence’s 715 kg. Charolais 137p
Flower & Lawrence’s 655 kg. Charolais 136p
R J Ayre & Son’s 695 kg. & 635 kg. Limousin’s 136p
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Steers - No. - Price |
Heifers – No. - Price |
PREMIUM (E & R/2, 3 & 4L) |
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--.-p |
2 |
161.5p |
PRIME (R4H and 0+ 3 & 4) |
18 |
134.8p |
8 |
135.3p |
OTHERS (Remainder) |
6 |
115.3p |
5 |
116.2p |
COWS & OVERAGE BEEF (22) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Even more competition for cull cows - some buyers leaving empty handed. Julian Mockford’s crossbred Charolais cow breaks the £1,000 barrier, 895 kg. at 112.5p, although Mark & John Cornwell’s Charolais tops the lot at 120.5p. Brian Foster has Limousin cross cows to 117.5p, nothing wrong with this trade, half the entry £1 per kilo and more. More cows, more weights, more trade! Best of the steaking Holsteins 92p, 91.5p, 88p, etc. Overage beef - competition remains very keen, all selling well again - Native bred steers and heifers 125p, 124, etc.
CALVES (26) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Not the quality of last week but still the trade. Reared Belgian Blue cross bulls £265, Younger Limousin cross bulls £170, £155 and £150, heifers £135, Small Aberdeen Angus cross bulls £167, £142, Hereford cross bull £125 and heifers £89.
PIGS (14) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Excellent demand for breeding pigs - it pays to advertise. Young white sows just served £202 and £152. Breeding LW x Duroc boar as advertised a creditable £215. Rare breed cull sows to £122 and 60p per kilo. Cull boars to £65, young crossbred weaners to £32 per head, more needed. Entered for next week twelve white crossbred pigs, mostly gilts 30 - 80 kg. weight range., also one pen of British Lop cross weaners.
SHEEP (1287) Auctioneer: Nick Young
HOGGETS (604) Overall average 174.6p per kilo
A great days trading in beautiful weather. Interest rates are held and the euro weakens at 1.44 cents against the sterling. All proper fed hoggets doing great business, but watch those teeth please.
Leading prices per kg:- R W Kemp & Partners 196.3p 190.1p, 189.6p, JRV Wheatland 190p,
FP Russell Farms 188.6p, Mrs EM Serpell 186.8p, 184.3p, C Unsted 186.4p,
SR Knight 185.2p, FG Coles 185.1p, Peter Gorringe 184.7p, J Monnington Farms Ltd’s 184.7p, Fairfield Farms 183.8p, NRD Wrenn 183.3p, DW Reed 181.9p, JN Carr Farms 181.8p
Leading prices per head:- F G Coles £92.00, £87 (twice), Peter Gorringe £90, £87, RW Kemp & Partners £89.50, AL Ainslie £87, MW Littmoden £87, SJ Carr £86.50, £86 (twice) FP Russell Farms £86 (twice).
EWES (201)
Completely against the national trend which is only tepid, the Hailsham trade was Hot, Hot, Hot, as the big factory giants battled it out. All our friends did really well. Top man David Marley at £94 closely followed by “Maestro” Andreozzi at £92 (twice).
Also good to see Andrew Barr up there in the top honours list. Other leading prices:- A Brewer £85.50, JRV Wheatland £83, RJ Grover £83 (twice), £79.50, J Biddle £82.50, A Barr £79, J Monnington Farms Ltd. £79 (twice), Worth Abbey £79
STORE LAMBS (482)
Hailsham sets the standard today - a cracking entry and a trade to dream of.
DG Jackson £72.50, £69 (twice), £59 (twice), GWH Osbourne £72, £70, £69, £65, I Gasson £69.50,
A Brockhurst £68, R Gorringe £67, C French £62, SF Sargent £56.
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Next Sale of
350 Head of STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY
(Catalogue attached)
First Special Annual Consignment of
53 Home Suckler bred Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 10/12 months old
All by registered Aberdeen Angus bulls, Progeny of Homebred Aberdeen Angus x Friesian suckler cows, openyarded, Blue Tongue vaccinated ‘09 also inc. six Simmental x Friesian and Charolais x Friesian steers and heifers, 10/12 months
from Mrs. PA Greenwood, Stonehall Farm, Balcombe
also including Annual consignments of 37 Blonde d’Aquitaine cross steers and heifers, 8/12 mos from O’Neill Smith Ltd., 29 Aberdeen Angus steers and heifers, 18/23 mos, from HJ Cross & Son, 20 Belgian Blue cross steers and heifers, 16/17 mos from Bulstrode Farms Ltd., 16 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 18/19 mos from C Diplock, 15 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 15/18 mos from N Velvick, 20 Simmental cross steers, 10/11 mos from Newhouse Farm Twineham Ltd., 12 Simmental cross steers from Muntham Farm Ltd, 10 Purebred Sussex steers, 18/24 mos from CM Crowther plus many other entries forward
Please note next sale thereafter now to be held on
MONDAY, 8th MARCH
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UNRESERVED DISPERSAL SALE
of the entire milking portion of the long established SMITHBROOK HERD of
37 PEDIGREE ORGANIC AYRSHIRES
inc. 2 Dairy Shorthorns, Calving all the year round, very hardy, running out in the day throughout the winter, loose housed, low cost system, closed herd since ‘98, four year TB testing parish
WEDNESDAY, 10th MARCH
Removed to HAILSHAM MARKET for convenience of sale
on the instructions of Mr. PS Chandler, quitting milk production.
To be sold immediately following the sale of cull cows
at approx. 1.30 p.m. and not before
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Note for your diary
SPRING SHOWTIME AT HAILSHAM
EASTER SHOW & SALE of PRIME CATTLE & MILK LAMBS
Prizes awarded for
Class 1 - Best Pen of 3 Milk lambs (up to 32 kilos l/w)
Class 2 - Best Pen of 3 Milk lambs (32.1 kilos & over l/w)
Prize Money - First £15, Second £10, Third £5
£25 - Champion Pen of Lambs
£25 for the BEST PEN OF HOGGETS (min of 5, any weight)
£25 for the BEST BUTCHERS BEAST
and £25 for Reserve Butchers Beast
plus a few 'Judges Specials of £10 ' at his discretion
£25 for the BEST COW
Please let us know your entries for this day
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
First Spring Auction of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY,
BUILDERS' & CONTRACTORS' PLANT
on THURSDAY, 18th MARCH
Please note the change of date from original calendar
Entries now being taken for this sale and close Friday, 5th March
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FARM DIRECT
BEEF DIRECT
WANTED - BEEF x FRIESIAN or BEEF x FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN
BULLING HEIFERS
from high health status dairy herd,
any beef cross considered, big enough to bull now
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BRITISH WHITE & ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS IN-CALF HEIFERS, Calving late March onwards
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EIGHT IN-CALF BEEF COWS
Calving February to Aberdeen Angus
also available
Beef cows with calves at foot
Oct/Nov born
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DAIRY DIRECT
Stop press .... Stop press .....
Small herd of Ayrshire cows and followers .... more details next week
Now to be sold by auction at Hailsham Market
on Wednesday, March 10th
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WANTED
20 Young Friesian Holstein cows or heifers,
springing to calve or freshly calved
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SHEEP DIRECT
WANTED - In-Lamb ewes
We have customers keen to buy NOW
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FODDER DIRECT - HAY, STRAW, SILAGE
Still many farmers looking for
big round or big square baled hay and silage
Looking to sell? we are just a phone call away
Wheat and oat in big square and rounds available
RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874
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REMINDER - MORE PAPERWORK
Food Chain Information/Declaration
As from the 1st January 2010 all prime/slaughter/cull cattle and sheep will require a Food Chain Declaration this is now incorporated on the back of our Cattle and Cow Movement Form and is also part of the new revised AML1 Movement Licence for Sheep. When sending cattle or sheep please ensure the food chain
declaration is filled in correctly, signed and dated
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GRAHAM LONG - Professional Mole Catcher
Member of British Traditional Mole Catchers Register
“One Mole left on Oct 1st can push up in excess of a 1000 molehills by April 1st”
Don’t delay get them caught early.
Day - 07795 226296 Eve - 01435 865370
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