South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 17th JUNE 2009

Next Week - Special Show of
SUFFOLK, TEXEL & SOUTHDOWN SHOW & SALE OF FINISHED MILK LAMBS

CATTLE (17) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Plenty of sparkle in the trade just not enough, best cattle, best price. Competition keen for the top spot between local breeders & feeders Jones & Kemp. Knight Farms’ steers just front runners at 176p and 168p and Birchington Farms steer no disgrace at 172.5p and heifer 170p. Julian Mockford’s heavyweights returning well - Simmental cross £1,124 at 26 months old. Cattle needed for next week - Keep in touch.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
J & M Jones’ 600 kg. Limousin 176p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 575 kg. Limousin 172.5p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 600 kg. Limousin heifer 170p
J & M Jones’ 560 kg. Limousin 168p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 645 kg. Limousin 164p
J Mockford’s 580 kg. Simmental heifer 157p
J Mockford’s 690 kg. Sussex 150.5p
Lemon Farms’ 560 kg. Aberdeen Angus 150p
EA Boyes & W New’s 550 kg. Charolais heifer 149p
J Mockford’s 755 kg. Simmental 149p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (25)
Better numbers once again selling very well, heavy Continental cross cows up to 116p and grossing over £900 on three occasions. Best of the native Angus cows to 109p and Angus bull 110p. Dairy bred cull lean Holstein steakers 98p, plainer cows to 88.5p and very plain cows to 78.5p.

CALVES (3) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Only three but what a trade. Belgian Blue cross bull, 5/6 weeks £309 and heifer £260 plus one younger Sussex x Friesian heifer £120!

PIGS (11)
A colourful lot - cutter weight Gloucester Old Spot cross gilts 86p per kilo and pork weight 76p per kilo. Berkshire x Tamworth entires to feed on £37 each. Bringing pigs to Hailsham please let us know.
More colour next week entered so far 12 pork/cutter weight, 8 weaner/light porkers all Oxford Black and Sandy and Saddleback cross plus 3 Saddleback and Crossbred sows.

SHEEP (511) Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

LAMBS (64) Overall average 163.8p per kilo
With other centres returning prices between 150/160p per kilo - Hailsham stood proudly above the rest with our heads held high.
Maestro Andreozzi yet again leads the way closely followed by George Harvey and James Wallis.
Leading prices per kg: L Andreozzi 183.3p, 180.6p, 179.1p, 178.3p, 177.2p, 174.7p, 173.1p, G Harvey 181.4p, 177.8p, 173.6p, 172.6p, J Wallis 176.3p, 176p, 171.3p. AA & M Woolgar 171.8p
Leading prices per head: L Andreozzi £76.50, £74.50, £74, £71.50, £67.50, J Wallis £75, £68.50, G Harvey £74, £72, R Gorringe £73, GN & J West £71, £67.50, £67, CA Powell £68.50.

HOGGETS (64) Overall average 119.5p per kilo
Have definitely taken a nose dive across the country, none the less very respectable returns were made for the right meated goods at Hailsham
Leading prices per kg.: AC Ellett 130p, R Gorringe 126.9p, FJ Rogers 122.2p, Mrs AM Eales 121.7p.
Leading prices per head: Mrs AM Eales £73, R Gorringe £60, £50.50, A Ellett £56.50.

EWES (114)
As buoyant as ever, the factories are crying out for them. How much longer can it last with a downward price pressure on lambs and hoggets.
C Kniestedt £84.50, P Gorringe £80.50, £79, £77, J Wallis £79, £74, S Stanisstreet £77, AA & M Wooglar £73, R & W Brown £71.50, R Gorringe £71.50.

EWES & LAMBS/STORE SHEEP (39)
Ever so many more ewes & lambs and store lambs needed to satisfy demand. People need sheep to graze - which they would rather do than pay the contractor to mow. Hailsham leads the way not one vendor was disappointed today. Overall a very short entry due to silaging and haymaking. FJ Rogers’ £58, £40. Couples to £100 from PJ Greenaway

Nick Young’s ‘Society Notes’
Congratulations to Mark and Lucy Gribble on their wedding last Saturday.
Belated birthday greetings for last Wednesday to Tim Carnaghan
and Phil Norris - ace weather forecaster ... not !!
told the auctioneer it wasn’t going to rain - minutes later it did !!!
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Next Week - Show Time
SUFFOLK, TEXEL & SOUTHDOWN SHOW & SALE OF FINISHED MILK LAMBS
WEDNESDAY, 24th JUNE
First Prize £15, Second Prize £10, Third Prize £5
Judge:- David Turner
Prizes to be awarded for
Best Pen of Three or more Suffolks, Texels & Southdown Milk Lambs
Kindly sponsored by the
South Eastern Area Suffolk Sheep Society
South Eastern Texel Group
and Mark Littmoden on behalf of the Southdown Sheep Society

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STORE CATTLE SALE REPORT
MONDAY, 15^th JUNE 2009

All the Action of the Angus at Hailsham last Monday
inc. Pottage Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Herd Reduction
A cracking trade for all Pedigree Stock
Pedigree In-calf heifer - Pottage Princess Pheone £1,550
an autumn calving heifer to Whitehall Priest and by Rosemead Enfield
and out of a Tanhouse dam
Lots of interest for the lots from the oldest to the youngest -
healthy competition with buyers from West Wales and Eastern Counties looking to expand their Angus herd.

Leading prices and averages speak for themselves:-
Pedigree cows with bull calves at foot to £1,500 and ave. £1,347
Pedigree cows with heifer calves at foot to £1,500 and ave. £1,162
Pedigree In-calf cows to £1,350 and ave. £1,054
Pedigree In-calf heifers to £1,550 and ave. £1,210
Pedigree Maiden heifers to £1,000 and average £612

ANGUS & ANGUS CROSS STEERS & HEIFERS
out in numbers and enjoying the trade
HJ Cross & Son’s Aberdeen Angus cross in-calf heifers to £820
John Hey’s Angus cross bulling heifers, 25 mos to £745,
EJ Brickell & Son’s Angus cross steers, 15 mos £685,
WH Gingell & Son’s Angus cross steers, 12/14 mos £662 and heifers £600, T Avon’s Angus x Simmental/Friesian steer, 17 mos £620,
Lemons Farm’s Purebred Angus steer, 12 mos £530 & heifers, 12 mos £420
also the Native niché market for Pedigree and Purebred Sussex still very vibrant JG &GF Hardy’s Pedigree Sussex heifers, 22 mos £870, £850 twice and £830, Purebred steers, 22 mos £800
Other leading prices
D Hobbs & Son’s Simmental cross, 24 mos £885,
CH & PF Green’s Blonde x Limousin Friesian, 16 mos £732,
I May’s Hereford x Belgian Blue heifers, 16 mos £730,
EJ Brickell & Son’s Simmental cross steers, 15 mos £690,
N Velvick’s Simmental x Friesian cows/heifers to £660,
AB Cornford’s Sussex cross steers £650,
H Brickell’s Friesian, 14 mos £445 and finally a Jersey steer, 16 mos £200
Now Fortnightly Sales throughout the Summer
Next Sale - Monday, 29th June
Entries already including:-
Second Special Homebred Consignment of 50 Belgian Blue and Limousin cross steers and heifers, 10/15 mos from M J Muggeridge, 25 Continental cross steers and heifers, 12/18 mos from T Carnaghan, 15 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 9/18 mos from R Gorringe,
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Pedigree Hereford bull, Aberdeen Angus & Simmental bulls to buy
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DAIRY DIRECT
Available Soon - FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN COWS & HEIFERS
NMR Recorded - in-milk or in-calf - Register your interest now
WANTED - Friesian Holstein heifers with records, calving August onwards.
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DEADSTOCK DIRECT
Oct ‘03 Massey Ferguson 6480 with M/F 897 foreloader,
LOW HOURS, 2,400 hours - air con. cab, air seat, suspended cab,
quad link front axle, purchased as ex. demo, one owner
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PIGS DIRECT
Young Wessex Saddleback boar, 10 mos & Large White boar, 15 mos
RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874
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NYMANS FARM
Henfield, West Sussex
Dispersal Sale of
The Entire Long Established and well known Nuthurst herd of
117 PEDIGREE GUERNSEYS
viz: 85 Cows & Calved Heifers, calving all year round
4 In-calf Heifers, calving Sept/Oct.,
15 Bulling Heifers, 13 Heifers, 6/9 mos
by Boskenna, Junes, Royal Oak and Four Winds Royal Delta
NMR Recorded - Lactation ave 5,026 kg. 4.46% BF 3.54% Pro, 204 cc
TB four year testing - no history,
Lepto BVD and Blue Tongue vaccinated
Current service sire Instead Oberon and Simmental,
Calving all year round
on THURSDAY, 25th JUNE
on behalf of Blyth Model Dairies, changing their farming policy
Sale to commence at 12 noon
Catalogues now available
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COURT LODGE FARM
Crowhurst, Near Battle
Important Sale of well maintained
ARABLE MACHINERY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

Viz:- ‘F’ Reg. JCB Loadall 525-B telehandler plus attachments; ‘L’ Reg. Fiat 115 4/wd, Ford 6600 and Muir Hill 121 dual wheel tractors; John Ford 8t monocoque tipping and flat bed bale trailers; Maxi Lift five leg Premier subsoiler; Dowdeswell DP120 four furrow plough; Amazone drill combination - i.e. KE302 power harrow and drill star drill 3m; Compact Diablo 6m hyd. ring rolls; Machio Reco tiller power harrow 3.5m; Opico folding grass harrows with seeder; Votex topper, used only two seasons; Bamford B467 hedgecutter; Quickfencer erection frame; Bauer slurry pump; Briggs irrigator; Lawrence Edwards power washer; IAE Centurion cattle crush, Feed barrow; drinking tanks, numerous gates, feed troughs; Forster Technik auto calf milk feeder, oak beams, also included by permission ‘99 New Holland LM410 and ‘04 Cat TH330B telehandlers, ‘07 JCB 530-70 loadall; ‘85 John Deere 4030 with power loader, ‘74 Leyland 245, David Brown 1380 Tractors; Trailers inc. Artic 28’, Ifor Williams 8’ plant, etc.; Toppers and Mowers inc. Kuhn FC283 and Deutz Fahr KN25; New Holland 841 round, John Deere 550 and Welgar AP630 balers; plus 100 lots of new tools, Chickens, Ducks and Geese
on SATURDAY, 4th JULY
By order of J W Vernon and others
Sale to commence at 10.30 a.m.
Catalogue attached to this e-mail
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Environmental Stewardship and Catchment Sensitive Farming Advice Clinics

Are you currently in an ELS or HLS Scheme?
Do you need some advice on managing your agreement?
Have you got an expiring ESA or CSS agreement?
Would you welcome some free guidance from an experienced Natural England adviser?
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Want to know more about catchment sensitive farming in the
Pevensey or Rother catchments?
Natural England Advisers and the Catchment Sensitive Farming Officer will be available for free, one to one advice at
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For an up to date list of our events and clinics please
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Church Farm
Church Lane, Stockbury, Kent.  ME9 7RD
01795-843250
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