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South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

WEDNESDAY, 18^th FEBRUARY 2009

CATTLE (24) Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Many steers £1,000 plus and some over £1,100. Trade flying along - top flight
vendors Derek Southouse and Graham Beck have homebred suckler bred
steers 171p and 170p. Adrian Scott’s Bazadaise x Friesian is 168p. Best of
the heifers to Graham Beck again at 170p. Good to see young Christopher Appleton, beef fattener of the future, selling Belgian Blue cross heifer at 167p. All very satisfactory except the supply, but the demand is excellent. Support this live bullish market and thank you to those that do.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
M G Southouse’s 590 kg. Limousin 171p
W Beck & Son’s 670 kg. Limousin 170p
W Beck & Son’s 540 kg. Limousin heifer 170p
A C Scott’s 685 kg. Bazadaise 168p
W & A Appleton’s 665 kg. Belgian Blue heifer 167p
A C Scott’s 635kg. Limousin 165p
W Beck & Son’s 600kg. Limousin heifer 164.5p
RM & CG Scott’s 610 kg. Limousin 160p
M G Southouse’s 605 kg. Limousin 158p
W & A Appleton’s 650 kg. Belgian Blue 157.5p
W Beck & Son’s 700 kg. Limousin 155.5p

All weights, all breeds - Charolais bull 1150 kg., twelve year old Jerseys 380 kg. and a very good selling trade for all. Well fleshed Simmental cross beef cows 120p twice, good shaped Friesians 118.5p, other Friesian Holsteins 106p and 102p, lean steaking black and whites to 90p - the run of better Jersey cows 80p, 76.5p, 76p, etc. and the Jersey bull 90p, not forgetting the heavyweight Charolais bull grossing £1,069.00. Very few over age beef and trade follows the good trend. Andrew Firrell’s Sussex cross heifer 134p.

CALVES (31) Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Better numbers forward and the better bred the calf the better the price. Ridgewoood Farms’ bulls - Limousin x Friesian £180, Angus x Friesian £170 and Sussex x Friesian £145. Thakeham Farms’ Blonde x Friesian bull £165 and heifers £145 and £142. Reared Angus x CI stirk bulls to £140 and heifers £120. Holstein Friesians to £105.

PIGS (41)

Pig pens double as sheep pens but pigs have their day as well with nineteen pens in use. Crawley Borough Farm’s well reared British Lop stores to £32.50 and Gloucester Old Spots £31.50. Coloured cutter entires to 75p per kilo and a good run of cull sows £150, £140, £130, etc. per head. Bringing pigs on Wednesday let us know - only a phone call away.

SHEEP (1439) - Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

We’ve never seen as many sheep in Hailsham, every square inch of concrete had a sheep on it. As a rule of thumb proper finished hoggets are upwards of £80, proper ewes upwards of £70 and proper store lambs upwards of £60.

HOGGETS (507) Overall average 165.5p per kg.

Surprising though it may seem, nothing like enough for the level of demand. Good meated hoggets are in short supply and very expensive to boot. We strongly recommend you make them good meat and bring them to Hailsham and watch the three Davids, one Stephen and one Christopher fight it out.
Leading prices per kg. CA Lee & Sons 187.3p, 180.8p, 179.6p, 175.3p,
JR Seale 185.8p, 183.7p, 176.9p, B Selby 182.6p, DS & P Humphrey 182.5p, Little Exceat Farm 179.6p, GE Tobitt 179.1p, I Gasson 176.3p,
AA & M Woolgar 175.6p, DR & TA Gorringe 175p, Mrs EM Serpell 175p,
P Gorringe 174.5p.
Leading prices per head: JR Seale £89, £80.50, JRG Smith £86, £84,
DR & TA Gorringe £85, £83, £80, P Gorringe £84, £82, £81, RW Kemp & Ptns £81, CA Lee & Sons £80.50, GE Tobitt £80.

EWES (287)

A rip roaring entry and a trade to match. Surely nowhere is as dear as Hailsham for ewes, the figures speak for themselves. JR Seale £90, R & W Brown £87.50, £77,
RG Whyman £84.50, DP Ellis £84, AA & M Woolgar £77, L Anderson £73.

STORE LAMBS (645)

A really powerful entry, we believe in real terms that some stores are dearer than finished hoggets. The art is to buy the ones that aren’t. There is money to be made whether selling or buying. It is recommended that you do not miss the trade. Please remember nothing is forever.
J Adams £66, £56.50, DW Reed £63, FA Starley P’ship £63, £57,
Dr. SWC Winchester £59, AB Goldsmith £56.50, S Edmond £56.50,
JRV Wheatland £56, GWH Osbourne £56, G Bowers £55.50, M Groombridge £54.

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PETER PAGE (75)
It is with deep regret that we report the sudden death of Peter Page of Holme Farm, Polegate who died last Monday evening. His funeral will take place on Wednesday, 25th February at 2.30 p.m.
at St. Mary’s Church, Hailsham.
Peter was a lifelong supporter of Hailsham Market
and we will all miss him dearly on Market days.

STORE CATTLE REPORT
for

MONDAY, 16th FEBRUARY ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Geo Harvey’s outwintered Limousin cross steers to £795
For the second week running a lot of stores and a lot of trade for February. The prices speak for themselves, many cattle £200 plus over their weight and some £300. Hailsham on a Monday is the place to be - next sale 2nd March.

BREEDING STOCK - A very keen demand
Sad to be selling Peter Page’s small beef herd and their progeny
but we believe he would have been pleased with the trade.
Exors of P Page’s Limousin cross cow with Charolais cross heifer calf £910, Limousin cross cow with Charolais cross bull calf £860
J Wheatland’s Simmental cross in-calf cow £770, Angus cross in-calf cow £750, Sussex cow £710, all spring calving to the Charolais

SUCKLER BRED STEERS AND HEIFERS
either side of twelve months - outstanding demand for the best and Peter Page’s steers and heifers were just that
Exors of Peter Page’s Charolais x Limousin steers, 12 mos £760
and heifers £580
Miss C Howe’s Charolais cross steers, 9 mos £760, ditto heifers £510
F Grantham’s Charolais cross bull £710,
Nicholson Bros’ Charolais cross steers, 11 mos £625,
Mrs K May’s Limousin cross steers, 13 mos £590 and heifers £590, RM Davies’ Simmental cross steers, 11 mos £585

ANGUS & ANGUS CROSS STEERS AND HEIFERS
this week including the annual Robins consignment -
a quality run of cattle very well received.
M & I Robins’ Angus cross suckler bred steers, 10/11 mos £595 and heifers £535, M Hambrook’s Angus cross suckler bred steers £650, JJS Farmer’s Angus x Belgian Blue cross steers 8 mos £570,
Wise Agricultural Angus x Continental steer, 9 mos £500,
R Rogers & Son’s Angus x Friesian heifers, 14 mos £427.
OLDER STORES the bigger the better
Geo Harvey’s outwintered Limousin cross steer £795 at 21 months
DG Jackson’s Charolais cross steers, 15 mos £790, S Clancy’s Simmental cross steers, 18 mos £750, J Baker’s Belgian Blue cross steers, 14/15 mos £725 and £715 and heifers £662
and to finish FRIESIAN HOLSTEINS STEERS still find favour
R G Nash & Son’s, 14 mos £465, D Fieldwick, 17 mos £460
N Velvick’s, 13 mos £350
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
The First Spring Auction of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS'
& CONTRACTORS' PLANT
on THURSDAY, 12th MARCH
Entries now being accepted for this sale
and close Friday, 27th February
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CUSTOM HATCHING
We can custom hatch your pheasant or partridge eggs
and deliver the chicks back to you for rearing.
Eight x 8ft brooder huts for sale.
In good order and stored under cover
Buyer to collect and dismantle.
Tel: Henry Grissell - 01424 838207
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MARK & JIM ROGERS
FENCING & GARDENING CONTRACTORS
ALL TYPES OF FENCING UNDERTAKEN, HEDGE TRIMMING, STRIMMING, GARDEN CLEARANCE
Mark – 07739031514 and Jim – 07770786276
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MOBILE WELDING SERVICE
MIG & ARC - For all Farm Repairs and Fabrication
Tel: Rob Sargent - 07809 545849 or 01424 892620
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ROLLED OATS FOR SALE
Competitive price - Can deliver
Trevor Kensett 07860499162
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** FARM DIRECT **
BULLS to buy - BULLS TO HIRE
Most breeds represented - Natives or Continentals
Unregistered and Registered Angus, choice of seven
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DAIRY DIRECT
Eight Friesians and Friesian Holstein cows
freshly calved or springing to calve now

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FODDER STORE
ALL AVAILABLE -
Hay, Straw and Silage,
stretching across the south east big round and big square bales, some small bale hay also clamp grass silage on various farms in East and West Sussex and Kent - Sales agreed daily
We may have some close to you - why not give us a call.
New on the list
Good quality ryegrass and clover round bale silage in
Mid Sussex area
and round bale silage, made ‘07, Horsham/Crawley area
very favourably priced
also big square baled wheat and oat straw, Lewes area
Excellent clamped grass silage, first cut made mid May
also clamp of maize, help to load, Lewes area
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SHEEP DIRECT
WANTED
Fifty Suffolk x Mule in-lamb ewes, younger the better
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RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874

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Heathfield & District Agricultural Show News
Everything on Schedule for the 2009 Show

Schedules for the 2009 Heathfield Show, to be held on Saturday, 23rd May, are now available. Anyone wishing to take part in Livestock or Horse classes can download a copy of the Schedule for all competitions via the Heathfield Show website or copies are available at the market. Alternatively copies can be obtained direct form the Show secretary, The Moorings, Pages Hill, Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 0UU. Please send a 52p s.a.e.
The introduction of a Pig section at the ‘08 show was deemed to be a success so these will once again be run in ‘09 with the addition of 3 extra classes and two Young Handler classes in this section. The cattle show will have a wide range of classes representing dairy and beef breeds inc. Ayrshire, Holstein, Channel Island, Dexter, Herefords, Sussex, British Limousin and British Charolais and Open Beef classes. There will also be Young Handlers’ in the Cattle section again this year. This Show is an important event in the Horse world and it holds qualifier classes for many of the countries top equestrian events. The Sheep Show also continues this year with a full complement of classes for many breeds with this year’s Henry Noakes trophy this year being awarded in the Sheep section to a handler under 16 years of age for an animal being shown in a sheep class in ‘09. “We encourage entries in these classes. The young people are the future of farming in Britain and will ensure the continuation of the farming industry and the provision of ‘safe food’ in the south east into the next century”
In recognition of this SEEDA will once again be sponsoring many of these
classes at the 2009 show.