Steers - No. – Price		Heifers – No. - Price
PREMIUM (E & R/2,3 &4L)	1	149.0p	1	145.0p
PRIME (R4H and 0+ 3 & 4)	11	134.9p	7	134.1p
OTHERS (Remainder)	4	113.0p	6	108.1p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (42)
Better numbers of cull cows forward - little movement in demand either way - the better fleshed cows in the 90/104.5p price range. Peter Nye’s Limousin cross leading the way at 104.5p, D Hobbs & Son’s have Simmental cross cows to 94p and best of the natives Ken Russell’s purebred Sussex 92p. Friesian steaking cows to 84p. Plain cows to feed on - all prices dependant on breeding and weight, up to 79p for Simmental crosses. Overage beef very few forward - Lean Belgian Blue cross steers to 110p, lightweight Angus cross heifers to 106p.

CALVES (7) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Very short - only reared calves on offer and continue to sell very well.
Simmental x Friesian heifers to £234, Aberdeen Angus cross heifers to £160 and Friesian steers to £150.

PIGS (0) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
No pigs on offer. Entered for next week - Ten Saddleback weaners and six Large White x Landrace gilts.

SHEEP (765) Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

LAMBS (354) Overall average 150.7p per kilo
The results speak for themselves in essence if you are not at Hailsham you are not getting the best price. Predictably shorter numbers and a much better price resulted. Is this the start of escalating prices ‘til the spring of 2010 ? Team Ainslie, very much to the fore.
Leading prices per kg:- SMJ Baldock 164.7p, B Bowers 164.5p, FG Coles 162p, 161.6p, CA Lee & Sons 160.7p, 160.6p, Mrs MAE Clark 160.4p, Mays Farm Ltd 160.3p, J Monnington Farms Ltd 159.8p, AA & M Woolgar 158.8p, 158p, NJC & P Clouting 158.2p, JA Nightingale 158p, 157.8p, O’Neill Smith Ltd 158p
Leading prices per head:- RJ Lloyd Campion £82.50, P Gorringe £78.50, £78, £76.50, A L Ainslie £75.50, £73.50, JA Nightingale £74.5p, GN & J West £74.50, J Bastable £74.50, FG Coles £74.50 (twice), £74, CA Lee & Son £74, S Cook £73.50, Mays Farm Ltd £73

EWES (185)
The bidding war is well underway we need very many more big pens and big runs of ewes please to satisfy the insatiable demand.  RJ Lloyd Campion £84.50, £68.50, Fairfield Farms £81, £74, £65, CA Lee & Sons £72, £65.50 NJC & P Clouting £69, £65, AL Ainslie £68.50, £64, FW & MJ Akehurst £67, J Bastable £64

STORE LAMBS & BREEDING SHEEP (226)
A real humdinger and getting dearer, the margins are there.  Mays Farms Ltd. £58.50, A Winter £55, D Fieldwick £54.50, £50, AR Feaver £50, HJ Skinner Ltd £50, JA Nightingale £49, L Turner £48, AMC Baker & TM Jeeves £46.50, £42.50 (twice) TR Beesley £45.50, Mrs C Deedman £44 (twice), AJ Reader £43.
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WANTED - BILLY GOAT - to serve small herd - Anthony Goldsmith - 01435 830447
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STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 16th NOVEMBER
~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Good interest for Mid November -
Tom & Will Buckley’s Hereford x Friesian in-calf heifers to £950
Bob & Mike Sherwood’s Limousin steer, 13 mos £720
Looking for more to offer in two weeks time

BREEDING STOCK -
Much interest from near and far for the young beef breeding stock
but pleased to report all remain in East Sussex
Tom & Will Buckley’s homebred consignment of Hereford x Friesian in-calf heifers to £950, and averaged £855,
Sussex x Friesian in-calf heifers to £840 and Belgian Blue x Friesian in-calf heifers to £800
Pedigree Sussex heifer, running with bull £670, Aberdeen Angus cow, running with bull to £700

CONTINENTAL CROSS SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS
9/15 months old, all keenly competed for, demand out strips supply
M & R Sherwood’s Limousin steers, 13 mos £720, heifers £570,
C French’s Charolais cross steers, 15 mos £705,
F Grantham’s Charolais cross £610, G Harris’ Simmental cross steer £572,
Nicholson Bros’ Simmental cross heifer, 9 months £505

NATIVE BREEDS
Angus out in front, also keen interest in Hereford bred cattle
Keep them coming, customers are keen
Mrs Doble’s suckler steers, 18/19 mos £770, BA Radziejewski’s Angus cross steers £745
Adrian Scott’s Angus cross steers £740, WS & JM Daniels’ Angus x Friesian steers £690,
S Rea’s Angus cross heifers, 21 mos £645
DJ Alexander’s Three Quarter bred Hereford steers, 14 mos £640 and heifers £450,
J Weedon’s South Devon cross heifers, 10 mos £470

TWO YEARS PLUS STEERS & HEIFERS
Dairy or suckler bred all a firm trade
Adrian Scott’s Belgian Blue cross steers £800, Limousin cross steers £790,
W Akehurst Limousin cross steer, 25 mos £820, and heifer 22 mos £790,
A Barr’s Charolais cross heifer, 24 mos £720
Next Sale
MONDAY, 30th NOVEMBER
Entries Now Being Taken – Please Let Us Have Your Entries For Inclusion In The Catalogue
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** FARM DIRECT**
BULL BANK
New on the market - Sussex stock bull, born 2005
Aberdeen Angus bull to hire, favourable rate
Young Charolais bull and young Pedigree Aberdeen Angus bull
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DAIRY DIRECT
Seventeen In-calf Friesian Holstein Cows due Jan/Feb to Limousin bull, mixed ages,
NMR recorded, four year TB testing parish
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Ten Friesian Holstein bulling heifers
16/22 months, take your pick from twenty one,
by Comestar Lee, etc., Dams records available
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Eleven British Friesian bulling heifers
Homebred, 16/24 months old, by Registered British Friesian bull - Action Man
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BEEF DIRECT
WANTED - Native bred Angus x Friesian, Hereford x Friesian
and Sussex x Friesian yearling/bulling heifers or spring calvers
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SHEEP DIRECT
One hundred well grown tupping Suffolk x Mule ewe lambs
RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874
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THE 141st SOUTH EASTERN PRIME STOCK
WINTER FAYRE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE
incorporating South East Charolais Calf Show
at the Abergavenny Building, ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND

on TUESDAY, 24th NOVEMBER
Auction Sale of
5 Live Bullocks & 61 Live Lambs

also to be offered for sale before the carcass auction at approx. 12.30 p.m.
A Pedigree Charolais heifer calf (Mortimers Elegant), born April ’09

also
Carcass Auction Of 22 Lamb & Pork Carcasses, Dead Poultry/Chicken & Turkeys
Sausage making competition
New for 2009 - Meat Pie Competition
Everybody welcome ~~ Free Entry
Support the Raffle - Buy a Show Carcass
Carcass auction at approx.12.45 pm and not before, followed by the Sheep auction followed by the Cattle
inc. the Champion and Reserve Champions to be offered
Judging starts at 8.30 am
Official Auctioneers:- South East Marts
Further details from Mary Masters 01273 517824 (mary.m@btclick.com)
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168th HAILSHAM FATSTOCK SHOW

Entries include:-
54 PRIME CATTLE, 6 OTM COWS, 190 SHEEP and 21 PIGS

Judges:-
Cattle - Stuart Clatworthy - Sheep - Robert Pomfret and Pigs - Guido DeLellis