WEDNESDAY, 22^nd APRIL 2009

CATTLE (45) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Encouraging entry - only a few suckler bred sorts - dairy bred beef in the majority and discounted accordingly for confirmation.
Local producers Derek Southouse and Ronnie Kemp lead the way with Limousin cross steers at 165p and Limousin cross heifers 156p respectively.
Heading the dairy bred beef Julian Mockford’s Sussex x Friesian at 150p. Looking shorter for next week - please let us know what you’re bringing.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
MG Southouse’s 515 kg. Limousin 165.5p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 580 kg. Limousin heifer 156p
MG Southouse’s 580 kg. Limousin 155.5p
JH & JHB Bayne’s 545 kg. Limousin heifer 155p
JH Geering & Son’s 615 kg. Limousin 154p
MF & JC Cornwell’s 570 kg. Limousin heifer 153.5p
J Mockford’s 565 kg. Sussex 150p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 540 kg. Limousin 149.5p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 740 kg. Limousin 149p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (24)
Rock solid trade in all departments, best of the beef culls to MJ Booth’s Simmental cross cow at 119p and nearly £900 and JH & JHB Bayne’s Friesian Holstein at 110p, very few under £1 per kilo. Cows to graze still very much the order of the day, lean Longhorn cross to 117.5p.
Overage beef all weights, all prices. R & M Sherwood’s Limousin 135p Two cull bulls - Angus and Simmental - 109p and 100p and gross £1,000+.

CALVES (35) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Another very good trade, although easier on the oustanding levels of the previous two weeks. Reared calves, 8/10 weeks - Blonde cross bull £277, heifers £180, Hereford cross bull £267, Limousin cross heifer £220, Friesian bull £180. Younger calves - Angus cross bull £165 and heifer £107, Blonde cross bull £160 and heifers £125, Sussex cross bull £137.

PIGS (7) -
Only cull sows and boars to £120 per head and 60p per kilo.

SHEEP (954) Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt
LAMBS (69) A real good show and good quality predictably from the “Maestro” Andreozzi who has the best and gets the best price. We are advised that the West Country lambs are 180p - Hailsham’s averaged 213p. You must let us know what you have - pre-booking is of the essence as the switch is made from hoggets to lambs.
Leading prices per head: L Andreozzi 227.6p, 223.5p, 220p, 218.4p, 216.7p, 216.3p, 215p, 213.2p, 211.3p, C Kniestedt 213.3p, MW Littmoden 210.7p, Mrs SM Becvar 209.9p
Leading prices per head: L Andreozzi £99, £92, £91, £86.50, £84.50, £84,
C Kniestedt £91, Mrs SM Becvar £85.

HOGGETS (402) Overall average 173.8p per kilo
Still a good go - but we don’t know how much longer this can last.
The results speak for themselves.
Leading prices per head: JRV Wheatland 210.3p, 205p, Littleworth Farms 200p, 196.3p, 185.1p, GN & J West 190.5p, M Brett 189.2p, PEG Reed 188.8p,. 187.9p, AC Ellett 188.2p, 184p, WH Seller & Son 188.2p, 184p, FW & MJ Akehurst 184.8p, SJ Carr 182.9p, J Worsfold Ltd 182.9p,
Leading prices per head: JRG Smith £95.50, £95, £93, WH Seller & Son £93.50,
RG Whyman £93, £91.50, £88.50, Fairfield Farms £92.50, GWH Osbourne £92,
HC Grissell £91.50, JD Goodman £91, GN & J West £90, SJ Carr £89.50, A Turner & Sons £88.50.

EWES (353)
Still unbelievably dear. We need big runs and big penfuls please. How long can this last ? Freshfield Mill Farm £103.50, AB Goldsmith £101.50, D Fieldwick £90, R Marsh £88, HC Grissell £86.50.

STORE LAMBS (166)
Very late in the year but still a good go, but please watch those teeth.
GN & J West £69, £50, JD Goodman £65, RA Dallyn & Sons, £64, £54, G Bowers £63, SR Powell £62, £50, PEG Reed £59, FJ Rogers £59, GWH Osbourne £58.50,
R & W Brown £53.

EWES & LAMBS - The jewel in Hailsham’s crown. We have more orders for ewes with lambs at foot than we have ewes with lambs available.
The grass is the key. Ewes and lambs to sell? please let us know.  Ewes and lambs to £25.71 per life.

Next Wednesday - 13 Suffolk cross ewes (3rd lambers) with their
24 Texel cross lambs at foot, 3 weeks old. Ewes on Heptavac P

WOOL SHEETS DISTRIBUTION CENTRE
at HAILSHAM MARKETon
WEDNESDAY, 29th APRIL WEDNESDAY, 13th MAY - 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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MONDAY, 20th APRIL ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

No looking back now - April stores continue at a pace -
join in or go without - all selling very well once again - younger stores flying along - returns speak for themselves.

YOUNGER SORTS
R & J M Thornton’s Sussex cross steers, 6 mos £380 and heifers £332,
J Wheatland’s Belgian Blue cross heifers, 7 mos £367 and Limousin cross heifer £370

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS
under twelve months
B Izzard’s Limousin cross steer, 11 mos £680 and heifer £615
N Hedges’ Blonde cross heifer, 11 mos £545,
O’Neill Smith Ltd’s Purebred Blonde steer, 7 mos £590 and heifers £540
SJ Stocker’s Charolais cross steers, 9 mos £570
over twelve months
Muntham Farms Ltd’s Simmental cross steer, 14 mos £762, and heifers £540,
K Simmons’ Limousin cross steer, 13 mos £675 and heifers, 13/14 mos £540,
N Hicks’ South Devon cross steers, 15 mos £697
Eighteen months plus
H Hawkins & Co’s Simmental cross steer, 22 mos £930
PE Perryman’s Charolais cross steers, 20 mos £920
AR Waters’ Simmental cross steer, 19 mos £835
H J & R Clifton’s Hereford x Friesian steer, 24 mos £775

ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
Excellent enquiry once again H Hawkins & Co top of league - real champions with their suckler bred steers at £1015 at twenty two months.
Also a pleasure to offer John & Maureen Tilley’s annual consignment
all born May to March - steers to £660, heifers to £545
Other highlights:-
AR Waters’s steer, 18 mos £780, JR Dewe’s steers, 19 mos £710,
NT Bower’s steers, 10 mos £560,
RD Uridge’s Angus x Sussex steers, 7/8 mos £495,
not forgetting other natives of note
Willingford Farm’s Sussex steer, 12 mos £530

and a few FRIESIAN HOLSTEINS doing well
M Goodsell’s steers, 20/21 mos £685
SJ Flittner’s steers, 18 mos £557
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Weekly Sale of
400 Head of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 27th APRIL
to incorporate
THE SPRING SHOW & SALE OF STORE CATTLE
Prizes awarded for:-
BEST PEN OF STEERS & BEST PEN OF HEIFERS
(Any age, Minimum of three in a pen)
First Prize £25, Second Prize £15, Third Prize £10
CHAMPION PEN - DON HUTCHISON MEMORIAL TROPHY
plus for the
BEST PEN OF HEIFERS
- THE DENNIS WALKER MEMORIAL CUP
Special Prizes for the
BEST PEN OF CONTINENTALS
and BEST PEN OF NATIVE BRED CATTLE
(Kindly sponsored by John Covell)
Prize money offered will only be presented for stock bona-fide sold
Entries include:- 35 Blonde d’Aquitaine cross steers and heifers, 11/12 mos from
Mr & Mrs K Watts, 26 Belgian Blue x Friesian, Hereford x Friesian steers and heifers and Friesian steers, 7/12 mos from Karova Farms, 24 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 21 mos from A Goldsmith, 22 Sussex cross steers, 18/24 mos from David Hole,
20 South Devon, Ped Poll and Simmental cross steers and heifers, 15/20 mos from
N Hicks, 16 Charolais cross steers and heifers, 10 mos from G Marriott, 16 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 14/18 mos from CH & P Green, 16 Hereford x Friesian steers, 16/21 mos from P & Y Parkes, 15 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 12 mos from WH Beard & Son, 15 Angus, Limousin and Charolais cross steers and heifers, 17/22 mos from JW Elliott & Son, 15 Limousin steers and heifers, 13/17 mos from M & R Sherwood, 12 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 8/15 mos from
Miss N Morrison, 11 Charolais cross steers and heifers, 10/13 mos from G Harris, 10 Holstein Friesian steers, 8 mos from I May, 9 Purebred Sussex steers, 5/12 mos from MD & S Rees, 9 Sussex cross steers and heifers, born June ‘08 from
R & M Coles,
plus many other good entries forward
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NO SALE MONDAY 4th MAY - BANK HOLIDAY
Next Sale: MONDAY 11th MAY
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SPRING COLLECTIVE SALE DATES
ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
on THURSDAY, 21st MAY
(Entries Close Friday, 8th May)
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on SATURDAY, 6th JUNE
(Entries Close Friday, 22nd May)
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DAIRY DIRECT
Eighteen Friesian Holstein in-calf cows, majority second to fourth calvers,
due mid April onwards to Holstein Friesian – NOW SOLD
Purchaser requires another twenty, similar dairy cattle,
Friesian in-calvers or calving now - Can anybody help ?
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Seven Friesian unserved heifers - all by proven Genus bull,
approx. 12 months old
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BULL BANK
New on the market - Limousin bull, 18 months - Running out all winter
Native and Continentals available
Still looking for proven Limousin bull, 24 months plus.
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WANTED - 2 Nanny Goats - preferably Pygmy - other breeds considered
RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874