South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 24th MARCH 2010

CATTLE (53) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
A good show of cattle for the show - the spring show brought out a few specials in every sense of the word. Dick Bradford on behalf of St. Georges Retreat scores double top. Best Butchers Beast and Best Reserve Butchers Beast - thanks to David Fry for securing the top beast of the day at 182p (£1,046) to Robert Pomfret for judging and to everybody else who supported this year’s show. Not forgetting Gordon Jarvis’ utstanding Belgian Blue heifer at 180p.

HAILSHAM'S HOT SPOTS
St. Georges Retreat’s 575 kg. Limousin 182p
GE Jarvis’ Belgian Blue heifer 180p
St. Georges Retreat’s 605 kg. Limousin heifer 170p
J & M Jones’ 545 kg. Limousin 165p
BJ Foster’s 540 kg. Limousin 162p
J & M Jones’ 530 kg. Limouisn 160p
MG Southouse’s 595 kg. Limousin 160p
St. Georges’ Retreat’s 560 kg. Limousin heifer 159p
W Beck & Son’s 595 kg. Limousin heifer 158.5p
D Blowey’s 520 kg. Limousin heifer 155p

	Steers - No. - Price		Heifers – No. - Price
PREMIUM (E & R/2, 3 & 4L)	5	165.8p	6	162.6p
PRIME (R4H and 0+ 3 & 4)	19	139.5p	13	145.2p
OTHERS (Remainder)	3	128.8p	7	125.5p

COWS & OVERAGE BEEF (24) Auctioneer: Roger WatersAs good as ever. Robert & Jill Penny take the cow award with their Limousin cow at 120p, grossing £912. Other cows worthy of note:- John & Mary Jones’ Limousin cross 119.5p, John Farmer’s Belgian Blue cross 113p - all good Continental cross beef cows £1 plus. Best of the black and whites 96.5p, cows to graze very much wanted 91p - 105p per kilo. Just a few overage beef - Roger Daltry’s Angus steer to 129p and Andrew Elms’ Sussex steer 120p

CALVES (16) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Trade in orbit, quite outstanding for the beef cross calves. Brian Ashby’s Sussex x Friesian bulls to £245, £240, £230 (twice) and heifers £190, Barlavington Farms’ Sussex cross bulls £280, £275 and heifer £290 and their British Friesians, 10 weeks old £177 and £170 (thrice) and Broomfield Farms Friesians, also 10 weeks old at £230.

PIGS (--) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Coloured Oxford black and sandy cross heavy feeding pigs to £50, £44, £43, etc. Selling pigs then please let us know what you are bringing.

SHEEP (891) Auctioneer: Nick Young
MILK LAMBS (6)
Only a handful, certainly not enough to portray the level of demand. With Easter where it is it’s early enough.
Championship and top price to Sue and Dick Becvar being purchased by the Judge Lew Howard for £87.
HOGGETS (529) Overall average 167.5p per kilo
Against all expectations and with the rise of sterling against the Euro we had a rock solid trade. Mind you it could have had something to do with the exceptionally good fed hoggets on offer.
Leading prices per kg:- J R Seale 208.7p, 200p, P Gorringe 187.5p, 182.1p, FP Russell Farms 187.2p, L Barrett 184p, 178p, C Deroo 183.1p, 182.7p, 178.4p, AC Ellett 181.8p, T Avon 181.8p, MJ Worley 179.5p, RH Whyman 179p, RH Smith 178.1p, SJ Carr 177.8p
Leading prices per head:- A A & M Woolgar £99, JR Seale’s ewe lambs £96, T Patton £92.50,
A Ainslie £92.50, BJ Baker £91, £87.50, RH Smith £90, £87, Itchingfield Farms £89, L Barrett £87, £85, RW Kemp & Partners £85, WH Corney £85, C Deroo £85
EWES (129)
If you have ewes to sell there is nowhere better than Hailsham, todays spiteful trade proved it yet again. HJ Gauntlett & Sons of Chichester first time ever at Hailsham sell ewes to £98.  K Manning £126,
A L Ainslie £103, J & MS Howe £99.50, £92, R Burrows £98, HJ Gauntlett & Sons £98, IH &FC Field £92, JR Seale £90, FC Coles £86
STORE LAMBS (227)
Big lambs a terrific trade. Smaller models look extreme value to farm on if you have the grub to feed them, because they don’t get fat themselves.
J & M S Howe £74.00, M & R Bean £69, RG Whyman £68, £63, IH & FC Field £64, £58, Poland Bros £63.50, AB Flux £62, £54 RJ Stevens £60.50, P Hayes £56.50, DC Fears £55.

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EASTER SHOW & SALE RESULTS
WEDNESDAY, 24th MARCH 2010
Judges:- Robert Pomfrett and Lew Howard
Thanks to all those who made the effort to support the commercial
Easter Show, vendors, purchasers and sponsors alike.
An enjoyable day with some excellent prices.

BEST BUTCHERS BEAST
Sponsored by
Matthew Miller of farmbankmanager.co.uk
awarded to
St. Georges Retreat for their Limousin heifer
182p per kilo purchased by David Fry
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RESERVE BUTCHERS BEAST
Sponsored by Shaun Hutchings (Butcher) Partridge Green
awarded to
St. Georges Retreat for their Limousin steer at 170p
purchased by Tottingworth Farms Ltd.
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JUDGES SPECIALS -
Sponsored by David Pilling of Barclays Agriculture, Hailsham
awarded to:- J & M Jones’ 545 kg. Blonde d’Aquitaine 165p, BJ Foster’s 540 kg. Limousin 162p,
DG Southouse’s 595 kg. Limousin 160p, D Blowey’s Limousin heifer 155p,
W Beck & Son’s 580 kg. Limousin heifer 151p, BJ Foster’s 590 kg. Limousin heifer 150p,
D Exwood’s 565 kg. Sussex steer 146p
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CHAMPION PEN OF MILK LAMBS
Sponsored by
Novartis Animal Health UK Ltd
awarded to Mrs S M Becvar
and purchased by
Lew Howard of Ringmer at £87 per head
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Class 1 (Up to 32 kgs.)
Sponsored by D S C Supplies, Hailsham
1st Prize & Championship Prize -
Mrs SM Becvar 33.3 kg. - £87
2nd Prize & Reserve Championship - Mrs SM Becvar
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Best Pen of Hoggets
Sponsored by Forge Farm Meats (Southborough)
Lloyd Barrett
46.25 kg. - £85 purchased by D Harriott
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BEST COW -
Sponsored by Mark Antrobus of Mole Valley Farmers
awarded to:- R & J Penny’s
760 kg Limousin at 120p purchased by Arthur Harriott
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STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 22nd MARCH ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Aberdeen Angus in the ascendancy - all ages - all wanted.
Different away buyers in attendance and some go away empty handed.
Nothing wrong with this spring trade.
Good entry coming forward for end of March and April

Leading ABERDEEN ANGUS prices include:-
J & M Tilley’s Angus x Shorthorn steers, 20 mos £725, Mrs PA Greenwood’s homebred Aberdeen Angus steers, 11 mos £655 and heifers £512, SD & JJ Feakes’ Angus x Simmental/Fr., 10 mos £635, P Gurney’s Angus x Holstein Fr. heifers, 22/24 mos £642, EJ Brickell & Son’s Angus steers, 12 mos £640, heifers £555, R Sargents’ Angus x Fr. steers, 16 mos £590, B Gurr’s Purebred Angus steer, 12 mos £575, N Velvick’s Angus x Holstein £490, JJS Farmer’s Angus x Belgian Blue suckler steers, 7 mos £460
SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - twelve months and younger
Some outstanding early spring consignments,
all reaping the reward of excellent returns
PW Taylor & Partners’ Simmental x Belgian Blue/Friesian steer, 10/11 mos £765, and heifers £582, AE Harris’ purebred Charolais steer, 10/11 mos £743 and heifers £620, EJ Brickell & Son’s Limousin cross steer, 12 mos £702 and heifers £595, G Harris’ Simmental cross steer, 11 mos £690 and heifers £580, Greenwood & Son’s Simmental cross steer, 10/11 mos £625, R White’s Limousin cross heifers, 11 mos £565, Ken Russell’s Charolais cross steer, 9/10 mos £595, S Clancy’s Simmental cross steer, 7/8 mos £572
OLDER STORES - 20 months old plus - Razor keen just not enough of them
M Grove’s Hereford cross steers, 20 mos £727, Simmental cross, 18 mos £705,
P Gurney’s Sussex cross steer, 20 mos £700,
A Thompson’s Swedish Red steer, 20 mos £620

FRIESIAN HOLSTEINS STEERS - Getting dearer -
more customers from near and far creating greater competition. Leading again
Mick Grove’s British Friesian, 20 mos £630, Derek Lingham’s Friesians, 15/18 mos £500 and £490, David Fieldwick’s Friesian Holsteins, 15/18 mos £462,
Miss Lucy Miles’ Friesian, 7 mos £290
and last but by no means least - BREEDING STOCK
Ivan May’s first consignment, with more to come,
Simmental cross cow with young Sussex bull calf £950
and Simmental cross cow with young Sussex heifer calf £860
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Next Sale of
350 STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 29th MARCH
Entries already include:- 31 Aberdeen Angus, Shorthorn and Friesian steers, 18/20 mos from S Flitner, 31 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 7/14 mos from HJ Cross & Son, 23 Simmental cross steers, 18/24 mos from David Hole, 22 Aberdeen Angus and Simmental steers and heifers, 10/12 mos from J Wallis, 20 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 14/18 mos from AA & M Woolgar and
AD Woolgar, 17 Friesian steers, 9 mos from N Velvick, 16 Aberdeen Angus steers and heifers from
R & J Wells, 16 Aberdeen Angus and Limousin cross steers and heifers, 14/18 mos from
A Thompson, 15 Continental cross steers and heifers and Friesian steers, 15/17 mos from
M Goodsell, 13 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 18/19 mos from JRJ Dewe, 11 Sussex cross steers, 11/14 mos from Mrs J Andrew, 11 Aberdeen Angus steers and heifers and Friesian steers, 10/23 mos from S West, 10 Limousin and Limousin cross steers and heifers, 14/17 mos from M & R Sherwood, 9 Simmental cross steers, 12 mos from Muntham Farms, 8 Simmental cross steers, 10/12 mos from DJ Nicholls also a few breeding stock including 2 PEDIGREE ABERDEEN ANGUS STOCK BULLS, born ‘06 and ‘00, plus Sussex and Belgian Blue cows and calves and an in-calf Simmental heifer
Catalogue attached
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No Sale Monday, 5th April - Easter Monday
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Next Sale thereafter
MONDAY, 12th APRIL - CUCKOO FAIR
Entries already include:- Special consignment of 25 Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Sussex cross cows all PD’d in-calf to Registered Angus bull and Sussex x Angus bull, due May onwards plus last years crop of calves - 25 Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Sussex cross steers and heifers, 9/10 months old from RD Monnington along with other Store cattle entries of 50 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 10/12 mos from JS Tilley, 35 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 20/22 mos from
GA & M Osgood and 23 Sussex cross steers, 18/24 mos from David Hole, 18 Simmental cross heifers, 20/24 mos from FP Norris & Sons,
Further entries are now being taken for this sale
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K.W.G. - WOOL SACKS
Sheet Distribution at Hailsham Market
will be on Wednesday, 31^st March between 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
Second Spring Auction of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY,
BUILDERS' & CONTRACTORS' PLANT
on
SATURDAY, 10th APRIL at 10 a.m.
:- M/F 135 tractor inc. roll bar; 16’ hay trailer, Ifor Williams 12’ livestock trailer; Dowdeswell muck spreader; Quantock sprayer, as new; Twose muck scraper; Kverneland 7’ pasture topper, 9’ chain harrows, Ferguson 9 tine cultivator, Kubota cultivator, Quantity of livestock equipment inc. gates, troughs and hay racks, cattle clipping frame, calving jack, rubber cow mats, etc., Monster dirt bike, chestnut fencing stakes, chain saws, lawnmowers inc. many ride-ons and an Allen National triple ride on, strimmers, hedgecutters, rotovators, pressure washers, generators, engines, pumps, concrete mixers, garden tools & sundries, small tools & paint (as new), shrubs, etc., Quantity of Sussex chicken
Entries now closing - Please let us have your entries as soon as possible
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Other Spring Collective Sale dates coming up
Herstmonceux Collective Sale
- SATURDAY, 24th APRIL
Entries Close Friday, 9th April
Ardingly Showground - THURSDAY, 13th MAY
South Godstone - SATURDAY, 19th JUNE
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AYRSHIRE FARM
Darp Lane, Ripe, Nr. Lewes
Dispersal of the entire
Anderson herd of
57 PEDIGREE ANGUS
Viz: 30 Cows, in-calf or with their calves at foot
10 yearling heifers and two stock bulls
also ABERDEEN ANGUS BULL - AYNHO EROSSITER ERIC G449 - Born 2007
60 PEDIGREE HEREFORDS
19 Cows with their calves at foot, 3 weeks to 3 months
or in-calf to calve March/April, 12 Served heifers to calve Aug/Sept
12 Yearling heifers and 6 heifers, 6/8 months
plus Hereford Stock Bull - Lincoln I Dayton
Plus Breeding Water Buffalos, Llamas, Ostriches, Pygmy goats, Traditional and Rare breed poultry, Kune Kune pigs, 6 Scotch Black face ewes with their lambs at foot and 2 Scotch Black face rams
also excellent range of
MODERN MACHINERY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT
Viz:- ‘03 McCormick MTX125 4 w/d tractor; ‘02 JCB 520-50 Loadall Special telehandler; 'H' Reg. Landrover 1.6 Freelander, '06 Kamatsu Galeo SK10 skid steer; ‘07 Kamatsu Galeo Utility mini digger; 'E' Reg. ‘09 Yamaha Grizzly Quad bike; Trailers inc. '08 Richard Western 12t monocoque, Rolland V74 Plain Pied cattle trailer, Small I/W livestock, tipping and plant, Watsons feed barrier, '02 Marston/ Griffiths dump, Marston Griffiths flat bed trailers; ‘07 Jeantil Reco Pailleuse PR2000P silage straw chopper, cattle feed barriers and handling hurdles, gates, feeders, troughs, crush, etc., Miracle milker, poultry equipment, quantity of miscellaneous workshop tools, also included by permission 'V' Reg. M/F 165 tractor, Ifor Williams DP12053 livestock trailer, Griffiths 8t monocoque grain trailer, PZ CM170 drum mower, Kidd 7' topper, PZ 3m topper, Bamford springtine cultivator, Cambridge ring rollers, Parmiter zig zag harrows, Yanigav 19t log splitter, etc. etc. to be sold on
SATURDAY, 17th APRIL at 10.30 a.m.
On behalf of Mr. R. Dick, reluctantly quitting farming, through ill health
Catalogues available shortly
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SHEEP TAGS - EID
Tagging this year’s lamb crop - Keep all your options open
Do not restrict your marketing opportunities
South East Marts recommend producers to use a Single Electronic Tag or Full EID if you intend to retain ewe lambs for future breeding either to be sold or kept as flock replacements. Sheep tagged with a single electronic tag will ensure you get maximum competition for your lambs in the market place.
Non Electronic tags will not give the option of further fattening, further sorting for defined outlets and will restrict your marketing opportunities.
We believe the benefits gained by sheep producers who tag with a single electronic tag, and the sheep industry generally, will far outweigh the small additional cost
- keep all your options open
All Store lambs will need to have a single electronic tag.
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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