South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 25^th NOVEMBER 2009

CATTLE (15) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Very short and mostly lightweight and medium weight cattle on offer.
Don Robinson’s lightweight Limousin heifer leads the returns at 148.5p with John Down’s similar bred heifer just behind at 148p. Best of the steers to Mr. Monson’s Sussex, a Hailsham speciality, at 139p.

Christmas Primestock Show next week - spoilt for choice.

NICK’S XMAS CATCHPHRASE COMPETITION
Which buyer said what?
(no offence intended, just a bit of fun)
1. “How do I know ?”
2. “Do you want a genuine bid ?”
3 “Younger” get on and sell the sheep”
4. “Would you take a half?”
5. “Wotcha!!”
6. “Steady”
7. “I’ll give it with one out”
Answers on a postcard please - first correct entry out of the bag after Xmas wins a free lunch in the market cafe courtesy of Nick Young (well that will be a first!!!)
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Now Fortnightly Sales of
STORE CATTLE
Next Sale on
MONDAY, 30th NOVEMBER
Sale to commence at 11.30 a.m.
Entries include:- 15 Limousin cross steers, 18/20 months from R Walker & Son, 13 White Park steers and heifers, 7/25 months old, from M Peters, 10 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 8/9 mos from Wise Agricultural, 10 Angus, Sussex and Limousin cross steers and heifers, 19/21 mos from J Baldwin, 10 Charolais and Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers from J Barton Jayne, 10 Friesian steers from D Fieldwick, also Pedigree Charolais bull, 28 months from Mrs E Littlejohn,
plus many more good entries forward
Last sale for 2009
MONDAY, 14th DECEMBER
Please let us have your entries
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THE 141st SOUTH EASTERN PRIME STOCK WINTER FAYRE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE
this year incorporating the South East Charolais Calf Show
plus Sausage and Pie Making Competitions - something for everybody
Pleasing to see a very well supported and renewed interest in the day
A snapshot of Prize Winners
Overall Supreme Champion for 2009
Jason & Sarah Wareham’s Red Roan Limousin cross heifer
Reserve Champion
Collin Farming Enterprise’s Blonde d’Aquitaine cross heifer
Champion Steer - Jason & Sarah Wareham’s Charolais cross steer
Supreme Sheep Champion
Pair of Beltex cross Lambs - Westland School YFC
Reserve Champion - Goodwood Estate
for their Native bred pair - Purchased by long standing supporter
of the show - David Fry for £100 each
Lamb Carcass Champion
J & M Lampshire’s Beltex cross carcass
26 kg. sold at £8.70 per kilo (£226.20) to Neil Conisbee of East Horsley
All lamb carcasses selling very well £3.35-£8.70 per kilo and ave. £4.20
Pig Carcass Champion
Princess Christian Hospital’s 63 kilo Landrace cross carcass
sold at £3.80 to Alan Charlwood
All pig carcasses changing hands between £2.50 and £3.80 per kilo
Pick of the Poultry
Turkey Champion - Princess Christian Hospital’s 18lb hen bird - £60
First Prize Goose to JR Pedder at £47
Turkeys £1.50 to £2 plus per pound, mostly selling circa £2 per lb.
For the first time at the Fayre - South East Charolais Calf Show
Supreme Champion Calf
Mortimer Farms Ltd’s heifer born after March 2009
Reserve Champion Calf
- Rupert Taylor Ltd’s heifer born between 1st Jan/28th Feb
Champion bull calf - Rupert Taylor’s bull, born after 1st March
also offered under the hammer, something special
Mortimers Elegant, an April born Pedigree Charolais Heifer calf
Sold for £1,900 to Richard Mortimore
(the names the same but the spellings a little different)
Thank you to all that supported this year’s SE Primestock Winter Fayre
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** FARM DIRECT**
BULL BANK
Sussex stock bull, born 2005
Aberdeen Angus bull to hire, favourable rate
and young Pedigree Aberdeen Angus bull
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DAIRY DIRECT

Five Friesian In-calf Cows & Two Friesian in-calf heifers
Due Feb/Mar, breeding and lactation records available
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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 Homebred British Friesian bulling heifers
16/24 months old, by Reg. British Friesian bull - Action Man
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Twenty two Friesian Holstein bulling heifers
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Organic Friesians and Friesian cross
In-calf cows or freshly calved or summer calving
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BEEF DIRECT
Eight Pedigree White Park Breeding cows,
plus two Crossbred White Park cows,
all born ‘02/’06, ran with Pedigree White Park Bull since June ‘09
also Pedigree White Park bull
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FODDER DIRECT
Big Bale Wheat & Barley Straw in New Holland D1010 bales,
baled without rain and stored same day, for collection or delivery
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RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874
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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
on WEDNESDAY, 2nd DECEMBER
Come Along & Support Your Local Show
Raffle & Weight Judging Competition
NON-SHOW STOCK ALSO WANTED THIS DAY -
PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE
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ANNUAL DINNER & CUP PRESENTATION EVENING
at WELLSHURST GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
on SATURDAY, 23rd JANUARY 2010
Tickets:- ￡25.00
Further information from Sally Habberfield - Mobile 07850 111837
or Eve. 01935 424624 or e-mail sallyhabberfield@hotmail.com
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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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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 813718
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