South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 28th APRIL 2010

CATTLE (35) Auctioneer:Roger Waters
Variation of finished cattle on offer and the resulting variation in price but good to report over third of the entry selling in excess of 145p to a top of 159.5p for regular Hailsham supporter Brian Foster’s Limousin steer and just behind him at 158p a Limousin steer from Dick Bradford at St. Georges Retreat. No doubt the better the cattle the better the price - Keep them coming.

HAILSHAM'S HOT SPOTS
B J Foster’s 560 kg. Limousin 159.5p
St. Georges Retreat’s 630 kg. Limousin 158p
B J Foster’s 640 kg. Limousin heifer 157p
M G Southouse’s 570 kg. Limousin 155p
B J Foster’s 540 kg. Limousin 153.5p
B J Foster’s 565 kg. Limousin 153p
M G Southouse’s 590 kg. Limousin 152.5p
B J Foster’s 575 kg. Limousin 149.5p
B J Foster’s 610 kg. Limousin 147p
W Beck & Son’s 625 kg. Limousin 145.5p
B J Foster’s 550 kg. Limousin 145.5p
St. Georges’ Retreat’s 550 kg. Limousin heifer 145p

COWS & OVERAGE BEEF (23) Auctioneer:Roger Waters
Demand exceeds supply - healthy competition from start to finish, no first grade cull cows on offer. CD Williams has Angus cross cows to 110p, PG Blacker has Simmental cross cows to 103p and M & I Robins have Angus cows to 100p. Excellent competition for cows to feed on, young Angus and Hereford crosses 110p, 104p, 100p, 99p, etc. Overage beef continues to sell very well, Mr & Mrs Watts have a heavyweight Blonde x Sussex steer at £1079, others Angus x Holstein and Sussex x Holstein steers 121p, 119p, 118p, etc.

CALVES (11) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Another cracking trade, just a shame not that many calves to enjoy it - Henry Brickell, country gentleman and organic farmer, offers Angus cross bulls to £255 and averaged £233 and Angus cross heifers to £220 all at 5/6 weeks old, also British Blue bulls to £275. Six part reared Continental cross heifers already entered for next week, why not join them ?

PIGS (9) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Just a good sound trade - S Capelli’s white hybrid entire heavy cutters to 82p per kilo. AR Peters’ lightweight crossbred porkers 90p per kilo. Lean sows to feed on £70.

SHEEP (492) Auctioneer: Nick Young
LAMBS (26) Overall average 213.8p per kilo
The returns are the best in the south east and thats a fact. Top jockeys Taylor and Field do best business. A Taylor £89 (211.9p), IH & FC Field LLP £80 (219.2p), £80 (213.3p), £74 (211.4p), £74 (217.7p)

HOGGETS (260) Overall average 175.9p per kilo
A good trade, certainly far better than last weeks poor returns.
Proper sheep + Proper price = Proper job
Leading prices per kg:- J G Frizzell 207.5p, 183.3p, EA Boyes & W New 193.4p, 189.5p, 189.1p, M & R Bean 189.7p, AC Ellett 189.6p, 182.1p, N Gill 187.5p, HH Visser 187.5p, MK Wickens 185.2p, 184.5p, AR Lavender 183.2p, D Miles 182.7p, 181.4p, RJ Verity 182.7p
Leading prices per head:- Itchingfield Farms £103, £98, RH Smith £96, £94, EA Boyes & W New £89, £88, £87, JG Frizzell £88, N Gill £88, M & R Bean £87.50, RJ Verity £86.50, £85.50, AC Ellett £86, Fairfield Farms £83.50 (twice)

EWES (88)
Yet again, and to be candid we had the best trade anywhere, long may it continue.
No other centre comes close to our average.
N Gill £93, SD & JJ Feakes £90, £86, AL Ainslie £87, GC Knight & Ptn £85, £80.50, FG Coles £84, AL Ainslie £81, £77, Friday Street Farmers £79, RA Dallyn & Sons £77, WD Smith & Son £77, FJ & JD Wattam £77 (twice) JD Goodman £75 (twice)

EWES & LAMBS
An out and out flyer £45 per life for Mr. Piper’s Kent ewes with their lambs

STORE LAMBS (118)
With a good finished price and the prospects of rain all is well with the store hogget trade at Hailsham. Many more needed, after all who wants to make hay. GWH Osbourne £72, £63.50, £60, JHJ Gasson £68, R Gorringe £67, SMJ Baldock £64.50
Wednesday, 5th May - Flock Dispersal - 12 Suffolk x Mule ewes, genuine 3rd lambers with their 22 Texel cross lambs at foot, born from 15th March 2010 onwards. Ovivac’d prior to sale,ewes on Heptavac P and wormed.
Generally short on numbers we need many more milk lambs, hoggets, ewes and stores - let us know what you have.

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STOLEN FROM TIDY’S INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
GUMTREE 4 X 4
12,000 lb electric winch and winch bumper,
dismantled off a vehicle on the night of April 22nd/23rd
Can anybody help? -
John Bowden will be pleased to hear from you 01444 241457 or 07801732004.
Has anybody been offered a winch to buy or seen one up for sale?
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SHEEP KEEP AVAILABLE - 110 Acres
in Forest Row area on headage payment
01342 826752
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Member of British Traditional Mole Catchers Register Domestic and Agricutlural - Fully Insured
Day - 07795 226296 Eve - 01435 865370
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STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 26th APRIL ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Spring Show & Sale of Store Cattle rarely disappoints, quality cattle and quality prices, pleasing results for all concerned a real pleasure to see the Woolgar family taking the Don Hutchison Memorial Trophy - well done to Mandy, Tony & Danny - a team effort of that I am certain.

Prize Winners:-

Best Pen of Steers:-

First Prize , Best Pen of Continentals & The Don Hutchison’s Memorial trophy for the Best Overall Pen -
AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin cross
Second Prize - RC Baker & Co’s Limousin cross
Third Prize - M & R Sherwood’s Limousin cross
Best Pen of Heifers:-
First Prize & The Dennis Walker Memorial Trophy for the best pen of heifers -
D Kemp’s ¾ Blonde d’Aquitaine cross
Second Prize - CH & P Green’s Limousin x Hereford/Friesian
Third Prize - ATD Clutterbuck’s Limousin cross
Best pen of Native Bred Cattle - WH Beard & Son

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - around 12 months plus
Special mention must be made of Martin Muggeridge’s Belgian Blue cross –
what good cattle and a good trade to match - Steers £770, £752, £700, etc and heifers to £612

AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin cross steers, 12/13 mos £800
M & R Sherwood’s Limousin cross steers £732
AR & J Water’s Simmental cross, 12/13 months £720
AD Woolgar’s Charolais cross £695

ANGUS CATTLE & OTHER NATIVES
Pat Beard in the frame with his suckler bred’s taking the
Special Native Prize this year. Leading Prices:-

Anthony Goldsmith’s Angus x Friesian, 18 mos £670,
Miss E Truman’s Angus x Friesian, 18 mos £631,
WH Beard’s Angus x Simmental, 12/13 mos £620,
LM Morgan’s Angus cross heifers £575,
Mrs J Andrew’s Sussex cross, 15 mos £675,
C Clarke’s Sussex cross steer, 12 mos £542, and heifer £390 ,
Outwintered Hereford steers, very much in demand,
David Hole’s consignment to £772

just the one BREEDING COW & CALF –
Rupert Taylor Ltd’s Charolais heifer with her bull calf at foot £1,270

OLDER STEERS & HEIFERS- 18/24 months plus
Some topping cattle amongst them, many consignments
topping £800 plus, all in all a top days trading
DJ Kemp’s Blonde-x heifer, 26 mos £872 & steers £830
CH & P Green’s Simmental x Friesian £872 & Limousin-x heifer, 24/27 mos £755,
RC Baker & Son’s Limousin-x steers, 26/27 mos £815 & heifers £800,
D Southouse’s Limousin-x heifer, 24 mos £812,
AC Scott’s Belgian Blue x Friesian, 18/19 mos £775
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No Sale - Monday, 3rd May - Bank Holiday
Next Sale of STORE CATTLE
MONDAY, 10th MAY
Entries already include:- 24 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 18/19 mos from A Goldsmith, 20 Sussex cross steers and heifers, 12 mos from N Dallyn,12 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 12 mos from
Mrs PM Bignell , further entries now being taken for this sale.
Weekly sales thereafter on Monday, 17th & Monday, 24th May
and then Bank Holiday again on Monday, 31st

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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
COLLECTIVE SALE
of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS' & CONTRACTORS' PLANT

Entries already include: - Thwaites 1 tonne dumper, Galvanised sheep race with round pen, vgc, calf creep, plus many other lots of livestock equipment, fencing stakes, gates, chain saws, lawnmowers inc. many ride-ons, strimmers, hedgecutters, rotovators, pressure washers, generators, engines, pumps, concrete mixers, garden tools & sundries, small tools & paint (as new), shrubs, etc.
on THURSDAY, 13th MAY at 10 a.m.
Entries close this Friday, 30th April
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Other Collective Sale dates
OSNEY LODGE FARM
on SATURDAY, 19th JUNE
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HAILSHAM FARMERS' PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET
On SATURDAY, 8th MAY
Held On Second Saturday In Every Month
9.00 ~ 12.30 At Hailsham Cattle Market

Volcanic ash from Iceland has recently been in the news, disrupting ‘plane flights both in and out of our airports. This has put an emphasis on how important it is to support agriculture both locally and nationally so that we are not too reliant on imported food such as meat, fruit and vegetables and dairy products. Farming is a diverse industry and farmers need to be paid appropriately for producing high quality produce to the highest of standards, and at the same time offering customers a wide choice of fresh, traceable year round and seasonal food. This is where Farmers’ Markets come into their own as they cut out the middle man, helping producers to retain proportionately more profit, and as the food comes predominantly from the local area this cuts down on their overheads such as fuel and labour costs, as well as helping the local rural economy. Market Cafe will be open from 8.00am selling hot and cold food and drinks.
For more information, or to book a stall, please contact Janet Dann the
Organiser Tel. 01323 833359 or email: janet@highlea.demon.co.uk.
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