South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

WEDNESDAY, 28^th OCTOBER 2009

CATTLE (14) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Very short, for the second week running the Sussex breed very much to the fore. King Bros steers 155p and 154p. Ronnie Kemp’s Limousin equal to it at 155p and
Tom Rea’s medium weight Angus 153p. Worthy of a note John and Mark Cornwell’s twin Charolais steers, weigh the same, make the same and return just under £1,000 each.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
R W Kemp & Partners’ 535 kg. Limousin 155p
J & D Kings’ 555 kg. Sussex 155p
J & D King’s 555 kg. Sussex 154p
T E Rea’s 555 kg. Angus 153p
R W Kemp & Partners’ 565 kg Limousin 150p
R W Kemp & Partners’ 480 kg. Limousin heifer 150p
M F & J C Cornwell’s 705 kg. Charolais 140p
M F & J C Cornwell’s 705 kg Charolais 140p
T E Rea’s 535 kg. Aberdeen Angus 134p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (36)
Only the best beef cows can return £1 per kilo plus. Mike Matthews has Simmental cross to 104p, other beef cows - Nuthurst Farms’ Murray Grey 86p, M & M Butcher’s Montbeliarde cross 85.5p, John Hows’ Sussex 85p.  Overage beef stays firm - Chris Berry’s heavyweight Belgian Blue cross steer 125p and RH Daltry’s Angus cross heifer 109p.

CALVES (14) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Another brilliant trade - in orbit, just not enough supply.
Young Montbeliarde x Friesian bulls to £214 twice, others £197, £180, etc.
Simmental cross bulls £205, £198, etc. Reared Simmental cross heifers £240 and Friesians £127.

PIGS (--) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Next Wednesday, 4th - 20 Large Black x Gloucester Old Spot weaners

SHEEP (804) - Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt
LAMBS (282) Overall average 129.6p per kilo
We think they have hit the bottom and are bouncing back up. The short entry at Hailsham and other centres has had the effect of improving prices, albeit slightly!
Leading prices per kg:- J R Trumper 145.4p, 144p, FG Coles 144.9p, 140.2, 134.9, J Goffin 140.2p, 137.1p, 134.6p, A Brewer 137.5p, R Spencer 137.3p, AJ Skinner & Son 136.4p, SMJ Baldock 135.6p, D Christian 135p
Leading prices per head:- F W & M J Akehurst, £75, £71, FG Coles £71, £67, £59.50, BJ Hicks £65,
J Goffin £64.50, £61,M & T Bourner £64.50, JA Nightingale £63, £59.50, H Hawkins & Co £59, D Christian £59, M Brett £58, Mrs L Howard £58
EWES (244)
Totally unexpected !! Against all expectations other centres were down but at Hailsham prices were up. We need very many more ewes to satisfy the demand from the “big factory” men. Is this a mutton revival ?!
D Christian £69, JR Seale £69, D Blake & Part £69, R Peate £67, R Spencer £62, J & M Craig £61,
H Hawkins & Co £59 (thrice)
STORE LAMBS & BREEDING SHEEP (278)
 Certainly the “jewel in Hailsham’s crown” Surely there is nowhere better to sell your store lambs come and see for yourselves and take advantage of these prices.
R Rogers & Sons £55, £47.50 G Browne £54.50, CM Crowther £54, LM Morgan £53.50, Mrs H Venters £51, JL & MC Andrews £49.50, P Hall £49, JR Trumper £45.

Please let us know if you have breeding sheep to sell
Next two weeks - Wednesdays, 4th and 11th November
Already entered - 100 Suffolk x Mule ewe lambs from SJ Carr

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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
Entries now closed
Further details from the Show Secretary
Mary Masters 01273 517824(mary.m@btclick.com)
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168th HAILSHAM FATSTOCK SHOW
on WEDNESDAY, 2nd DECEMBER
Entries now closed
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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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MARSHLAND FOR SALE
73 ACRES and 28 ACRES on PEVENSEY MARSHES
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WINTER SHEEP GRAZING WANTED
Nick Young, FRICS - 01435 865077

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STORE CATTLE REPORT

MONDAY, 26th OCTOBER ~ Auctioneer:Roger Waters

Postal strike not helping to spread the word, nevertheless three hundred plus cattle on offer, either on or off the catalogue and a ringful of buyers all looking for the best.

CONTINENTAL CROSS STEERS & HEIFERS ~ 12/18 MONTHS
Ben Bayne’s homebred suckler bred steers and heifers take the eye
and the price just not enough of them -
Limousin cross heifers, 17 mos ￡847, and steers, 17 mos ￡800
G Brain’s Purebred Limousin steers, 18 mos ￡860,heifers ￡750
FS Major & Son’s Belgian Blue x Friesian steer, 18 mos ￡715,
D Hobbs & Son’s Simmental cross steer, 18 mos ￡655,
MJ & ML McCubbine’s Simmental x Friesian steer, 18 mos ￡697,
FP Russell Farms’ Limousin cross steers, 17/18 mos ￡655and heifers ￡627,
M & R Sherwood’s Limousin steers,12 mos ￡645 and heifers, 12/15 mos ￡537

ABERDEEN ANGUS ~ PUREBRED & CROSSBRED
Angus cattle out in numbers and attract keen competition for all lots on offer.
Ben Bayne’s consignment stars for the second time -
Aberdeen Angus x Continental steers, 18 mos ￡847and heifers ￡630
M Grove’s Angus x Friesian steer, 25 mos ￡780,
D Lingham’s Angus cross steers, 16 mos ￡775and heifers ￡555,
FP Russell Farms’sAngus x Continental steers, 18 mos ￡722and heifers ￡632,
A Lavender’sAngus cross steers, 20 mos ￡722,
M Whapham’s Angus x Limousin/Friesian steers, 15 mos ￡660,
MJ & ML McCubbine’s Angus cross heifer, 20 mos ￡625,
JJS Farmer’s Angus x Belgian Blue/Friesian steer, 8 mos ￡585,
R Dick’s Purebred Angus bull, 7 mos ￡425

OTHER NATIVE BRED CATTLE OF NOTE
A Lavender’s Hereford cross steer, 22 mos ￡725,
MJ & ML McCubbine’s Hereford cross heifer, 19 mos ￡635and steers,
15 mos ￡627, D Fieldwick’sSussex cross steers, 10 mos ￡485,
R Dick’sPurebred Hereford bull, 7 mos ￡425

STORES TWO YEARS AND OVER
M Whapham’s Three Quarter bred Limousin steers, 26 mos ￡860,
S Luckin’sCharolais cross steer, 23 mos ￡850,
M Grove’s Belgian Blue x Friesian steers, 23 mos ￡750
and Limousin x Friesian steers, 23 mos ￡735,
P Gurney’s Belgian Blue cross heifer, 25 mos ￡722

Not many FRIESIAN STEERS of the bunch
LM Morgan’s 12/13 mos ￡350
and not forgetting Richard Wakeham Dawson’s Purebred Charolais still entire,
not quite 5 months ￡582
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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
on MONDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER
(Catalogue attached)
Sale to commence at 11.30 a.m.
Entries include:- 36 Continental cross steers and heifers, 14/18 mos from
T Carnaghan, 20 Continental cross steers and heifers, 18/21 mos from N E Velvick, 17 Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Charolais cross steers, 17/24 mos from M Reid, 10 Simmental and Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, maj. Apr/July ‘08 from HJ Hecks & Son and 7 Hereford cross steers and heifers from
B Williams, 12 Simmental cross steers and heifers 9/13 mos from Miss N Morrison, plus many other good entries forward, 12 Charolais cross steers and heifers, 9/11 mos from J Barton-Jayne
plus many other good entries forward
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BULL BANK
Young Hereford bull
Three young registered Aberdeen Angus bulls
Three young Simmental bulls
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WANTED - In-calf Limousin cross heifers
also Native bred in-calf heifers
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“For your interest”

The front page of The Times on October 27th carried a potentially damaging story about the supposed benefits for the environment if people were to become vegetarian! For your interest below is an open letter from some of our industry representatives refuting these claims about links with the enviromental and vegetarianism. We all need to challenge this.
“Dear Sir,
The Times carried a front page story on Tuesday under the misguided headline - Climate chief: give up meat to save the planet (p1, 27^th Oct. ‘09)
It suggested Lord Stern of Brentford wanted everyone to turn vegetarian if we were to be successful in conquering climate change.
Lord Stern himself was the first to admit, on Radio 4’s Today programme, that the headline was “unfortunate” and was keen to emphasise that becoming vegetarian alone would
not make a significant difference to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which contribute to climate change.
The challenge is to get the best food returns from the available land while minimising water usage and other environmental impacts, such as GHG emissions.
Going right back to basics, to be successful all agriculture depends on the land resource and the prevailing climate conditions. Around 60 per cent of UK farmland is only suitable for growing grass; it would not support a crop directly consumable by humans. Without a grazing animal you could not use this land resource to produce food for the population. Globally, the same story is repeated.
Livestock production makes use of co-products left behind during the manufacture of human plant foods, like, citrus pulp and sugar-beet, which could not otherwise contribute to the human food supply. Research has shown that 1kg of beef requires about 300 litres of water to produce in the UK, not the 15,000 litres often quoted.
High quality research has led to great strides in the improvement of productivity of farmed livestock. One consequence of this is a reduction in the GHG cost of production per kg of product. That work continues, with an even sharper focus on reducing the GHG cost of production. Better breeding of animals that produce less methane is starting to happen and selection methods are improving as molecular breeding techniques are applied.
Improving grass and clover varieties through genetic selection makes them a feed for ruminants that has a lower GHG cost of production. Meanwhile simple things, like managing grass height at the time of grazing, can improve feed quality and so reduce the GHG cost of a kg of milk or meat.
In the same edition of the Times mentioned above, nutritionist Amanda Ursell added some balance to the debate by extolling the nutritional virtues of red meat providing the body with high quality protein. It is essential not to forget that a balanced diet is key to staying healthy, and red meat is a cornerstone of a balanced diet.
Adopting a balanced approach to tackling the challenges of climate change is the only way we can make a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Trumpeting an isolated lifestyle change as a way of reducing our environmental impact is irresponsible and likely to be counterproductive.

Peter Kendall, Chairman, NFU, John Cross, Chairman, EBLEX, Jonathan Barber, Chairman, NSA, Rees Roberts, Chairman, Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), Donald Biggar, Chairman, Quality Meat Scotland, Christopher Thomas-Everard, Chairman, NBA”