South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:
WEDNESDAY, 29^th APRIL 2009

CATTLE (34) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Mixed entry of suckler bred and dairy bred beef, firmer trade on the week.
Lightweight Limousin cross heifer from Derek Southouse leading the returns at 164p and pleased to see Paul Collinson’s purebred South Devon steers out in front at 161p. Cattle have been in the yards for a long time and some coming plenty good enough.
Bank Holiday weekend – cattle shorter next week, keep in touch

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
MG Southouse’s 460 kg. Limousin heifer 164p
The Norton Farm P’ship’s 635 kg. South Devon 161p
J & M Jones’ 475 kg. Limousin heifer 160p
A D Woolgar’s 575 kg. Limousin 159.5p
J Mockford’s 625 kg. Simmental 159p
J & M Jones’ 520 kg. Limousin heifer 159p
J & M Jones’ 480 kg. Limousin heifer 157p
W Beck & Son’s 560 kg. Limousin heifer 155p
The Norton Farm P’ship’s 700 kg. South Devon 152p
W Beck & Son’s 660 kg. & 590 kg. Limousin steer and heifer 152p

	Steers - No. – Price		Heifers – No. - Price
PREMIUM (E & R/2,3 &4L)	6	155.9p	6	157.8p
PRIME (R4H and 0+ 3 & 4)	7	139.9p	6	140.0p
OTHERS (Remainder)	3	122.8p	6	127.8p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (38)
Better entry all rewarded with another excellent trade. Mr Lloyd Campion’s Blonde cross cow best of the day at 127p, Limousins to 122p, all beef cross virtually £1 or more. Tremendous demand for cows to graze, Continental cross 110p to 126p. No meat dairy stock forward, lean steaking Holsteins 103p, plain cows 89.5p, very plain 72p, all a flyer. Overage beef under 48 months very keen - Limousin cross heifers 153p and 145p, thick Angus cross heifer 125p.

CALVES (40) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Good entry and a good trade to match. Reared Angus cross bulls from Plumpton College £330 and heifers £240, 16 weeks plus. Younger calves - Karova Farms’ Hereford x Friesian steers, 4/5 weeks £215 and heifers £175. Angus cross bulls, 3/4 weeks £172, £167 and £160, Simmental-x heifers £166 and Friesian bulls £63. Keep them coming - all ages wanted.

PIGS (12) -
All white entire pigs - weight range 57/75 kilos - price range 89/97p, better than expected. Norman Hicks’ bringing more next week - white gilts and boars, similar weights. We are receiving many enquiries for weaner pigs.

SHEEP (791) Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt
LAMBS (84) Overall average 230.9p per kilo
Against all expectations a rip roarer of a trade - prices in excess of £100 per head, predictably Friday Street Farmers and ‘Maestro’ Andreozzi sweep all before them.
Leading prices per head: L Andreozzi 244.4p, 244.2p, 243.6p, 241.9p, 236.4p, 236.3p, 233.3p, 230p, Norton Farm P’ship 242.7p, 241.3p, 232.1p, Friday Street Farmers 237.2p, 230.5p.
Leading prices per head: K Manning £107, £99, L Andreozzi £104, £96, £95, Friday Street Farmers £102, £97.50, Norton Farm P’ship £99, £96.

HOGGETS (276) Overall average 171p per kilo
Nationally and other centres were back - not so at Hailsham up to £2 per kilo for the best. Code 3’s (ones with teeth erupted) an amazing trade.
Leading prices per head: Armada Farms 233.3p, 200p, 195.1p, 189.4p,
MK Wickens 200.5p, RG Whyman 200p, AC Ellett 194.3p, M Brett 193p, 188.9p,
D Walker 191.4p, 189.4p, I Streeter 189p, JN Carr Farms 188.6p, 186.7p, BJ Baker 185.1p, P Gorringe 184.4p
Leading prices per head: BJ Baker £95.50, £93, JN Carr Farms £91,
RH Smith £90.50, P Gorringe £90, £86, JG Frizzell £90, £87, D Walker £89,
AL Ainslie £88.50, GWH Osbourne £87.50. M Brett £86.50, MK Wickens £86,
P Jarrett £86.

EWES (311)
Undoubtedly easier, however the representatives from the big factories battled it out, with a pleasing outcome for all the loyal Hailsham vendors.
P Gorringe £90, P & SA Haworth Booth £78, L Andreozzi £78, £74, WE & S Vine £77.50, FA Starley P’ship £75, AL Ainslie £74.

STORE LAMBS (77)
Still a cracking trade but please watch those teeth. P Gorringe £70, £58,
DE Gurr £70, AL Ainslie £69, RG Whyman £68, I Streeter £63.50, S Macdonald £62.50, PEG Reed £58.

EWES & LAMBS - There is no doubt that it is more economical to sell ewes with their lambs at these fairytale prices, now the grass has arrived.
James Gasson’s 13 ewes and 24 lambs £45.32 per life.
Others 10 ewes and 11 lambs £29.52 per life and 4 ewes and 7 lambs £35.64 per life.

Next Wednesday, 6th May - Nineteen Suffolk ewes with their Suffolk lambs at foot, 1/2 lambers - lambs Feb born

VENDORS & HAULIERS PLEASE GET YOUR SHEEP IN EARLY.
WE MUST START SELLING AT 11.15 PROMPT COMMENCING
WITH MILK LAMBS

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MONDAY, 27th APRIL ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Over 400 cattle penned - everything in the competition -
everything sold - shame about the weather.

New for this year the Dennis Walker Memorial Cup going to Tony and Mandy Woolgar with a little help from their son Danny

This year’s results
Best Pen of Steers
First Prize & Don Hutchison Memorial Cup - M & R Sherwood
Second Prize - M & R Sherwood
Third Prize - C H & P Green

Best Pen of Heifers
First Prize & Dennis Walker Memorial Cup - AA & M Woolgar
Second Prize - M & R Sherwood
Third Prize - CH & P Green

Best Pen of Continentals - M & R Sherwood
Best Pen of Native Bred Cattle - R & M Coles
(£25 - Kindly sponsored by John Covell)

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - either side of twelve months. Demand for steers as good as ever - heifers marginally easier in places
M & R Sherwood’s Limousin cross steers, 12/17 mos, £755
AR Waters’ Simmental cross steer, 14 mos £717,
AD Woolgar’s Limousin heifers, 14 mos £685,
Geo Harvey’s Limousin cross steer, 10 mos £690,
G Marriott’s Charolais cross steers, 10 mos £690 and heifers £490,
R Stickland’s Charolais cross steers, 12 mos £680,
Mrs P Bignell’s Limousin cross steers, 12/13 mos £675,
Geo Harris’ Charolais cross steers, 10 mos £655,
Miss C Howe’s Charolais cross steer, 10 mos £630,
Miss N Morrison’s Simmental cross steer, 12 mos £620

Niché market for the NATIVES -
Aberdeen Angus or Purebred Sussex
again considerable interest with some intending buyers going home empty handed

Angus leading prices:-
A Goldsmith’s Angus x Friesian steers, 21 mos £750,
WH Beard & Son’s Suckler bred Angus steers, 12 mos £670 and heifers £495
JJS Farmer’s Angus x Belgian Blue/Friesian heifers, 6 mos £390

Sussex leading prices:-
Mrs L Brash’s Purebred steers, 23 mos £757,
David Hole’s outwintered Sussex cross steers, 22 mos £712 and £705
R & M Coles’ Sussex x Belgian Blue/Friesian steers, 10 mos £650
MD & S Rees’ Purebred Sussex steers, 10 mos £497

OLDER STORES
long term keepers and short term keepers, all well received
Steve Luckin’s 23 mos Charolais cross steer £970,
CH & P Green’s Limousin cross steer, 18 mos £905
JW Elliott’s Charolais x Friesian steers, 20 mos £835 and heifers £765

BEEF FROM THE DAIRY HERD - Done well - sell well
Karova Farms prove this - Belgian Blue x Friesian steers, 11 mos £630 and their Hereford x Friesian steers £600 with heifers at £520 -

a keen, keen, inquiry for black and white Herefords to bull
P & Y Parkes’ outwintered heifers £590
MJ & ML McCubbine’s heifers at £570

and finally only a few FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN STEERS
Karova Farms’ 8 mos £325

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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on MONDAY, 11th MAY
Entries already include:- 75 Belgian Blue cross heifers and Friesian steers, 6/9 mos old, TB pre-movement tested from M Peters, 19 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 17/20 mos from A Goldsmith, 15 Sussex cross steers and heifers, 16/18 mos from Bulstrode Farms, further entries now being taken
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Next Sale thereafter: MONDAY 18th MAY
and then another BANK HOLIDAY on MONDAY, 25th MAY
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FRED GROOMBRIDGE
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Fred Groombridge
who had been suffering from Leukemia.
His funeral is being held on Friday, 8th May at 2.45 pm
at Hastings Crematorium
Another member of the Hailsham Market ‘Elite Club’ who has sadly
passed on - Our sincere condolences to Margaret and family