South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

WEDNESDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER 2009

CATTLE (24) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Little alteration to demand - very much a mixed bunch, a few suckler bred but dairy cross sorts in the majority. Derek Southouse has best of the day with his Limousin cross heifer at 160p with St. George’s heifer just behind at 158p. Leading the steer returns was Ian Hobden’s Charolais cross at 148p. New vendors Martin & Hopkins have purebred Sussex selling at 145p.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
MG Southouse’s 500 kg. Limousin heifer 160p
St. Georges Retreat’s 580 kg. Limousin heifer 158p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 610 kg. Limousin heifer 155.5p
JH Geering & Son’s 490 kg. Limousin heifer 150p
I Hobden’s 560 kg. Charolais 148p
Martin & Hopkins’ 520 kg. Sussex 145p
Meyers & Davey Ltd’s 650 kg. British White 144p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (30)
An equal mix of cows and overage beef - all keenly competed for - Best of the beef was Derek Southouse again, his Limousin steer at 136p. Chris Berry has Belgian Blue cross steers and heifers at 128p and definitely worthy of a special mention - Howard Venters Irish Moiled steer at 127p. No Continental cross cows on offer only natives - fat Sussex 92p, Hereford 96p and not forgetting the Dexter at 60p. No meat Friesians, steaking black and whites to 80p and plainer sorts 70p, 69p, 68p, etc

CALVES (35) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Blistering trade for all the young beef cross calves. Simmental cross heifers £167, £162, etc., Blonde cross bull £185, Small Simmental cross bull £144, all looking very well sold. Good demand for Friesian bulls top five black and whites £65, £50, £47, £47 and £42.

PIGS (4) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Nine week old Landrace x Saddleback weaners - good weaners - good price £35 each. Large Black sow to feed on £65. Entered next week - Two Berkshire weaners.

SHEEP (1522) - Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt

LAMBS (680) Overall average 127p per kilo
Some really great lambs on offer from some of Hailsham’s top producers. Sadly the national was way back but best lambs are still a hot trade at late rates. Good to see Tom Holt of Nash Street Farm and the Lord Mayor of Rickney aka Robbie Miles to the fore. Leading prices per kg:- L Barrett 135.7p, RD Thomas 134.9p, 131.2p, Mrs A Garrett 134.5p, Norton Farm P’ship 133.7p, 133.5p, 133p, 132.7p, 132.5p, 130.8p, 130.6p, FA Starley P’ship 133.3p, RJ Miles 133.3p, FP Russell Farms 132.3p, GN & J West 131.8p,
CA Lee & Sons 131.6p.
Leading prices per head:- FP Russell Farms £66.50, £64, Mrs MAE Clark £64.50, FA Starley P’ship £64.50, £62.50, RD Thomas £64 (thrice) £61.50, D Revell £64, Mrs A Garrett £64, TR Holt £64 (twice) £62.50, L Barrett £62 (twice)
EWES (237)
Although the festival is over demand is still extremely strong for all grades, whether best killing ewes or plain grazers. RG Whyman £69, A Barr £67.50, JCH Garner £66 (twice), TH Guy £65, GN & J West £65
STORE SHEEP (542)
A great sale of store lambs. The best look extremely well sold, plainer and long termers look great value to farm on and take plenty of profit with after Christmas.
A Harris £51.50, Mrs LM Gasper £50.50, LM Morgan £50, £45, C Johnson £50, £48 (twice), A Aykac £49.50, £46.50, Mrs J Newsome £48.80, Mrs J Farnfield £47.80, Mrs P Kemp £47.50, D Fieldwick £45.50, MH Russell £45, D Revell £45.
BREEDING SHEEP
A rip roarer of a trade. We sell breeding sheep every Wednesday. we need many more Breeding ewes, ewe lambs and stores to satisfy the demand. Southdown shearling rams to £150, Texels to £120, Southdowns to £80. Suffolk x Mule breeding ewes to £83 per head.

Wednesday, 14th October
Special Breeding Sheep Sale to include a consignment of Suffolk x SHB ewe lambs
from DR & TA Gorringe.
also 4 New Zealand Romney rams, 2 Ped. Texel shearling rams,
6 Ped. Southdown rams, born ‘06/’07
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THE MARKET CAFE
Change of faces in the Market Cafe - Di Hickman (and some of her team) sort of retiring and emigrating to Kent. We thank her for all she has done - the time and energy she has put in to providing us all with excellent vittals and a service to match, we wish her well.
As from Friday, 2nd October Colin Keeley is giving it a go! Not a stranger to some of those that use the cafe. With the name of Keeley he is from sound East Sussex farming stock and we are confident he will continue to provide the same excellent service set by Di over the past years.
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OMITTED from the Dolphin Report last week -
our grateful thanks to Peter Coombe-Jones of Haynes Agritec Ltd for the loan of the Telehandler which made the erection and dismantling of the sale pens a lot easier
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MONDAY, 28th SEPTEMBER ~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Dairy bred stores and Friesian steers dominate the entry - limited numbers of suckler bred steers and heifers. Good interest in the first quality stock but not enough of them.BREEDING STOCK
MF & JC Cornwell’s Limousin cross heifer with Angus bull calf £870
JW Steele & Son’s Hereford x Friesian heifers with Hereford calves at foot to £780

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - 12/18 months
A rock solid trade for the best - keep them coming
S Smither’s Simmental-x, 19 mos £750, AJ Gingell’s Simmental-x steers, 18 mos £670 and heifers £565, AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin x Belgian Blue steers, 12 mos £665, £655, heifers, 12 mos £565,
I Streeter’s Pure Sussex steer, 17 mos £650, J Seymour’s Limousin-x steer, 15 mos £580,
D Nichols’ Simmental-x steer, 16 mos £540, Wise Agricultural’s Simmental-x heifer, 18 mos £435,
RD Monnington’s consignment of dairy bred beef, circa 11 months Charolais-x steers, 11 mos £520, Simmental-x steers £470, heifers £432, Belgian Blue-x steers £445 and heifers £390

FRIESIANS - all shapes and sizes out in numbers
HJ Brickell’s 9 mos £290, S Flittner’s 13 mos £370, P & Y Parkes, 15 mos £350, K Shields,17 mos £515

TWO YEAR OLD PLUS STORESKeen, keen trade for both native and continentals
Mrs MEH Pile & Son’s Angus-x steer £885, heifers £720, Limousin-x steer £865, all 25 mos, Belgian Blue-x steer £820, D Nichols Simmental-x heifer, 22 mos £820,
HJ & R Clifton’s Limousin x Fr. steer, 26 mos £797, Blonde d’Aquitaine x Fr. steer, 23 mos £765, Bulstrode Farms Ltd’s Belgian Blue x Fr. steer, 24 mos £682
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Next Sale of
200 STORE CATTLE
on MONDAY, 5th OCTOBER at 11.30 a.m.
Entries already include:- 30 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 16/30 mos from R Wells, 20 Continental cross steers and heifers, 12/24 mos from S Smithers, 15 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 16/17 mos from P Macinnes, 14 Aberdeen Angus, Simmental and Hereford cross steers and heifers, 6/8 months from R & T Marriner, 14 Continental cross steers and heifers and Friesian steers, 11/12 mos from
M Peters, 4 Limousin cross steers and 12 Friesian steers, 24 mos from FS Major & Sons, 12 Charolais cross steers and heifers, 12/15 mos from A Smith & Son, 12 Holstein Friesian steers, 12/14 mos from
D Clark, 11 Simmental, Hereford and Sussex steers, 13/24 mos from D Hole, 10 Charolais cross steers and heifers, 12/14 mos from SJ Stocker, 10 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 17/20 mos from Mrs L Brash,
plus many more good entries
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Weekly Sales of
STORE CATTLE -
Next Sale MONDAY, 12th OCTOBER
Stop Press ..... Stop Press ......
MONDAY, 19th OCTOBER - 59 BEEF COWS WITH CALVES AT FOOT
30 Continental cross cows with Charolais cross calves at foot, late spring/summer born, dispersal consignment from Swains Farm, Littleworth, 23 Native & Continental cross cows with Aberdeen Angus cross calves at foot, May born, from Peter Hazeltine, 6 Aberdeen Angus & Sussex cross heifers with their Sussex calves at foot, spring born, from K Uridge
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MASKETT MANOR FARM,
NutleySaturday, 26th September Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Glorious Late Summer Saturday Setting On The High Weald
Selling for Wendy Bowsher and others
Star of the Show - the ‘02 John Deere 6310 with John Deere 651 loader, goes west to Devon at £17,400,
the ‘B’ Reg. Int. 956XL stays local at £4,000 and one to work on the Ford 3000 - £700Selection of results and prices realised:-
Other Included tractors:-
‘53 J/D 3200 Telehandler £14,500, ‘G’ Reg. Deutz Fahr 4.50 £7,000
‘R’ Reg. New Holland 7740 £5,400, MF 135 £1,950

A real mix of trailers and machinery:-
Warwick flat bed 10t trailer £3,400, Ifor Williams LT125 flat bed £700
Jaguar 275 flail topper £1,750, Comer power harrow £950
Kuhn HR250 power harrow £950, Dowdeswell 4+1 furrow plough £850
Hillam 150 rotary spreader £650, Hardi crop sprayer £600
Kuhn MDS1141 fert. spreader £400, Gray flat roller £400
Quicke round bale squeeze £320, Cooks round bale wrapper £300

Livestock equipment:- a few tasty lots - excellent interest in all items, big and small, galvanised or painted.
Cattle handling system, 8 sect. £970, Calf dehorning crate £300
Big bale feeder and manger £280, Cattle ring feeders £130, £120, £100
Ten sheep hurdles £130, Cattle drinking tank £130
Single hay rack £100, Aluminium milk churn £60

The Pick of the Pretty Poultry:-
Trio of Golden Seabrights £104!
Four Silver Seabrights £75, Pair of Golden Pheasants £66
Trio of Polish £37.50, Trio of Pekin Bantams £27

Our thanks to Mark Peters for making up the entrance and giving a smooth entry and exit for all
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
Auction of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS'
& CONTRACTORS' PLANT
Inc. trailers inc. Ifor Williams plant and single horse box; quad bike, 'T' Reg. Landrover 109 and Ford Maverick, farm machinery and livestock equipment inc. Towable Benford ME160 digger, harrows, plough and seed drill; sheep turnover crate, guillotine gates, hay racks and creep feeders; fencing stakes, gates & wire; lawn mowers and ride-ons; chain saws; strimmers; hedgecutters; rotovators inc. BCS 603; generators; garden tools & equip., small tools, new and old; sundries & paint; plus a variety of shrubs and trees, etc. etc.on THURSDAY, 8th OCTOBER at 10a.m.
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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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HAILSHAM FARMERS' PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET
SATURDAY, 10th OCTOBER
Held On Second Saturday In Every Month
9.00 ~ 12.30 At Hailsham Cattle Market
Here on the 10th we have invited the “Re-think Rubbish Bus” to join us for the morning offering help and advice on all aspects of
re-cycling. Also we will be promoting our new Wealden Farmers’ Market cotton bags - selling at £1.50 each which will be on sale from the Information Stand. Hailsham Bonfire Society will also be taking a stall selling programmes and fund raising towards the Bonfire Celebrations on Saturday, 17th October. Come and also get your pumpkins for Halloween. Market cafe open from 8.00 a.m.
For further information please ring Janet Dann 01323 833359
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HURSTPIERPOINT & DISTRICT PLOUGHING MATCH (104th Season)
on SATURDAY, 3rd OCTOBER
at North Barns Farm, Honeypot Lane, Plumpton Green
by kind permission of H H Harvey & Son
Farm Animals, Tractor Rides, Vintage Machinery,
Horse Ploughing, Terrier Racing, Trade Stands,
Free Car Parking - Ploughing starts at 9 a.m.
Entrance Fee - Adults £5 - Children Under 14 – Free
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NFU – SOUTH EAST
Individual recording and electronic identification of sheep
Joint NFU and Defra meeting
Monday 19 October at 7.30pm
at Ardingly Room, Norfolk Pavilion
South of England Showground, Ardingly (RH17 6TL)
Bar open 6.50pm sponsored by Ketchum Manufacturing Company
ALL NFU MEMBERS WELCOME
Further information - NFU SE Regional Office 01730 711950
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Defra Representative Team Visit - Autumn 2009
MONDAY, 12th OCTOBER
Defra will be visiting HAILSHAM to talk face to face with farmers about animal diseases and new legislation that you many need to be aware of
They will be on hand to discuss the following issues:-
Climate Change - EID - Biosecurity - Bovine TB - Nitrates