CATTLE (14) Auctioneer: Nick Young
Numbers adversely affected by the appalling weather. Nonetheless a good go with fierce competition from first to last. Regular supporter of the market system - Julian Mockford’s tops out this week with his single suckled Simmentals at 145p, 138.5p, 136p and 134.5p. Another consignment worthy of note Mr. GW Marshall’s Belgian Blue heifers at 140.5p and 135p respectively.  Cattle needed for next week, please let us know what you have.

HAILSHAM'S HOT SPOTS
J Mockford’s 565 kg. Simmental 145p
RR Water’s 650 kg. Hereford 142p
GW Marshall’s 510 kg. Belgian Blue heifer 140.5p
J Mockford’s 655 kg. Simmental 138.5p
J & S Harmer’s 580 kg. Sussex 137p
CJ Rea’s 640 kg. Charolais 136p
J Mockford’s 540 kg. Simmental heifer 136p
GW Marshall’s 540 kg. Belgian Blue heifer 135p
J Mockford’s 570 kg. Simmental heifer 134.5p
J & S Harmer’s 575 kg. Sussex 134p

	Steers - No. - Price		Heifers – No. - Price
PREMIUM (E & R/2, 3 & 4L)	--	---.-p	--	--.-p
PRIME (R4H and 0+ 3 & 4)	6	138.8p	13	136.5p
OTHERS (Remainder)	3	130.0p	3	128.3p

COWS & OVERAGE BEEF (40) Auctioneer: Nick Young
Undoubtedly the highlight of the day the ‘new buyer’ properly setting things alight. In the wise words of John Miles “the cow is only the bi-product” but it surely must be the most profitable one of all and certainly so if you sell at Hailsham. Trade is on fire with SK Hutchings’ Limousin cow topping the lot at 119.5p, CJ Rea’s Angus 118p and RH Daltry’s Angus 116p. Best of the Friesians to 105.5p, 100p, 98.5p etc. RM & CG Scott’s ‘06 born Limousin steer 129p and beef under 36 months - Bulstrode Farms’ Blue heifer 116.5p, RH Daltry’s Angus heifer 114p and CJ Rea’s Angus heifer 110p.

CALVES (26) Auctioneer: David Blake
Not quite the depth to the trade as last week but strong demand nevertheless. Thakeham Farms’ Continental bull calves to £250 for their British Blue cross and £240 for their Blonde cross. Henden Manor Farms £225 for a Simmental cross and BG Ashby’s Sussex cross tops out at £175.

PIGS (--) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
No pigs forward - Entered for next week 4 Tamworth x Saddleback and 4 Tamworth weaners, 4/5 months old.

SHEEP (488) Auctioneer: Nick Young
HOGGETS (270) Overall average 164.7p per kiloThe appalling weather had an adverse affect on numbers. Nonetheless real meat hoggets kept their end up well, in particular Lloyd Barrett’s superb run (he certainly knows what he is doing). But be warned store sheep masquerading as the finished article are heavily discounted. With this potential level of return it is important to get it right - near enough is just not good enough !!
Leading prices per kg:- L Barrett 208.2p, 205.3p, 204.1p, 194.1p, 185.4p, D Miles 187.4p, EA Boyes & W New 186.5p, 177.1p, GE Jarvis 183.5p, 182.9p, GE Tobitt 181.8p, AR Lavender 180p, 177.9p, 174.7p, H Wyatt 176.1p, MK Wickens 174.2p
Leading prices per head:- L Barrett £89 (twice), £88.50 (twice), EA Boyes & W New £85, £80, AR Lavender £85, £80, GE Jarvis £84.50, NJC & P Clouting £84, D Miles £81.50, H Wyatt £81, GE Tobitt £80 (twice)
EWES (97)
Undoubtedly the best trade in the South East yet again. Hailsham is King of the ewe castle, we need very many more ewes please, demand is outstripping supply.
Best ewes making in excess of the £100 mark, well done to all.
H Hawkins & Co £109, Liverton Partners £108, £92, RD Thomas £105, F Grantham £97, RD Thomas £88, G Isden £80, Plumpton College £73, K Shields £72, £71, DS Clark £71, MK Wickens £70
STORE LAMBS (121)
Yet again a great job despite the complete absence of grass and fodder.
I Gasson £72.50, £64, I & L Hutchison £68.50, £50, K Shields £59.50 (twice), SMJ Baldock £59, Tutts Barn Farm £56, GE Tobitt £50.

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STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 29^th MARCH ~ Auctioneer: Nick Young

Stuart West’s Aberdeen Angus steer, 23 mos £860
Bob & Mike Sherwood’s Limousin steer, 24 mos to £850
Danny Woolgar’s Limousin steers 13/17 mos to £790 & £780
No matter whether the best forward Continental steers and heifers or weaned Friesians at Hailsham there is a superb trade for everything,
probably the healthiest returns in the South East.

BEEF BREEDING STOCK
RD Monnington’s Sussex cross cows with their Sussex bull calves at foot £840 and heifer calves £860, £850
E Younger’s Belgian Blue cow with Angus heifer calf £740
T Avon’s Simmental x Aberdeen Angus heifer, in-calf £575

Leading ABERDEEN ANGUS prices include:-
S West’s 23 mos steer £860, S Flittner’s 18 mos steers £732, HJ Cross & Sons, 11 mos steers £610 and heifers £482, J Wallis’ 11/12 mos steers £530 and heifers £410, JR Dewes’ 18/19 mos steers £525, heifers £435, M Goodsell’s 15 mos steers £510, R Sargents’ 18 mos heifers £400, N Velvick’s 7/8 mos steers £340

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - twelve months and younger
AD Woolgar’s Limousin steers, 13/14 mos £780, AA & M Woolgar’s Limousin cross heifer, 14 mos £740, Munthan Farms’ Simmental cross steers, 12 mos £730, £625 and heifers £530, J Andrew’s Sussex steers, 11/14 mos £705, R Marsh’s ¾ Limousin steer, 11 mos £680, Limousin x Piemontese heifer, 11 mos £470, DJ Nichols Simmental cross steers, 10/12 mos £660, J Wallis’ Simmental cross steers, 10/11 mos £470, heifers £395, RM Gorringe’s Limousin cross heifers, 10 mos £418,

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - Fifteen months plus
RW Sherwood’s Limousin cross, 24 mos £850, 16 mos £770, 14 mos £730 and heifers, 15 mos £720 and £690, AD Woolgar’s Limousin steers, 15/17 mos £790,
D Holes’ Simmental cross steers, 18/24 mos £755, £745, £700, £695, RM & J Penny’s Blonde cross steers, 16 mos £710, S Flittner’s Shorthorn cross steers, 18 mos £710, M Goodsell’s Simmental cross heifer, 17/18 mos £665, AA & M Woolgar’s Blonde cross heifer, 22 mos £650, BF Armstrong’s Belgian Blue steers, 19 mos £605

FRIESIAN HOLSTEINS STEERS - All ages
S Flittners’ 18 mos £622, S West’s 18 mos £550, M Goodsells’, 16/17 mos £470, BF Armstrong’s 15 mos £445, N Velvick’s 7/9 mos £300 and J Ford’s 8/9 mos £280
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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 12th APRIL - CUCKOO FAIR
OVER 400 HEAD ALREADY ENTERED
Entries already include:- Special consignment of
20 Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Sussex cross cows all PD’d in-calf to Registered Angus bull and Sussex x Angus bull, due May onwards plus last years crop of calves - 25 Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Sussex cross steers and heifers, 9/10 months old from RD Monnington
along with other Store cattle entries of 50 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 10/12 mos from JS Tilley, 45 Aberdeen Angus and Simmental cross steers and heifers, 11/13 mos from EJ Brickell & Sons, 35 Aberdeen Angus cross steers and heifers, 20/22 mos from GA & M Osgood and 24 Hereford cross steers and heifers, 11/13 mos from MJ & ML McCubbine, 23 Sussex cross steers, 18/24 mos from David Hole, 20 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 10/12 mos from HJ Hecks & Son, 20 Aberdeen Angus and Belgian Blue cross steers and heifers, 12/22 mos from Mrs MEH Pile, 20 Friesian steers, 18 Simmental cross heifers, 20/24 mos from FP Norris & Sons, 13 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 9/13 mos from Miss N Morrison, plus many more good entries coming forward
Next Sales thereafter
MONDAY, 19th APRIL
and MONDAY, 26th APRIL
incorporating
ANNUAL SPRING SHOW & SALE OF STORE CATTLE
Prizes awarded for:-
BEST PEN OF STEERS & BEST PEN OF HEIFERS
(Any age, minimum of three in a pen)
CHAMPION PEN - DON HUTCHISON MEMORIAL TROPHY plus for the BEST PEN OF HEIFERS THE DENNIS WALKER MEMORIAL CUP
BEST PEN OF CONTINENTALS
and BEST PEN OF NATIVE BRED CATTLE
Entries now being taken for these sales
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ARDINGLY SHOWGROUND
Second Spring Auction of
AGRICULTURAL & GARDEN MACHINERY, BUILDERS' & CONTRACTORS' PLANT
on
SATURDAY, 10th APRIL at 10 a.m.
Entries include:- M/F 135 tractor inc. roll bar; 16’ hay trailer, Ifor Williams 12’ livestock trailer; Dowdeswell muck spreader; Quantock sprayer, as new; Twose muck scraper; Kverneland 7’ pasture topper, 9’ chain harrows, Ferguson 9 tine cultivator, Kubota cultivator, N/H 841 round baler, Quantity of livestock equipment inc. gates, troughs and hay racks, cattle clipping frame, calving jack, rubber cow mats, etc., Monster dirt bike, chestnut fencing stakes, chain saws, lawnmowers inc. many ride-ons and an Allen National triple ride on, strimmers, hedgecutters, rotovators, pressure washers, generators, engines, pumps, concrete mixers, garden tools & sundries, small tools & paint (as new), shrubs, etc., Quantity of Sussex chicken
Catalogues now available
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Other Spring Collective Sale dates coming up
Herstmonceux Collective Sale - SATURDAY, 24th APRIL
Entries Close Friday, 9th April
Ardingly Showground - THURSDAY, 13th MAY
South Godstone - SATURDAY, 19th JUNE
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AYRSHIRE FARM
Darp Lane, Ripe, Nr. Lewes
Dispersal of the entire
Anderson herd of
57 PEDIGREE ANGUS
Viz: 30 Cows, in-calf or with their calves at foot
10 yearling heifers and two stock bulls also
ABERDEEN ANGUS BULL - AYNHO EROSSITER ERIC G449, born ‘07
60 PEDIGREE HEREFORDS
19 Cows with their calves at foot, 3 weeks to 3 months
or in-calf to calve March/April, 12 Served heifers to calve Aug/Sept
12 Yearling heifers and 6 heifers, 6/8 months
plus Hereford Stock Bull - Lincoln I Dayton
Plus Breeding Water Buffalo, Llamas, Ostriches, Pygmy goats, Traditional and Rare breed poultry, Kune Kune pigs,
8 Scotch Blackface ewes with their lambs and rams
also excellent range of
MODERN MACHINERY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT
Viz:- ‘03 McCormick MTX125 4 w/d tractor; ‘02 JCB 520-50 Loadall Special telehandler; 'H' Reg. Landrover 1.6 Freelander, '06 Kamatsu Galeo SK10 skid steer; ‘07 Kamatsu Galeo Utility mini digger; 'E' Reg. ‘09 Yamaha Grizzly Quad bike; Trailers inc. '08 Richard Western 12t monocoque, Rolland V74 Plain Pied cattle trailer, Small I/W livestock, tipping and plant, Watsons feed barrier, '02 Marston/ Griffiths dump, Marston Griffiths flat bed trailers; ‘07 Jeantil Reco Pailleuse PR2000P silage straw chopper, cattle feed barriers and handling hurdles, gates, feeders, troughs, crush, etc., Miracle milker, poultry equipment, quantity of miscellaneous workshop tools, also included by permission 'V' Reg. M/F 165 tractor, Ifor Williams DP12053 livestock trailer, Griffiths 8t monocoque grain trailer, PZ CM170 drum mower, Kidd 7' topper, PZ 3m topper, Bamford springtine cultivator, Cambridge ring rollers, Parmiter zig zag harrows, Yanigav 19t log splitter, etc. etc. to be sold on
SATURDAY, 17th APRIL at 10.30 a.m.
On behalf of Mr. R. Dick, reluctantly quitting farming, through ill health 
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PRE-MOVEMENT TB TESTING REGULATIONS
BE SURE YOU HAVE GOT IT RIGHT BEFORE
MOVING CATTLE TO HAILSHAM MARKET
New Areas were brought into force in January 2010
Do you know what TB Testing Parish you are in ?
All cattle 42 days old and over (when the date of birth is “day 0”) moving out of a 1 or 2 yearly tested herd must have tested negative to a TB test within 60 days prior to movement unless the movement satisfies any of the exemptions. Please make sure if you are in a one or two yearly testing parish that your cattle are pre-movement tested before coming into the market.If you are unsure what area you are in please telephone the market or your local Trading Standards Office
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HAILSHAM FARMERS' PRODUCE & CRAFT MARKET
On SATURDAY, 10th APRIL
Held On Second Saturday In Every Month
9.00 ~ 12.30 At Hailsham Cattle Market
At the April Farmers’ Market we will be holding a Spring Hat Competition on the day at 11.00am. Just turn up with your amazing creations at the Information Stand where you will be judged by our Crafts stallholders. Gift token prizes will be given to the winners of the two age groups, 0 to 7 and 8 and over. Hopefully the weather will be warm and bright, adding to the colourful array of hats.  We are very pleased to welcome four new stallholders selling fresh fish, homemade cakes, and olives, tomatoes and garlic in the food section, along with photographic greetings cards in the Crafts section. Our regular producers will be selling fresh meat and game, honey and wax products, free range eggs, Organic milk, juicy pies, fresh vegetables and fruit and a wide variety of pot-grown plants and Spring seedlings for the vegetable patch, just to mention a few. Easy and accessable parking and the market cafe is open all morning.  For more information or to book a stall contact the organiser Janet Dann either Tel: 01323 833359 or email: janet@highlea.demon.co.uk.
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FARM DIRECT
FODDER DIRECT - HAY, STRAW, SILAGE
MORE STRAW, HAY & SILAGE NOW AVAILABLE
New on the market
Big Square Barley Straw
Round Baled Wheat Straw
Maize Silage
Let me know your requirements
We are only a phone call away
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PIGS DIRECT
LARGE WHITE CROSS SOW, 18 mos
(had two litters) ready to go to boar
WANTED BOAR -Suitable to run with Old Spots
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RRW 07860 663345 / 01323 844874
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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 865370
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N F U
The End of the Single Payment Scheme ?
Come and hear the latest on CAP reform and give us your views
Speaker:-  NFU Head of Economics and International Affairs
Tom Hind
on TUESDAY, 6th APRIL at 7 p.m.
at the ARDINGLY ROOM, NORFOLK PAVILION
SOUTH OF ENGLAND CENTRE, ARDINGLY
To book a place please call the
NFU South East Regional Office on
01730 711950