HAILSHAM MARKET STORE CATTLE SALE REPORT

MONDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY
~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Good to see the second sale in February attracting an entry of close to 350 head with buyers old and new, all contributing to another excellent trade. Please keep them coming for March and a big thank you to all those who supported the February sales.

SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - 9/12 months

Outstanding steers from Christine Howe remarkably
selling at £790 and heifers at £700, aged all between 9/10 months -
demand razor sharp for the quality runs on offer.
Other leading prices:-
R White’s Charolais cross steers, 11 months £755, Muntham Farms Ltd’s - Robert Heath Simmental cross steers, 12 mos £732, Newhouse Farm Ltd., Twineham - Charles Davies Simmental cross steers, 10/11 mos £660,
O’Neill Smith Ltd’s Blonde cross steers, 9/10 mos £620 and heifers £575

ABERDEEN ANGUS STORES

- Angus cattle out in force as are the Angus customers - purchasers from Kent to Oxford battle for the best but local farmer/grazier Alan Westgate secures the head pen of suckler steers from Mrs PA Greenwood at £705, 11/12 months old and heifers of similar age reach £515.
Other leading prices:- HJ Cross & Son’s outwintered steers, 22 mos £870 and heifers, 21 mos £635, D Newington’s homebred steers, 14 mos £670 and heifers, 14 mos £610, N Velvick’s Angus x Friesian, 18 mos £535 and heifers £495,
K Booker’s Purebred Angus steers, 11 mos £535

OLDER STEERS & HEIFERS - 18/24 months old

Both suckler bred and dairy bred steers and heifers, all well done but just not enough of them, Mrs Jane Andrew has 21 month old Sussex x Charolais steers at
£860 and £810, other prices of note
RC Baker & Co’s Belgian Blue x Friesian steer £780,
Charles Diplock’s Limousin x Angus/Charolais steer, 18 mos £780 and heifers £690,
HJ & R Clifton’s Limousin cross steer, 24 mos £780,
Bulstrode Farms Ltd’s Belgian Blue x Friesian steers, 18 mos £705,
RJ Verity’s Limousin cross heifer, 17/18 mos £525

Worthy of mention - CM Crowther’s Purebred Sussex steers £770
and finally just a few - FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN STEERS
W Visser’s, 12 months plus £420 and D Fieldwick’s 12 mos £385

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Next Sale of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 8th MARCH
Entries already include:- 20 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 10/22 months from Newhouse Farm Ltd, 16 Continental cross steers and heifers and Friesian steers, 16/18 mos from N Velvick, plus 6 Pedigree Sussex bulling heifers, 18/24 months from CM Crowther, plus many more good entries coming forward
Make the most of this trade and enter your cattle now