STORE CATTLE REPORT
MONDAY, 30th MARCH 2009
~ Auctioneer: Roger Waters
All guns firing once again at Hailsham - more cattle, more customers -
a very pleasing day.
SUCKLER BRED STEERS & HEIFERS - Either side of twelve months
A cracking trade again - real stars AE Harris’ Purebred Charolais steers at 10 mos old - £745 and heifers £595
Other leading prices:- Muntham Farm Ltd’s Simmental cross steers, 13 mos £745, £655 and heifers £567
K Russell’s Charolais cross steers, 12 mos £650, £600
JE & SK Boarer’s Charolais cross, 12 mos £640 and heifers £525
R White’s Limousin cross steers, 11 mos £615
F Grantham’s Charolais cross heifers, 13 mos £490
STEERS & HEIFERS - Mid term cattle - 16/18 mos to summer on
whether from West Sussex or Kent, vendors going home smiling
Randle Farm’s Belgian Blue cross steer, 16 mos £840,
Mrs J Andrew’s Sussex x Charolais steer, 16 mos £760
RM & J Penny’s Blonde cross steers, 16 mos £740 and heifers £642
and Belgian Blue cross heifers, 16 mos £710
RA Wade’s Limousin cross steers, 17 mos £700
OLDER - OUTWINTERED/OPEN YARDED
All very much the order of the day - the big bonanza continues
PE Perryman’s Charolais cross steers £980
David Hole’s Simmental cross steers £840, Hereford cross steers £820,
I Williams’ Charolais cross heifer £855,
RM & J Penny’s Belgian Blue cross steer £830,
P Blacker’s Simmental cross steer, 24 mos £780
ANGUS - Just no let up in this trade - some prices quite exceptional
WH Gingell & Son’s Angus cross steer, 23 mos £840,
HJ & R Clifton’s Angus cross steers, 25 mos £780,
JHC Garner’s Angus cross steers, 16 mos £630,
PW Taylor & Partners’ Angus x Belgian Blue heifers £600 and steers £595,
JE & SK Boarer’s Angus steer, 13 mos £575
SUSSEX REIGN SUPREME
Mrs Raleen Crowther’s Purebred Sussex steers at 23 mos to £840 and Pedigree and Purebred heifers, 23 mos to £910 & £870
and finally FRIESIAN HOLSTEINS
Big steers - big money - getting dearer week on week
SR Powell’s 30 mos £680, R Stickland’s 16 mos £600,
P & Y Parkes’ 18 mos £520 and R Harris, 14 mos £340
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Next Sale of
300+ Head of
STORE CATTLE
to be held on
MONDAY, 6th APRIL
Entries include:- Pedigree Angus Bull - Marchants Eros CO68, born April ‘03 from PJ Friend, also 32 Aberdeen Angus x Shorthorn steers and heifers, 10/18 mos from
G A & M Osgood, 20 Continental cross steers and heifers and Friesian steers, 16/22 mos from New Wharf Farms, 18 Aberdeen Angus and Friesian steers, 16/21 mos, from S Flitner, 17 Limousin and Simmental cross steers and heifers, 10/24 mos from ATD & SR Clutterbuck, 16 Simmental cross steers and heifers, 18/19 mos from
JR Dewe,14 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 11/24 mos from Thorndean Farms,
13 Charolais cross steers and heifers, 8/10 mos from J Barton-Jayne, 13 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, 16/17 mos from Mrs C Neale, 12 Limousin cross steers and heifers, 12/18 mos from AA & M Woolgar, plus many more good entries forward
No Sale Next Week
Due to EASTER BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Next Sale of STORE CATTLE
MONDAY, 20th APRIL
and thereafter
MONDAY, 27th APRIL
to incorporate
THE 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)
First Prize £25, Second Prize £15, Third Prize £10
CHAMPION PEN - DON HUTCHISON MEMORIAL TROPHY
plus for the BEST PEN OF HEIFERS - THE DENNIS WALKER MEMORIAL CUP
Special Prizes for the BEST PEN OF CONTINENTALS
and BEST PEN OF NATIVE BRED CATTLE
Prize money offered will only be presented for stock bona-fide sold
Entries now being taken for both these sales
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