South East Marts – Hailsham Market

Primestock report for: Wednesday 1st August 2007

CATTLE (19)Auctioneer: Roger Waters

August entries all round, most of the entry over a £1 per kg. Ronnie Kemp makes the effort to bring cattle forward, his Limousin steer 114.5p and heifer at 111p. St. Georges Retreat’s Sussex cross heifer to 113p and Chris Ware’s heifers first time at Hailsham to 111p.
Thanks to all those who supported the market with cattle, both under age and overage.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS

RW Kemp & Partners 675 kg. Limousin 114.5p
St. Georges Retreat’s 520 kg. Sussex heifer 113p
F J Cornwell & Son’s 660 kg. Charolais 112.5p
W Ware & Son’s 430 kg. Limousin heifer 111p
RW Kemp & Partners 585 kg. Limousin heifer 111p
W Ware & Son’s 525 kg. Limousin heifer 110p
St. Georges Retreat’s 555 kg. Simmental heifer 109p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 645 kg. Limousin 109p
R H Daltry 680 kg. Simmental 108p
F J Cornwell & Son’s 590 kg. Belgian Blue 106p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (14) Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Predictably short - Chris Ware’s Simmental cross cow top call at 82p. Hailsham’s top three Holstein Friesian cows 70p to RJ Turner & Sons, others 66p and 63p and a Friesian heifer to 75p. Overage Continental cross heavyweight steers 83p and lightweight 80p.

CALVES (5) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Only five - reared Belgian Blue cross heifers £218 at twenty weeks old. Friesian bulls £47, plenty of customers, we wish we had plenty of calves.

PIGS (7) Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Trailer load of sows, seven in fact 155 kg. to 315 kg. £48 to £78.

Next week at Hailsham - Pen of weaners and seven milk fed pork weights.

SHEEP (396) -Auctioneer: Nick Young

LAMBS (282)Overall average 110.4p per kg.

‘Ladies Day’ at Hailsham

Best price this week to Miss C Howe’s Texels followed closely by Mrs Clark and Mrs Owen. There is no doubt that Hailsham is the best trade week in week out and today we proved it again. The only problem is we are still very short in numbers and undoubtedly when the numbers do come forward there will be a slump in the trade. Our advice is get your sheep to Hailsham forthwith.
Leading prices per kg: Miss C Howe 122.6p, 120.2p, Mrs MAE Clark 120.3p, Mrs D Owen 120.2p,
JF Collinson & Son’s 120p, P Gilman 119.9p, SD & JJ Feakes 119.5p, MW Littmoden 118p, 116.9p, 116.6p.
Leading prices per head: JF Collinson & Son’s £60, £54.80, ND Beaney £56.80, FP Russell £54, E Gingell £52, Miss C Howe £50.50 (twice), Mrs D Owen £50.50.

EWES (103)

The ewe trade is second to none. R & W Brown’s superb run of Suffolk cross ewes making £43, (thrice), £35.50, £33 (thrice). Other consignments - Whiligh Farms £38.50, JF Collinson & Son’s £35,
FS Major & Son’s £33.

STORE LAMBS (10) First of the store lambs forward sell at £31.

All in all a great days trading, these prices won’t last so
get your sheep to HAILSHAM asap.