South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

Wednesday, 2nd January 2008

CATTLE (28) Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Sharp start to the New Year but very few quality Continentals on offer. Dick Bradford on behalf of St. Georges Retreat had double top with their medium weight Limousin cross steer a creditable 126p (more to come!) and a Charolais cross heifer at 109p and nearly grossing £700. Better bred Continental steers changing hands at £1/£1.04, some heifers coming plenty fat enough. Keep them coming and please let us know what you have for next week.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
St Georges Retreat’s 560 kg. Limousin 126p
St Georges Retreat’s 630 kg. Charolais heifer 109p
CS Millman & Son’s 625 kg. Limousin 104p
JB Gormley’s 600 kg. Limousin 103p
JB Gormleys’ 575 kg. Limousin 102p
CS Millman & Son’s 635 kg. Charolais 101p
JB Gormley’s 580 kg. Belgian Blue heifer 99.5p
St Georges Retreat’s 600 kg. Charolais heifer 98.5p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (9)
Token post Christmas entry, some improvement 33p to 64p thats the range. CS Hall’s young lightweight Limousin cross cow 64p, best of the black and whites - steaking Friesians 54p, Purebred Sussex 60p and Plainer cows 33p, 35p etc.

CALVES (18)Auctioneer: Roger Waters Sale commences 10.45 a.m
Mostly native bred calves on offer all well received but looking good value to farm on. Keith Vicary’s Limousin cross bull £117 and heifer £82. Pitts & Son’s Angus cross £92, Hereford cross bull £70 and heifers £60.

PIGS (--) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
No pigs on offer. Next week two sows - Large white and GOS, six GOS cross weaners and six cutter weight finished pigs.

SHEEP (446) - Auctioneer: Nick Young

LAMBS (251)Overall average 85.2p per kg.
There is no doubt trade for meated lambs has improved marginally, this is good news as undoubtedly they will get dearer. However undermeated sheep are best sold in the the store section. As trade improves and undoubtedly it will confidence will grow. Hailsham it must be said is still as dear as anywhere. Will Higgs superb run proves the point.
Leading prices per kg: E Gingell 92p, 86.5p, W Higgs 91.4p, 89.2p, 87.7p, 87.5p, P Gilman 90.1p, A L Ainslie 89.6p, 87.9p, 85.8p, GA Verity 88.3p, 87.2p, FP Norris & Son 88p, 86.5p, P Gilman 87.1p.
Leading prices per head: P Gilman £42, £39.20, FP Norris & Son £40.80, £39, £37.80, W Higgs £40,
E Gingell £39.80, £39.20, £37.50, RG Whyman £38.20, £35.50, K Axell £38, AL Ainslie £37, C Unsted £37.

EWES (72)
SD & JJ Feakes £44.50, £35, DJ Cole £36, CE & NE Velvick £31.

STORES (123)
W Higgs £32, K Axell £31.80, RG Whyman £30, D Fieldwick £27.80, DJ Cole £27.80, FP Norris & Son £27.

300 Store Lambs already entered for next Wednesday, 9th January