South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

WEDNESDAY, 16th JANUARY 2008

CATTLE (19) Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Short entry, more definitely needed at Hailsham to satisfy current demand. All good FABBL’d suckler bred cattle 110p/115p, with top going to Jim Bingham’s Charolais heifer at 115.5p. Mr & Mrs Hesselgrave’s homebred Simmental cross heavweight grosses £800+ and 112p per kilo. Dick Bradford on behalf of St. Georges has Charolais x Friesian heifer to 114p. No outstanding sorts on offer but all looking well sold.
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WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
JH Bingham’s 670 kg. Charolais heifer 115.5p
St. Georges Retreat’s 675 kg. Charolais heifer 114p
W B Hesselgrave’s 720 kg. Simmental 112p
JH Bingham’s 705 kg. Charolais 111p
St. Georges Retreat’s 635 kg. Charolais heifer 111p
G De Lellis’ 455 kg. Limousin heifer 110p
St. Georges Retreat’s 620 kg. Sussex 110p
FS Major & Sons’ 595 kg. Limousin 107.5p
J Mockford’s 595 kg. Sussex 107p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (34)
Rock solid demand - keep them coming. Best of the bunch to Pete Perryman’s Limousin cross cow 75p. Other good meat Simmental and Limousin cross cows 69.5p, grossing £520 plus. Hailsham’s top five Friesian Holsteins 66.5p, 61p, 60.5p, 60p & 59p twice. Steaking cows to 55p, plain cows 30/43p, overfat Angus 55.5p. Just a few overage beef - Mike Richard’s good Angus cross steer 85p, Charolais cross heifer 79p, young cows to feed 48p.

CALVES (9)Auctioneer: Roger Waters Sale commences 10.45 a.m
Not that many - just a useful trade - medium Angus cross bulls to £55, likewise Angus cross heifers £39. Limousin cross heifer to £76. No Continental cross bulls on offer.

PIGS (--) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Entered for next week - 4 Landrace cutter weight pigs and two sows.

SHEEP (675 ) - Auctioneer: Nick Young
HOGGETS (305)Overall average 98.2p per kg.
A Lift in the trade, but yet again we must stress they must be meated lambs please in the finished section. Many sheep showing the effects of the weather. Most lambs around £1 per kilo mark and some were better than that. Top honours this week to Millie Nye of Shoreham and Alan Lavender of Newdigate.
Leading prices per kg: AR Lavender 105.6p, 105.3p, 105p, 103.8p,102.4p, 101.3p, P Gilman 104.8p, Dr. SWC Winchester 103.1p, A Wood 102.6p, D Fieldwick 101.4p, FJ Pope 101.3p, AJ & GM Gingell 100.9p, 100p.
Leading prices per head: PR Nye £55, £50.50, £50, £46.50,
Dr. SWC Winchester £50, A Wood £47.80, £46.20, £44, AJ & GM Gingell £46, AL Ainslie £45, D Fieldwick £44, P Gilman £44, £43.80, FS Major & Son £44, £42.50, CA Lee & Sons £42.50.

EWES (66)
Back everywhere but Hailsham stood firm. MA Groombridge £32, Mrs J Andrew £30, FG Coles £30, SJ Carr £27.

STORES (293)
Yet again a cracking show of store lambs and a seriously good trade in comparison to the finished price. We want your store lambs at Hailsham NOW. The future is looking brighter. New Barn Ptns. £33.80, RG Whyman £31.20 Ken Russell £30.80, £25, SJ Carr £30.50, £28.80, D Blake & Ptns £28, HC Grissell £25.80, £25, M Foley £25.50

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