South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

CATTLE (30 ) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Everybody anxious to buy, long may it continue - a cracking pre-Easter trade, good to be part of it but just not enough on offer. Dick Bradford on behalf of St. Georges Retreat takes top honours again with their young Sussex cross steer at 131p. Charles Diplock has young Charolais cross heifers, three in a row at 130p, 129p & 127p and John & Mary Jones also have a young heifer at 130p. No finished suckler bred steers or heifers less than 119p, all looking very well sold.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
St. Georges Retreat’s 590 kg. Sussex 131p
C Diplock’s 505 kg. Charolais heifer 130p
J & M Jones’ 540 kg. Limousin heifer 130p
C Diplock’s 535 kg. Charolais heifer 129p
R H Daltry’s 650 kg. Hereford 128.5p
C Diplock’s 540 kg. Charolais heifer 127.5p
St. Georges Retreat’s 530 kg. Limousin heifer 127p
J & M Jones 540 kg. Limousin heifer 126p
T E Rea’s 590 kg. Charolais 123.5p and 640 kg. Angus 120p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (27)
Just as good, if not better , looking for more to sell - flying along. Hailsham top Friesian best meat cull cows 99.5p, 94p, 93p, twice and 91.5p. Steaking cows all 79/85p per kilo. Best of the beef - Charolais to 96.5p and nearly £840. Cull bulls - heavyweight Angus 88p and £1,025 per head. Overage beef - Limousin cross steer 110p, lightweight Charolais cross to graze on 110.5p, fast becoming just like the old times!

CALVES (18 ) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Not so plentiful, stronger inquiry - best Limousin cross bulls £137, others £97 and £95. A good run of Hereford x Friesian bulls to £97 and heifers to £77, four times. Reared Angus bull £168.

PIGS (11) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
A saddleback sow to £50 and a pen of feeding store pigs £25 - looking for traditional bred pigs then here next week at Hailsham 23 gilts inc. 4 Berkshire, 7 Old spots, 1 Saddleback, 5 Tamworth and 6 Large White and 4 Saddleback and Old Spot sows plus 10 store pigs.

SHEEP (1242) - Auctioneer: Nick Young

Hooray for Hailsham over 1200 penned and sold

LAMBS (27)Overall average 154.2p per kg.
Demand is strong but it is the right sorts that are wanted. H Wyatt 172.4p, 165.4p, 162.8p, 151.9p, (£65, £63.80, £63.20) Mrs M Clark 156.2p, 155.2p (£59.20, £57.80, £55), MW Littmoden £55

HOGGETS (656)Overall average 128.6p per kg.
Humdinger of a trade. We’re told the major UK supermarkets are only sourcing UK lamb, right or wrong the trade was a good one. All the faithful were well rewarded.
Leading prices per kg: AL Ainslie 144.9p, 134.6p, 133.7p, DC Fears 143.8p, 133.1p, NJC & P Clouting 142.4p, L Andreozzi 142.2p, 137.5p, L Barrett 135.3p, D Blake Ptn 135p, Freshfield Farm 134.6p, DC Fears 133.1p, A Ellett 133p, 132.9p Leading prices per head: JRG Smith £67.80, £63, RH Smith £67.50, £66.80, NJC & P Clouting £67, £64.80, RW Kemp & Ptn £66.80, £62.80, JD Wallis £66.20, £63.20, Little Exceat £65, AL Ainslie £65, Fairfield Farms £63.50.

EWES (189)
A dangerous trade but only for the buyers. We have not seen them as dear as this for a long while. Our best advice is if you have ewes or stores get them to Hailsham next Wednesday. You have been warned - it will not last. D Marley £67.50, TH Carnaghan £61, £59.50, £58, JD Wallis £59, L Colbourne £56.50, L Andreozzi £55.50, £51, M Littmoden £51.50, E Gingell £51.50.

STORES (350)
Short of good quality stores but there are significant margins and profit to be made - It’s certainly better than Northern Rock!! RG Whyman £41.80, W Higgs £40.80, Dr. S Winchester £39.20, D Fieldwick £38.50,
GWH Osbourne £38.50, Highridge Farm Ptn £37.20, R Gorringe £35.20, £33, £32, £31.20, £30, E Gingell £33, D Gosling £33.

EWES & LAMBS
Considering the weather - pretty good. Demand is likely to grow along with the grass.

STORE CATTLE

A small Wednesday entry all selling very satisfactory.
Bulstrode Farms’ Belgian Blue steers and heifers shown well and sold well - steers to £545
and heifers to £460 at eighteen months.
Ken Russell’s Charolais cross heifer, 15/16 mos £470 and steers, 13/14 mos £465
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No sale next Monday due to Easter Bank Holiday
Next Sale
MONDAY, 31st MARCH
Entries now being taken for this sale
Entries already include 11 Holstein steers, 26 mos from T Rea and
25 Continental cross steers and heifers, maj. Mar/Apr ‘07 born from K Russell