South East Marts – Hailsham Market
Primestock report for:

WEDNESDAY, 21^st JANUARY 2009

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CATTLE (27) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Rock solid trade, more butcher competition, more cattle needed. Ronnie Kemp has top honours 176p for his homebred Limousin steer and Gale Coles leads the heifer returns with Limousin cross heifers at 158p and 156p.
Whether native or Continental suckler bred or dairy bred there’s no doubt Hailsham has the trade. Nine individual buyers ringside all looking for cattle - some go home empty handed. Thank you to those that support the live auction ring.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
R W Kemp & Partners’ 675 kg. Limousin 176p
JH Geering & Son’s 645 kg. Limousin 170p
FG Coles’ 630 kg. Limousin 160p
FG Coles’ 520 kg. Limousin heifer 158p
JH & JHB Bayne’s 605 kg. Angus heifer 157p
FG Coles’ 510 kg. Limousin heifer 156p
JH Geering & Son’s 730 kg. Limousin 156p
JH Geering & Son’s 540 kg. Limousin heifer 156p
JH & JHB Bayne’s 570 kg. Belgian Blue heifer 156p
RJ Ayre & Son’s 560 kg. Limousin heifer 155p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (18)
Another excellent trade, best cows grossing £800 plus. Geo Harris’ Charolais cross 118p, MF & JC Cornwell’s Limousin x Friesian 116p, JHW Hodson’s Angus x Sussex 108p. Lightweight cows for further feeding, young and old, tremendous competition - plain Angus 95p and Sussex 89p. Overage beef - keen as ever. Simmental x Friesian heifer 126p, Heavy Holstein steers 118.5p.

CALVES (13) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Fast trade, no doubt getting dearer - only reared calves and stirks on offer.
Hereford x Friesian bulls £265, heifers £210 and Belgian Blue cross heifer £275. Younger reared calves - RJ Moseley’s Simmental cross £250 at 7 weeks, Swedish Red x Holsteins £155 at 10 weeks and Holstein bulls £155 at 7 weeks.

PIGS (13)
Mostly coloured weaner pigs, new customers, big and small all creating healthy competition. M Slater’s crossbred £30.20, R Harriss’ whites £17 and blue cross £16.50. Heavy feeders £34 and Saddleback gilts 58p per kilo.

SHEEP (969) - Auctioneer: Nick Young Start 11.15 prompt
HOGGETS (328) Overall average 157p per kg.
An amazing trade and certainly the top in the South East. There is no doubt with these high prices that the buyers are justifiably fussy. It is therefore essential they are good meat and that it is meat that you are selling.
We need many more, the trade is here and now, how long it will last no one knows.
Leading prices per kg. CA Lee & Sons 186.7p, 179.1p, 178.2p, 175p, 166.7p, 160.8p, L Barrett 175p, 165p, 162.7p, SJ Carr 169.1p, 161.1p, JN Carr Farms 165p, Dr. S Winchester 163p, P Gorringe 160.6p
Leading prices per head: CA Lee & Sons £84, £79, £78, £77.50, £75, £72, Holton P’ship £78, SJ Carr £76.50, £73, £72.50, JN Carr Farms £75.50,
Dr. S Winchester £75, J Shippam £75, RJ Verity £75, P Gorringe £73, £70.50.

EWES (275)
Yet another rip roarer of a trade with all proper ewes upwards of £50. M Brett £69.50, FG Coles £62, C & J Biddle £61.50, £54.50, £53.50, J Wallis £58.50, Holton P’ship £57, W Higgs £55.50.

STORE LAMBS (365)
A great entry and an awesome trade, undoubtedly there is money to be made whether buying or selling. FP Russell Farms £58, £49.50, Mr & Mrs K Watts £52, £47,
JD Trunkfield Farms Ltd £48.50, Mrs CV Neal £48, £45, Dr. S Winchester £47.50, £45.50, SMJ Baldock £46.50, D Fieldwick £45.80, FJ & JD Wattam £45, Baroness Northover £44, £42.

It is dependant on your perspective whether trade will hit the £100 mark in March/April. It is a trade of fine lines, getting it right is crucial.

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