South East Marts – Hailsham Market

Primestock report for:

CATTLE (36 ) Auctioneer: Roger Waters

Spirited competition with fewer suckler bred beef forward, but all looking well sold. Ronnie Kemp scores double top with his Limousin cross heifer and steer realising 129.5p and 126p respectively. Best of the dairy bred beef to Ben Bayne’s Belgian Blue-x heavyweight 121.5p and John Ayre’s Limousin-x heifer 119.5p. Holstein Friesian steers to 106.5p. Cattle looking shorter for next week. Please keep in touch and let us know what you have.

WEDNESDAY'S HOT SPOTS
RW Kemp & Partners’ 585 kg. Limousin heifer 129.5p
RW Kemp & Partners’ 655 kg. Limousin 126p
JH & JHB Bayne’s 690 kg. Belgian Blue 121.5p
JH & JHB Bayne’s 660 kg. Belgian Blue 119.5p
J & M Jones’ 585 kg. Simmental heifer 119.5p
RJ Ayre & Son’s 550 kg. Limousin heifer 119.5p
JB Gormley’s 605 kg. Limousin heifer 118.5p
BLA Cornford & Son’s 565 kg. Angus 116.5p & 116p

CULL COWS & OTM CATTLE (31)
Flying along again - they get dearer - up another gear, four cows £1 per kilo plus. Peter Nye and Charles Diplock in the stratosphere with Limousin and Angus cross cows 109.5p, 103p (P Nye - also yielding top price per head of £857) and 107p and 106.5p (C Diplock). No real meat Friesian Holstein cows on offer, steakers to 86p, 82p, 81p, etc. Best of the natives - MK Hind’s Sussex/Angus 94p. Plain cows to graze all very dear - up to 84p per kilo, nothing less than 66p! Overage beef following the trend - excellent competition, excellent prices. Angus x Limousin heifer 116p, Lightweight Charolais cross 104.5p and Simmental cross steers 107p.

CALVES (37 ) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Good to see more calves on offer and another excellent selling trade, enjoyed by all. Ben Bayne’s reared Limousin cross £188 and Belgian Blue heifer £170. Younger sorts - Belgian Blue cross bull £132, £116 and heifers £95, £92. Angus cross bull £120, £105 and heifer £57. Reared Friesian Holstein £65 and young Holsteins £3 to £13.

PIGS (8) Auctioneer: Roger Waters
Only seven weaners on offer at £22 per head and one cull sow at £60.

SHEEP (1169) - Auctioneer: Nick Young
HOGGETS (664) Overall average 119.7p per kg.
Bumper entry and one of the best trades anywhere, but remember they must be meat. Please let us know what you have. Many thanks to all those who helped out with the extra effort required by the double penning!
Leading prices per kg: D Tilley 135p, P Gorringe 131.3p, 124p, CA Lee & Sons 128.7p, 126.3p, BC Thomas 128p, D Miles 128p, AC Ellett 126.1p, DW Reed 125p, J & S Harmer 124.6p, 123.9p, AR Lavender 123.9p.
Leading prices per head: G Harvey £63.80, £62, P Gorringe £62.80, £62, £61, £60, RD Thomas £61.20,
RW Kemp & Ptn £61, BC Thomas £61, C Kniestedt £60, SJ Carr £60.

EWES (193)
“Black eyes and bad attitudes” Nonetheless the best in the South East again. Fierce competition particularly for big pens and good runs. Little Exceat Farm £52, WH Corney £49, £45, £42, D Tilley £41

STORES (295)
As said before there is nowhere better to sell or buy. The returns are there for both sellers and buyers.
TE Rea £43.20, DW Reed £43, RJ Verity £42.50, D Tilley £41, £36.80, £31.20, RG Whyman £40, FS Major & Sons £40, B Bowers £39.80, I Williams £36. Entered for next week 160 Store Lambs

SPRING SHOWTIME AT HAILSHAM EASTER SHOW & SALE
of PRIME CATTLE & MILK LAMBS
on WEDNESDAY, 12th MARCH
Cattle Judge :- M Newman
Judging to commence at 10 a.m.
Prizes Awarded For:-
Class 1 - Best Pen of 3 Milk lambs (up to 32 kilos l/w)
Class 2 - Best Pen of 3 Milk lambs (32.1 kilos & over l/w)
Prize Money - First £15, Second £10, Third £5
Sponsored by DSC Supplies (Hailsham)
Champion Pen of Lambs £25 and Silver Challenge Cup
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£25 for the BEST PEN OF HOGGETS (min of 5, any weight)
Sponsored by Forge Meats (Southborough)
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Special Prize of £50
for the BEST BUTCHERS BEAST
Sponsored by Matthew Miller of Lloyds TSB Agriculture
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and £25 for Reserve Butchers Beast
plus a few 'Judges Specials of £10 ' at his discretion
Sponsored by Matthew Miller of Lloyds TSB Agriculture
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£25 for the BEST COW
Sponsored by Duffields Feed Supplies
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All stock entered on the day will be eligible for the show
Please let us know what you will be bringing
Prize money offered will only be presented for stock bona-fide sold