St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 62 Clean Cattle, 26 Cast Cows, 1908 Prime Lambs and 895 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (23) averaged 243p per kg and sold to 262p  (+13p on the week) 

Heifers (36) averaged 250p per kg and sold to 274p (n/c on the week)

Young Bulls (3) sold to 194p

Cast Cows (26) averaged 161p per kg and sold to 217p (-1p on the week) Top price £1606

Lambs (1908) averaged 226.7p per kg, ( -1.3p on the week) £102 per head and sold to £139 for Texel Lambs

Top price 293p per kg for Beltex Lambs.

Cast Sheep averaged £87.01, and sold to £155 for Texel and Berrichon Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £111, light ewes sold to £97 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £51

CLEAN CATTLE

Clean Cattle similar trade throughout

Bullocks per head:

(465-555kgs): Lennoxlove, Faughhill £1381.76, Lennoxlove £1365.44

(556+kgs): Pathhead £1615.44, Standhill £1615.08, Pathhead £1503.88, £1502.58, Gala Farms £1499.30, Broachrigg £1494.50, Faughhill £1485.84, Willowford £1480.92

Bullocks per kilo

(465-555kgs.  Average 243.93p): Lennoxlove 254p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Faughhill 254p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Lennoxlove 251p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd

(556+kgs.  Average 246.64p): Pathhead 262p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Standhill 258p S.I Carlisle & Co, Lurdenlaw 254p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Pathhead 254p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Willowford 253p S.I Carlisle & Co

Heifers per head:

(485kgs+): Bee Edge £1560.60. Lurdenlaw £1554.80, Mosstower £1550.84, Lurdenlaw £1534.68, Bee Edge £1513.20, £1510.08

Heifers per kilo:

(485+kgs.  Average 249.65p): Mosstower 274p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 270p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 265p Charles Wilson Limited, Oldcastle 264p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 264p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Penston 264p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Mosstower 262p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 262p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Lurdenlaw 261p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lurdenlaw 260p J.A Waters & Sons

Young Bull per head: 10 Newmains £1218.32 (194p per kg)

CAST COWS

Cast Cows booming once again!

Cast Cows per head: Wester Middleton £1606.80, Craigsford Mains £1545.04, Middlestead £1444.32, Muircleugh £1432.06, Corsbie £1368.84, Horsleyhill £1366.86, Bankhouse £1340.50

Cast Cows per kilo: Cragisford Mains 217p, Horsleyhill 209p, Saughtree, Wester Middleton 195p, Muircleugh 193p, Corsbie 183p, Middlestead 177p, Bankhouse, Wester Middleton, Cockburn 175p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head

Middlestead £1214.40 (115p per kg)

LAMBS

Lamb trade similar on the week.  Average 226.7p per kg (44kgs) £102

Lambs per head

Texel: £139 Crumhaughhill, £133 Haltree, £132 Sunnycroft, Crumhaughhhill, £130 Symington Mains, £129 Craigsford Mains, £127 Crumhaughhill,£126 Crookston, Crumhaughhill, Hawthornside, £125 Hawthornside, Sunnyside, £124 Haltree, £123 Sunnycroft, Lylestane, £121 Legars, Haltree, Threepwood (2), £120 Crookston Beltex: £139 Westerhouses, £137, £130 Crookston, £129 (2), £127, £126 Westerhouses, £126 Crookston (2), £125 Craiglea (2),  Craigsford Mains, £124 Lylestane, Westerhouses, £123. £122 Westerhouses, £121 The Lee, £120  Westerhouses, Woodhouse, Suffolk: £132, £131, £130 Symington Mains, £130 Sunnycroft, Crumhaughhill, £118 Crumhaughhill, £115 Butterdean, North Country Cheviot: £127 Symington Mains, Greyfaced: £111.50 Crookston

Lambs per kilo

Beltex: 293p Crookston, 290.7p Craiglea, 289.6p Westerhouses, 288.9p Crookston, 288.6p Westerhouses, 287.4p, 280.5p Craiglea, 280.4p Westerhouses, 279.6p Crookston, 279.1p, 273.9p Westerhouses, Crookston, 273.3p Westerhouses, 272.1p Crookston, Westerhouses, 268.8p Craigsford Mains, 266.7p Woodhouse, 262.5p Threeburnford, 261.4p Lylestane, Texel: 280p, 276.7p Hawthornside, 266.7p Crumhaughhill, 265.1p Hawthornside, 263p Legars, 259.1p Lower Ashtrees, 254.1p Earlston Mains, 252.6p Hermiston, 250p Butterdean, Hawthornside, 249p Crumhaughhill, 248.9p Hermiston, 248p Haltree, 247.3p (2) Headshaw, L, 246.5p Earlston Mains, 245.3p Symington Mains, 244.2p Hawthornside, 243.5p Earlston Mains, 242.9p Crumhaughhill, Suffolk: 247.6p, 238.2p Symington Mains, 236.2p Marvingston, 235.7p, 235.4p Symington Mains,  North Country Cheviot: 236.4p, 230.9p Symington Mains

EWES

An abundance of lean, weathered sorts about which met a slightly easier trade on the week albeit, a strong rate.  Heavy, well fed Ewes short of buyers requirements.

Sale peak of £155 met twice for tups.  Firstly from Messrs Weir of Mainside for a smart Texel and again for a powerful Berrichon from Bowden Moor and Broomilees Farms

Ewes peaked at £147 for well presented Texels from local breeder, Weir of Mainside

Texel: £147 Mainside, £145 Legars, £141 Hawthornside, £139, £133 The Lee, £127 Hawthornside, £125 Cockburn, £123 Mainside, £119 Berryhill, Suffolk: £145 Greenhead, R, £129 Brothershiels, £123 Inchkeith, Meigle, £119 Cockburn, Marvingston, £117 Greenend, Cortleferry, Cammerlaws, Greyfaced: £109 Bowden Moor & Broomilees, £105 The Lee, £103 Heriot Mill, Cockburn, Meigle, £99 Cammerlaws (2), Kittyfield, Cheviot Mule: £101 Saughtree, £97 Wiselaw, Meigle, Half Bred: £101 Marvingston, Bluefaced Leicester: £99 Hutlerburn, Charollais: £97 Berryhill, Primera: £95 East Mains, Tranent, Wiselaw, £85 East Mains, Tranent, Lleyn: £95 Wiselaw, Valais: £93 Saughtree, Easycare: £93 Inchkeith, Zwartble: £87 Faughhill, Blackface: £85 Berryhill, £71 The Lee, Holylee, £63 Over Newton

RAMS

Texel: £155 Mainside, Berrichon: £155 Bowden Moor & Broomilees, North Country Cheviot: £127 Over Newton, South Country Cheviot: £121, £109 (2) Top Cottage, Chatto, Herdwick: £59 East Bridgelands