Date: 29 November 2021 | Primestock

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St Boswells Primestock Sale

St Boswells, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0PP

Sold 90 Clean Cattle, 51 Cast Cows, 1630 Prime Lambs and 325 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (39) averaged 260p per kg and sold to 330p  (+11p on the week) 

Heifers (49) averaged 271p per kg and sold to 410p (+12p on the week)

Young Bulls (2) averaged 200p per kg and sold to 216p

Cast Cows (50) averaged 148p per kg and sold to 215p  (n/c on the week) Top price £1408

Cast Bull (1) sold to 121p. Top price £1270

Lambs (1630) averaged 282.2p per kg, (+7.6p on the week) £127per head and sold to £166

Top price 320p per kg for Beltex Lambs.

Cast Sheep (325) averaged £82.50, and sold to £139 for Charollais Tups

Heavy Ewes averaged £112.50,  light ewes sold to £101 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £69

CLEAN CATTLE

Annual Christmas Show and Sale of Prime Cattle.

Taking charge of judging was Mr A.Kirk, Mathiesons Butchers, Edinburgh with 46 tremendous cattle forward. 

Todays Champion was from local home Messrs Gray, Sunnycroft with a pure bred Aberdeen Angus.x Heifer weighing 552kgs, 410p £2263 selling to the judge Messrs Kirk, Mathiesons Butchers.

Reserve Champion was from weekly consigner Messrs Maxwell, Faughhill with a Limousin.x Bullock selling at 330p per kg (£1821) to Briggsys Butchers, Jedburgh

All show cattle met a tremendous trade from start to finish with a great ring side of buyers present.

* Show kindly sponsored by NORVITE *
Show Bullocks averaged 270p per kg.
Show Heifers averaged 283p per kg
Overall 276p per kg.

PRIZE LIST

PRIME CATTLE
Class 1 – Single Bullock – Native Bred

1st           Wester Middleton                           550 kgs                 280p      Worsley Wholesale Butchers
2nd          Glower O’Er Him                               594 kgs                 272p      Hugh Black & Sons Ltd
3rd           Greenknowe                                     582 kgs                 262p      Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Class 2 – Single Heifer – Native Bred
1st           Sunnycroft                                          552 kgs                 410p      Mathiesons Butchers                      CHAMPION
2nd          Faughhill                                              512 kgs                 280p      Worsley Wholesale Butchers
3rd           Traprain                                               594 kgs                 285p      John Anderson (Butchers)

Class 3 – Single Bullock by Limousin Sire
1st           Faughhill                                              552 kgs                 330p      Briggsys Butchers Ltd                      RESERVE CHAMPION
2nd          Woodhouse, Peebles                     518 kgs                 275p      Worsley Wholesale Butchers
3rd           Crosshall                                              536 kgs                 280p      John Saunderson (Butchers)

Class 4 – Single Heifer by Limousin Sire
1st           Faughhill                                              518 kgs                 308p      Forsyths of Peebles
2nd          Wester Middleton                           602 kgs                 308p      Forsyths of Peebles       
3rd           Bee Edge                                             556 kgs                 320p      W.Kirkup & Sons             

Class 5 – Single Bullock by any other Continental Sire
1st           Greenknowe                                     580 kgs                 268p      John Saunderson (Butchers)
2nd          Hollybush                                            546 kgs                 258p      Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd
3rd           Broachrigg                                           596 kgs                 245p      Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Class 6 – Single Heifer by any other Continental Sire
1st           Humbie Mill                                        620 kgs                 300p      Hugh Black & Sons Ltd
2nd          Greenknowe                                     514 kgs                 282p      Worsley Wholesale Butchers
3rd           Greenknowe                                     524 kgs                 288p      Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Class 7 – Single Bullock bred by exhibitor
1st           Glower O’Er Him                               644 kgs                 268p      Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

2nd          Ramrig                                                  648 kgs                 275p      Foley Bros
3rd           The Finches                                        570 kgs                 262p      Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd

Class 8 – Single Heifer bred by exhibitor
1st           Ramrig                                                  540 kgs                 295p      Worsley Wholesale Butchers
2nd          The Finches                                        546 kgs                 262p      Worsley Wholesale Butchers
3rd           Outerston                                           586 kgs                 244p      J.F Finlay & Co Ltd

OVERALL CHAMPION – Firm of G.Gray, Sunnycroft - 552 kgs 410p to Mathiesons Butchers Ltd, Edinburgh

RESERVE CHAMPION – Faughhill Farming – 552 kgs 330p to Briggsys Butchers Ltd, Jedburgh

Outwith the show, cattle met a fabulous trade.

Bullocks per head:

Faughhill £1821.60, Bee Edge £1814.40, Ramrig £1782, Bee Edge £1730.40, Glower O’Er Him £1725.92, Ramrig £1684.80, Willowford £1656.08, Glower O’Er Him £1615.68, Lurdenlaw £1601.28

Bullocks per kilo:

Faughhill 330p Briggsys Butchers, Lurdenlaw 282p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Bee Edge 280p S.I Carlisle & Co, 280p Foley Bros, Wester Middleton 280p Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd. Crosshall 280p John Saunderson Ltd

Heifers per head:

Sunnycroft £2263.20, Humbie Mill £1860, Wester Middleton £1854.16, Bee Edge £1809.60, £1800.64, £1779.20, Greenknowe £1763.86, Broachrigg £1761.30, Bee Edge £1709.32

Heifers per kilo:

Sunnycroft 410p Mathiesons Butchers, Bee Edge 320p W.Kirkup & Sons, 312p Denholm Meat Supplies, Wester Middleton 308p Forsyths of Peebles, Faughhill 308p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 302p Forsyths of Peebles, Humbie Mill 300p Hugh Black & Sons

Young Bulls: Over Whitlaw £1404 (216p)

Cast Cows per head:

Birkenside £1408.26, Rumbleton £1393.20, £1369.40, Bastleridge £1343.02, Brothershiels £1291.08, Bastleridge £1267.14, Faughhill £1262.36, Craigsford Mains £1261.26, Birkenside £1231.20, Faughhill £1225.76

Cows per kilo:

Rumbleton 215p, 205p, Bastleridge 181p, Rumbleton 171p, 169p, Burnhouse Mains, Rumbleton 167p

Cast Bulls: Easter Middleton £1270.50 (121p)

LAMBS: 

Great Show of Lambs forward.  All types wanted.  Average 282.2p (45kgs) £127

Lambs per head – Texel: £166 Blackadder Mains, £161, £160 Harehead, £159 Blackadder Mains, Crookston, £158 Haltree, £156 Headshaw, L, £155 Blackadder Mains, Threepwood, Hermiston, £154.50 Redden, £154 South Dissington, £153 Threepwood, Corsbie, £152 Redden, £150 Woodhouse, Threepwood, £148 Redden, £147.50 Corsbie, Chesters Brae, Beltex: £166 Crookston, £162 Blackadder Mains, £160, £159, £155, £151 Crookston, £144 Buckholm Farmhouse, £142.50 Threepwood, £141 Buckholm Farmhouse, Woodhouse, £140 Heriotsfield (A.Halliday), Buckholm Farmhouse, £139, £137 Crookston, £136 Woodhouse, £135 Faughhill, Suffolk: £166 Haltree, £154 Thornington, £146.50 Headshaw, L, £146 Haltree, Middlethird, £144 Craigsford Mains, £142 Meigle, Hermiston, £141 Corsbie, £140 Chesters Brae, Blegbie, £139 Chesters Brae, £138.50 Blegbie, £137 Faughhill, Adderstonshiels, £135 Hermiston, Blackadder Mains, Blackburn, Blackface: £142 Burncastle, North Country Cheviot: £139 Broomiebank, Greyfaced: £137.50 Burncastle, £132 Longcroft, Bluefaced Leicester: £136 Crookston, Cheviot Mule: £135 Adderstonshiels, £130.50 Blegbie, £130 Adderstonshiels, Half Bred: £132 Middlethird, £130 Headshaw, L, Norfolk: £132 Stichill Eastfield

Lambs per kilo – Beltex: 320.5p, 318.20p Buckholm Farmhouse, 311.9p Woodhouse, 310.5p (2) Lylestane, 308.6p Crookston, 308p Buckholm Farmhouse, 307.9p Faughhill, 307p, 304.7p Wester Ulston, 304.4p Crookston, 302.3p Wester Ulston, 302.3p Threeburnford, 301.8p Crookston, 300p Woodhouse, Faughhill (2) Crookston, Texel: 305.9p Huntington, 303.5p Wester Ulston, 302.6p Lylestane, 301.2p Blackadder Mains, 301.1p Woodhouse, 300p Meigle, 298.9p Blackadder Mains, 298.1p Haltree, 297.9p Hermiston, 297.7p Lylestane, 297.6p Huntington, 296.6p Woodhouse, 296.5p Huntington, 296.3p Nether Falla, 295.5p Faughhill, 295.1p Nether Falla, 294.5p Leaston, 294.2p Threepwood (2), 294.1p Huntington, Suffolk: 300p, 295.3p Blackadder Mains, 290.5p Nether Falla, 286.7p Meigle, 286.3p Haltree,  285.9p Faughhill, 285.6p Middlestead, 284.4p Adderstonshiels, 280.5p Trabroun, Blackface: 285.7p Burncastle, Greyfaced: 283.3p Longcroft, 282.2p Meigle, Cheviot Mule: 282.8p Gospelhall, North Country Cheviot: 278.4p Gospelhall,

EWES

Mixed show of sheep forward with all classes selling again to a strong demand from start to finish.

A pen of 3 Charollais bred Tups topped the trade at £139 a head from C.P Douglas & Partners, Ruletownhead

Ewes sold to £130 a head for a pen of 3 Beltex Ewes from J & G Sinclair, Crookston

Beltex: £130, £123 Crookston, Texel: £129 Berryhill, £127 Threeburnford, £127, £125 Currie Inn, £119 Traprain, Adderstonshiels, £111 Currie Inn, £103 Blackburn, Suffolk: £125 Haltree, £123 Blegbie, Haltree, £115 Meigle, Currie Inn, Romney: £111, £85 Bow, Bluefaced Leicester: £107 Crookston, Greyfaced: £107 Tollishill, Crookston, £95, £93 Berryhill, North Country Cheviot: £101 Haltree, £99 Blegbie, £95 Adderstonshiels, Blackface: £81, £71, £65, £61 Burncastle, Shetland: £27 Stichill Eastfield, £25 Traprain

RAMS

Charollais: £139 Ruletownhead, Beltex: £131 Broomiebank, North Country Cheviot: £105 Ruletownhead, Lleyn: £97 Ruletownhead, £91 Trabroun, £83 Ruletownhead