St Boswells Primestock Sale

At St Boswells on Monday 31^st January, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly Prime stock sale of cattle and sheep

Sold 79 Clean Cattle, 74 Cast Cows, 1223 Prime Hoggs and  390 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (14) averaged 250p per kg and sold to 280p (+4p on the week) 

Heifers (62) averaged 263p per kg and sold to 300p (+12p on the week)

Young Bulls (3) sold to £1628

Cast Cows (70) averaged 152p per kg and sold to 201p  (-5p on the week) Top price £1614

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 135p and sold to 167p.  Top price £1730

Hoggs (1223) averaged 263p per kg, (-6p on the week) £116 per head and sold to £158 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 306.7p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (390) averaged £97.97, and sold to £163 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £130,  light ewes sold to £145 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £87

PRIME CATTLE-

Good level trade throughout.

Bullocks per head: Humbie Mill £1736.64, Faughhill £1668.24, Galagate £1658.58, Humbie Mill £1586.56, Lennoxlove £1570.40, Hexpath £1556.80

Bullocks per kilo: Hexpath 280p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Humbie Mill 268p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Humbie Mill 268p Mr G.McFadzean, Lennoxlove 260p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Gospelhall 260p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Faughhill 252p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Heifers per head: Upper Nisbet £1775.36, Bee Edge £1764.16, Upper Nisbet £1738.80, Bee Edge £1710, £1693.60, Longnewton £1693.30, Whitrighill £1693.20, £1679.04, Bee Edge £1676.08, Whitrighill £1673.76

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 300p Forsyths of Peebles, 298p Denholm Meat Supplies, 292p(2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lylestane 292p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Upper Nisbet 292p Shaw Fine Meats, Penston 290p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Longnewton 287p Forsyths of Peebles, Nisbet 286p Foley Bros, Penston 284p Worsley Wholesale Butchers,

Young Bulls: Kersknowe £1628.64 (180p)

CAST COWS

Very dear.  Lesser show forward

Cast Cows per head: Woodhouse 201p, Wester Middleton 191p, East Loanend, Upper Nisbet 189p, Mosstower 183p, 177p, Woodhouse, Cortleferry, Upper Nisbet and Brothershiels 173p,

Cast Cows per kilo: Mosstower £1614.06, £1539.90, Wester Middleton £1436.32, Shidlaw £1409.10, Mosstower £1395.36, East Loanend £1391.04, Upper Nisbet £1384, Brothershiels £1373.62, Birkenside £1370.20, Upper Nisbet £1360.80

Cast Bulls: Butchercote £1730.12 (167p), Hexpath £1298.08 (133p)

PRIME SHEEP

Mixed show of Hoggs forward.  Well finished hoggs easily sold.  Average 263p per kg (44.1kgs) £116

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £158 Bonjedward, Hawthornside, £153 Woodhouse, £150 Cortleferry, Bonjedward, £146 (2) Huntington, £145 (2), £143 Bonjedward, £143 Philiphaugh, £141 Threepwood, £138 DJ Texels, Chesters Brae, £136 Burncastle, £134 Faughhill, Suffolk: £158, £151 Bonjedward, £146 Blegbie, £145 Bonjedward, £140 Cortleferry, £138.50 Blegbie, £136 Bonjedward, £132 Wester Middleton, £131 Holydean, £130 Faughhill, Beltex: £138 Wester Middleton, £130 Wester Ulston, Philiphaugh, £128, £126 Faughhill, £125 Wester Ulston, £123 Philiphaugh, £120 (2) Faughhill, Cheviot Mule: £127 Blegbie, Greyfaced: £130 Burncastle, £117 Berryhill, North Country Cheviot: £125 Blegbie, £120 Soutra, Dorset: £121 Crailinghall Cottage (Scott), Half Bred: £120 Bonjedward, Lleyn: £116, £114 Over Whitlaw

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 306.7p Wester Middleton, 305.3p Faughhill, 302.3p Wester Ulston, 300p (3) Faughhill, 292.9p Philiphaugh, 290.7p Wester Ulston, 290p Swinnie, 287.2p Lylestane, 284.8p Craigsford Mains, 284.4p Faughhill, 281p Woodhouse, Texel: 293.2p, 282.9p Threepwood, 282.1p Corsbie, 280p, 279.5p Holydean, 278.2p Woodhouse, 276.3p East Gordon, 273.2p Stoneypath, 275p Firbank, Earlston, 274.4p Corsbie, 273.2p Holydean, 272.1p Swinnie, 272.1p Stoneypath, 271.4p Broomiebank, Stoneypath, 271.4p Upper Samieston, 270.9p Holydean, 270.7p Berryhill, 270.6p Chesters Brae, 270p Lylestane, Cheviot Mule: 273.8p Wester Ulston, Suffolk: 273.6p Bonjedward, 273.2p New Blainslie, 269.8p Stoneypath, 269p Holydean, 266.7p Shotton, North Country Cheviot: 270p Crailinghall Cottages, Shotton

CAST SHEEP-

A varied show of Cast Sheep about as more numbers of hill bred ewes come in as scanning season passes.

Sale peak of £163 for a powerful Texel from Mr G.Harper, Brockielaw

A superb Cheviot from Mr D.Matthewson, Soutra Mains caught the eye achieving £145

Texel: £163 Brockielaw, £147 Threeburnford, Huntington, £145 Upper Samieston, Lylestane, £139 Huntington, £135 (2), £129 Lylestane, £127 Bonjedward, Whitsome East Newton, £125 Shotton, £123 Lylestane, £121 Ellemford, Lylestane, Half Bred: £153, £143 Smailholm Mains, Suffolk: £151, £145 Brotherstone, £143 Huntington, £133 Bonjedward, £131 Blackburn Cottages (R.Montague), £129 Greenhead, S, £125 Whitsome West Newton, £119 Berryhill, North Country Cheviot: £145 Soutra Mains, £137 Millheugh, £135 Soutra Mains, £131, £109 Upper Samieston, £109 Millheugh, Greyfaced: £133 Blackburn Cottages, £115 Threeburnford, £113 Berryhill, Stoneypath, £111 Greenhead, S, £109 Shotton, £109, £105 Harelawside, Cheviot Mule: £131 Upper Samieston, £109 Lylestane, Romney: £129, £107 Collielaw, Beltex: £115 Threeburnford, Blackface: £107, £91 Elmscleugh, £81 Burncastle, £75 Tollishill, £73 Burncastle, Lleyn: £99 Ellemford, South Country Cheviot: £89 Cleuchhead Cottage

RAMS-

Texel: £125 Lylestane, Beltex: £111 Threeburnford, Jacob: £85 Caverswood Cottage