St Boswells Primestock Sale

At St Boswells on Monday 21^st February, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly Prime stock sale of cattle and sheep

Sold 96 Clean Cattle, 26 Cast Cows, 734 Prime Hoggs and  222 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (21) averaged 242p per kg and sold to 276p (n/c on the week) 

Heifers (72) averaged 255p per kg and sold to 298p (x2)   (n/c on the week)

Young Bulls (3) averaged 205p per kg and sold to 210p(x2)

Cast Cows (24) averaged 175p per kg and sold to 203p (+9p on the week) Top price £1477

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 121p per kg and sold to 129p per kg.  Top price £1386

Hoggs (734) averaged 255p per kg, (-9p on the week) £107 per head and sold to £145 for Beltex Hoggs

Top price 307p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep  averaged £91.60, and sold to £167 for Suffolks

Heavy Ewes averaged £130, light ewes sold to £115 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £87

PRIME CATTLE-

Buoyant trade with the  best quality very dear.  High proportion of native types forward.

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £1760.40, Faughhill £1694.88, Whitsome West Newton £1673.52, Bee Edge £1670.08, Mossburnford £1650.60, Penston £1644.96

Heifers per head: Longnewton £1773.44, Bee Edge £1758.20, Wester Middleton £1750.88, Longnewton £1738.08, Brothershiels £1728.40, Bee Edge £1721.04

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 276p Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd, Bee Edge 272p, 270p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Wester Ulston 266p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Faughhill 264p J.A Waters & Sons, Mossburnford 262p Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 298p Forsyths of Peebles, Brothershiels 298p Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd, Greenhead, West Saltoun 290p (2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd, Whitrighill 288p Foley Bros, Penston 288p Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd, Faughhill, Longnewton, Bee Edge and Penston 284p to Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Young Bulls per head: Butchercote £1654.24, £1596

Young Bulls per kilo: Meikle Harelaw, Butchercote 210p

CAST COWS

Another flyer

Cast Cows per head: Upper Nisbet £1477.84, £1442.04, Brothershiels £1424.86, Upper Nisbet £1405.44, Newhouses £1303.20, Brothershiels £1269.82, Berryhill £1252.52, Newhouses £1249.36

Cast Cows per kilo: Upper Nisbet 203p, Brothershiels 191p, Upper Nisbet 183p (2), Newhouses 181p 

Over Thirty Months per head: Wester Middleton £1783.58, Upper Nisbet £1315.02

Over Thirty Months per kilo: Wester Middleton 257p, Upper Nisbet 217p

Cast Bulls per head: Burnhouse Mains £1386.90, Craiglea £1295.16

Cast Bulls per kilo: Craiglea 129p, Burnhouse Mains 115p

PRIME SHEEP

Mixed show forward with an end of season show about.  Export types especially a smart trade.

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £145, £139, £135(2), £131 (2) Crookston, £126 Firth, £123 Wester Ulston, Texel: £136, £133 Crookston, £132, £131 Bonjedward, £130 Birnkine (J.Lamb), £129 Crookston, £127(2) Threepwood, £125 Bonjedward, Threepwood, Suffolk: £134 Oxmuir, £130 Bonjedward, Blegbie, Longwood (Flockhart), £129, £125, £120(2) Bonjedward, Greyfaced: £130 Broomilees, £116.50 Crookston, £115 Broomielees, £113 Headshaw, L, £110 Stoneypath, Over Newton, North Country Cheviot: £130 Saughtree, £120 Blegbie, £115 Hadden Farm Cottages, Adderstonshiels (2), Saughtree, Blue Texel: £120 Firbank, Cheviot Mule: £120 Blegbie, Blackface: £110 Hadden Farm Cottages, £105 Headshaw, L, Stoneypath, Ryeland: £102 Calaburn

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 307.7p Faughhill, 305p (2), 300p Wester Ulston, Faughhill, Firth, 297.7p(2) Crookston, Texel: 300p Bonjedward, 281.5p Broomiebank, 277.9p Stoneypath, 275p Over Newton, Leaston, 273.2p Firbank, 272.1p (3)Stoneypath, 267.4p Faughhill, Threepwood, Leaston, Bairnkine (J.Lamb)Cheviot Mule: 274.4p Wester Ulston, North Country Cheviot: 271.4p Headshaw, L, 255.6p, 244.7p Adderstonshiels, Suffolk: 270.5p Stoneypath, 266.7p Aikeyside, 265.9p, 263.2p Over Newton, 263.2p Fairnilee, 260.5p Aikeyside, Over Newton, 258.5p Broomilees, 258.1p(2) Bonjedward, Greyfaced: 265p Broomilees, 256.1p Aikeyside, 252.9p Stoneypath, Over Newton, Blackface: 262.5p Stoneypath, Ryeland: 248.8p Calaburn

CAST SHEEP

Cast Sheep a flying trade throughout with trade a pound or two dearer on the week.  Very moderate show forward with quality heavy sorts lacking.

Sale peak of £167 for a powerful Suffolk from local breeder R.G Laing & Sons, Oxmuir

Cast Tups sold to a peak of £151 with Texels from Adderstonshiels topping the trade

Suffolk: £167, £161, £153 Oxmuir, £149 Bonjedward, £145 New Blainslie, £139 Hadden Farm Cottages, £135 New Blainslie, £123 Threepwood, Texel: £159 Firbank, £151 Threepwood, Adderstonshiels, £145, £143 Oxmuir, £143 Harden Mains, Firbank, £141 Harden Mains, The Lee, £139 Over Langshaw, Half Bred: £129 Bonjedward, Lleyn: £139 Over Langshaw, Beltex: £125 Adderstonshiels, Romney: £123 Over Newton, Greyfaced: £121 Stoneypath, £115 Oxmuir, £113 Stoneypath, £107 Milrighall, Over Newton, North Country Cheviot: £115 Adderstonshiels, Blackface: £105 Berryhill, £99, £91 Lothian Hill Farms, £85 Over Newton, Kirkhope, £81 The Lee