St Boswells Primestock Sale

At St Boswells on Monday 28^th March, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly Prime stock sale of cattle and sheep

Sold 89 Clean Cattle, 32 Cast Cows, 1094 Prime Hoggs and 321 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (24) averaged 262p per kg and sold to 288p   

Heifers (64) averaged 253p per kg and sold to 306p

Cast Cows (32) averaged 186p per kg and sold to 225p (+10p on the week) Top price £1732

Hoggs (1094) averaged 245p per kg, (-5p on the week) £116 per head and sold to £156 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 328.8p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (321)  averaged £97.75, and sold to £231 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £144, light ewes sold to £133 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £89

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade throughout.

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £1868.72, West Longridge £1849.52, Bee Edge £1836, Penston £1811.52, Standhill £1761.36, Elwick £1708, Faughhill £1697.28, Penston £1676.16, Whitrighill £1658.88, £1652.40

Heifers per head: Bee Edge £1829.88, Penston £1827.84, Bee Edge £1811.92, £1792.88, Penston £1734.72, Elwick £1691.20, Bee Edge £1685.60, £1681.92, Whitburgh £1679

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 288p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 284p J.A Waters & Sons, Lurdenlaw 280p Robert Pringle & Son, Elwick 280p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lennoxlove 276p Jed’s Butchers, 274p Briggsys Butchers, Penston 272p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Faughhill 272p S.I Carlisle & Co Ltd, Bee Edge 270p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Standhill 270p Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 306p Forsyths of Peebles, Elwick 302p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Whitrighill 300p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 292p (2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Faughhill 292p John Saunderson Ltd

CAST COWS

Serious trade

Cast Cows per head:

Whitrighill £1732.50, Headshaw, L £1675.34, Whitrighill £1587.82, Whitburgh £1576.20, Caverton Mill £1552.36, Whitrighill £1552.20, Muircleugh £1537.50, Hyndsidehill £1516.90, Muircleugh £1502.82, Whitrighill £1501.50

Cast Cows per kilo: Whitrighill 225p, Whitburgh 213p, Headshaw, L 211p, Muircleugh 207p, 205p,

PRIME SHEEP

Very heavy show forward.  Handy weights easily sold.  Average 245p per kg (47.3kgs) £116

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £156 Mainside, £141 Crookston, £136 Rawburn, £134 (2)Newton of Crathie, Rawburn, £133 (2) Butterdean, £132 (2)  Newton of Crathie, Butterdean, £130 Firbank, Whitrighill, £129.50 Newton of Crathie, £129 Threepwood, £128 Butterdean, £125 Nether Howden, Newton of Crathie, Threepwood, Beltex: £149 Crookston, £140, £138, £136 Faughhill, £135 Crookston, £130 Halidean Mill, £129, £125 Crookston, £123 (2) Faughhill, £121 Halidean Mill, £120 Faughhill, North Country Cheviot: £136 (2) Philiphaugh, £133 Adderstonshiels, £125 Mainside, £122 Saughtree, £120 The Dod, Suffolk: £132.50, £129, £127 Butterdean, £124 Saughtree, Faughhill, Threepwood, £123, £122 Newton of Crathie, £122 Nether Howden, £120 Newton of Crathie, Butterdean, Nether Howden, Bluefaced Leicester: £120.50 Newbigging Walls, Greyfaced: £116.50 Swinnie, £114 Newton of Crathie

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 328.8p, 316.3p, 300p (2) Faughhill, 295p Halidean Mill, 290p (2) Faughhill, 288.9p Halidean Mill, 287.5p Crookston, 281.4p Halidean Mill, Texel: 292.7p Threepwood, 292.5p Firbank, 290p Newton of Crathie, 285.7p Swinnie, 280p Nether Howden, 277.8p Newton of Crathie, 276.7p Stoneypath, 276.5p (2)Whitrighill, 275.7p Newton of Crathie, 275.6p Stoneypath, 274.4p Newton of Crathie, 273.2p Nether Howden, Threepwood, 272.3p, 272p Newton of Crathie, 270.8p Whitrighill, 270p Shotton, Suffolk: 280p Threepwood, 269.4p Newton of Crathie, 265.1p Blegbie, 260.5p Stoneypath, 260p Newton of Crathie (2), Shotton, North Country Cheviot: 275.7p, 269.8p Newton of Crathie, 265.1p Blegbie, Greyfaced: 270.7p Crookston

CAST SHEEP

Another electric trade witnessed for all classes of Cast Sheep as numbers continue to be well short of buyer’s requirements.

*A new centre record of £231 was achieved with a powerful Texel Ewe from Floors Farming, Rawburn per Mr David McLean*

Cast Tups sold to a summit of £193 for a strong Texel from W.D Mundell & Son, Meigle Farm

Texel: £231 Rawburn, £167, £139 Butterdean, Charollais: £195 Runningburn, Suffolk: £171, £167 Butterdean, £157 Fishwick, £155 Butterdean, £153 Nether Howden, Faughhill, £151, £149 Butterdean, £145 Fishwick, Lauder Barns, £129 Bowershields, Cheviot Mule: £143 Blegbie, £119 Kingside, Greyfaced: £141 Butterdean, £139 Fishwick, £129 Nether Howden, Lauder Barns, £127 Burncastle, £115 Kingside, £113 Burncastle, North Country Cheviot: £133 Bowershields, £111 Saughtree, Upper Chatto, £97 Glenogle, Westruther (Jessica Marwick), Dorset: £111 Woodburn, Hwk, Blackface: £111, £95 Burncastle, £93 The Yett, £91 Berryhill, £85 Tollishill, Shetland: £43 Crookston

RAMS

Texel: £193 Meigle, £161 Rawburn, £153 Crookston, £135 Hermiston, £121 Earlston Mains, Beltex: £173, £168, £135 Crookston, North Country Cheviot: £167 Philiphaugh, £157 Bowershields, £145, £129 Rawburn, Blackface: £107 Crookston