Date: 11 April 2022 | Primestock
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At St Boswells on Monday 11th April Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly Prime stock sale of cattle and sheep
47 Clean Cattle, 36 Cast Cows, 1610 Prime Hoggs and 135 Cast Sheep
Bullocks (11) averaged 259p per kg and sold to 280p
Heifers (36) averaged 262p per kg and sold to 310p
Cast Cows (33) averaged 204p per kg and sold to 277p Top price £2515
Cast Bulls (3) averaged 160p per kg and sold to 165p. Top price £1765
Hoggs (1610) averaged 251p per kg, (-2p on the week)
£123 per head and sold to £158 for Texel Hoggs
Top price 359p per kg for Beltex Hoggs
Cast Sheep (135) averaged £122.32, and sold to £195 for Texel Ewes
Heavy Ewes averaged £142, light ewes sold to £151 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £91
PRIME CATTLE-
Easter Show and Sale of Prime Cattle generously sponsored by Tarff Valley
Fantastic show of cattle forward for todays Easter Show of Prime Cattle which was kindly judged by Mrs Louise Forsyth, Forsyths of Peebles.
Champion went to W.B Hamilton & Sons, Bee Edge for a Limousin.x Heifer weighing 602 kgs 310p to R.B Livestock, Jedburgh
Bee Edge also took Reserve Champion with a Limousin.x Heifer at 602 kgs 298p bought by Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Armadale.
PRIZE LIST –
NATIVE BRED BULLOCK
1st Willowford to Martin Baird (Butchers), Melrose
2nd Traprain to John Anderson (Butchers) Ltd, North Berwick
CONTINENTAL BULLOCK
1st Smailholm Mains to Shaw Fine Meats, Lauder
2nd Nisbet to Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd
NATIVE BRED HEIFER
1st Faughhill to Mr G.McFadzean
2nd Willowford to Martin Baird (Butchers), Melrose
3rd Traprain to Linton Butchers, East Linton
CONTINENTAL HEIFER
1st Bee Edge to R.B Livestock, Jedburgh (CHAMPION)
2nd Bee Edge to Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Armadale (RESERVE CHAMPION)
3rd Longnewton to Foley Bros
BULLOCK, BRED BY EXHIBITOR
1st Shidlaw to Mr G.McFadzean
HEIFER, BRED BY EXHIBITOR
1st Wester Ulston to J.F Finlay & Co Ltd
Clean Cattle easily sold.
Bullocks per head: Willowford £1736,Faughhill £1701, Traprain £1632.80, Willowford £1610
Heifers per head: Bee Edge £1866.20, Longnewton £1831.20, Whitsome West Newton £1796.08, Bee Edge £1793.96, Willowford £1776.88, Bee Edge £1726.72
Bullocks per kilo: Willowford 280p Martin Baird (Butchers)Ltd, Faughhill 270p J.A Waters & Sons, Nisbet 266p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Traprain 260p John Anderson (Butchers)
Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 310p R.B Livestock, 298p Hugh Black & Sons, 290p Forsyths of Peebles, Smailholm Mains 290p Mr G.McFadzean, Whitsome West Newton 286p Foley Bros
CAST COWS
Dearer again with more plain cows forward.
Cast Cows per head: Inland Pasture £2515.16, £2253.48, £2199.92, £2172.60, £1824.90, Todheugh £1618.74, Butchercote £1552.20, South Common £1525.08, Greenriggs £1509.60, Nether Howden £1496.48
Cast Cows per kilo: Inland Pasture 277p, 267p, 257p, 255p, 237p, Middlestead 235p, South Common 213p, Nether Howden 209p, Todheugh 207p, Middlesknowes 206p
Cast Bulls per head: Roxburgh Mill £1763.66, Middlestead £1620.30
Cast Bulls per kilo: Middlestead 165p, Roxburgh Mill 163p
PRIME HOGGS
Very heavy show forward again. Average 251p (49kgs) £123. SQQ 275p
Hoggs per head-
Texel: £158, £150 Upper Bolton, £138 Kaimridge, £136 Newton of Crathie, £135.50(2) Newton of Crathie, £135 Waterside, Newton of Crathie £133.50 Bettyfield, £133 Newton of Crathie, Kaimridge (2), £132 Towford, Newton of Crathie (P.Downie), £131.50 Newton of Crathie, £131 Kaimridge, £131 Newton of Crathie, Waterside, Suffolk: £144, £141, £140, £137.50, £136, £135 (2), £134.50, £134, £132, £131(2) Boghall, £130(2) Newton of Crathie, Boghall (2), Beltex: £140 (2) Faughhill, £134, £132, £125.50(2), £123 Waterside, North Country Cheviot: £134 Saughtree, £124 Boghall, Kaimridge, £123 Adderstonshiels, £121.50, £121 Pawston, Saughtree, £120 Pawston, Romney: £130 (2), £129 Towford, Cheviot Mule: £127 Adderstonshiels, Zwartble: £123.50 Waterside, Greyfaced: £122.50, £121 Boghall, £121 Waterside, Blackface: £120 Waterside
Hoggs per kilo-
Beltex: 359p (2), 307.7p (2) Faughhill , 305.3p New Blainslie, 296.4p Waterside, 296.3p New Blainslie, 293.3p, 291.9p, 291.3p Waterside, North Country Cheviot: 290p, 285.5p Broachrigg, 281p Faughhill, 280p Kirklands, A (2), Towford, 279.5p Faughhill, 278.2p Boghall, 275p Broachrigg, 270.1p Shotton, Texel: 284.2p (2) Newton of Crathie, 282.1p Shotton, 281.3p Newton of Crathie, 280p Stoneypath, New Blainslie, 277.8p Stoneypath, 275.6p Boghall, Bedrule, 275.3p Boghall, 274.4p Waterside, New Blainslie, 274p Newton of Crathie, 273.4p, 271.6p Shotton, 270.8p Newton of Crathie, 270.8p Boghall, Suffolk: 277.6p Boghall, 273.8p Bedrule, 272.1p Broachrigg, 271.4p New Blainslie, Blackface: 269.9p Stoneypath, Greyfaced: 261.9p Boghall
CAST SHEEP
Cast trade continues to fly with a sale average of £122.32. Quality very much lacking with many problem type ewes forward straight from lambing sheds.
Sale top of £195 for a powerful Texel bred Ewe from Philiphaugh Estates (A.Cowens)
Tups sold to a height of £153 for a stretchy Teesdale from I.M.O Hunter, Braeside Cottage
Texel: £195 Philiphaugh, £189 Upper Bolton, £167 (2) Elwartlaw, £161 Philiphaugh, £159 Greenriggs, £155 The Lee, Suffolk: £187 Elwartlaw, £177 Hermiston, £173 Elwartlaw, £167 Thornington, £163 Greenriggs, Meigle, £157 Hermiston, £155 Greenriggs, £149 Sunnycroft, £147 Elwartlaw, £133 Sunnycroft, Greenriggs, Bluefaced Leicester: £151 Philiphaugh, North Country Cheviot: £151 Philiphaugh, £139 Gospelhall, £123 Philiphaugh, Kerryhill: £143 Greenriggs, £121 Eastfield Farm Cottages, Greyfaced: £141 The Lee, £137 Elwartlaw, £129 Sunnycroft, Berryhill, £125 Meigle, £121 Kittyfield, The Lee, Cheviot Mule: £137 Philiphaugh, £131 Southfield (Innovis), Lleyn: £137 Cleuchhead, Lonk: £127 Lower Swinnie, Blackface: £121 The Lee, £97 Berryhill,
RAMS-Teeswater: £153
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