St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 67 Clean Cattle, 27 Cast Cows,  1234 Prime Lambs, 167 Prime Hoggs and 174 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (13) averaged 284p per kg and sold to 298p

Heifers (52) averaged 282p per kg and sold to 308p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 216p

Cast Cows (22) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 221p . Top price £1823

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 164p per kg and sold to 169p , Top price £2129

Lambs (1234) averaged 305p per kilo (-15p on the week), £131.34 per head and sold to £171 for  Texel Lambs

Top price 364p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Hoggs (167) averaged 242p per kg (+10p on the week), £131.13 per head and sold to £171 for Texel  Hoggs

Top price 316p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (174) averaged £111.46, and sold to £163 for Texels

Heavy Ewes averaged £142, light ewes sold to £141 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £101

PRIME CATTLE –

Just as dear with a fabulous show forward

Bullocks per head: Penston £1785.60, Rumbletonlaw £1729.92, Lennoxlove £1722.24, Greenknowe £1653.12, Lurdenlaw £1613.04, Faughhill £1590.40, Traprain £1590.40, Greenknowe £1589.76

Bullocks per kilo: Pathhead 298p, 294p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Greenknowe 288p (2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Penston 288p Hugh Black & Sons, Pathhead and Lennoxlove 288p Worsley Wholesale Butchers,Lurdenlaw 286p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Faughhill 284p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Heifers per head: Bee Edge £2053.48, Traprain £1846, £1832.16, Bee Edge £1817.20, Muircleugh £1805, Whitrighill £1762.56, Bee Edge £1758.12, Whitrighill £1746.40, £1740.32, Bee Edge £1728.72

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 308p Denholm Meat Supplies, Penston 302p Worsley Wholesale Butchers Ltd, Faughhill 300p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Whitrighill 298p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Woodhouse 296p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Lennoxlove and Whitrighill 296p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Pathhead and Bee Edge (2) 294p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Young Bulls: Butchercote £1810.08 (216p per kilo)

CAST COWS –

Very dear, all types wanted

Cast Cows per head: Venchen £1823.04, £1595.94, Muircleugh £1696.44, Woodhouse £1591.20, Butchercote £1577.94, Gateshaw £1569.12, Butchercote £1555.84

Cast Cows per kilo: Butchercote (2) and  Woodhouse (2) 221p, Butchercote and Whitrighill 217p, Ormiston 215p, Muircleugh, Venchen and Hoprighshiels 211p

Cast Bulls per head: Shaws £2129.40, Muircleugh £1731.06

Cast Bulls per kilo: Shaws 169p, Gateshaw and Muircleugh 163p

PRIME LAMBS

Another superb show of lambs forward.  Trade easier on the week.  Average £131.34 (43kgs) 305p per kilo

Lambs per head-

Texel: £171, £170 Hawthornside, £169 Elwartlaw, £166 Haltree, £160 Symington Mains, Leaston, £157 East Gordon, Corsbie (2), £154 Symington Mains, £150 Corsbie, Hallrule Mill, Leaston, Suffolk: £170 Brotherstone, £160 Thornington, £151 Brotherstone, £146 Whitehill, Kelso, £145 Edrom Mains, Belmont, £141 (3) Belmont, £140 Edrom Mains, Beltex: £164, £146, £140 Craiglea, £140 Threeburnford, Blue Texel: £163 Hermiston, Rouge: £150 Waterside

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 364.4p Craiglea, 333.3p Threeburnford, 325.6p, 317.4p Craiglea, Texel: 347.8p Leaston, 334p Corsbie, 325.5p Haltree, 322.2p Hawthornside, 322p Huntington, 321p, 320.7p Symington Mains, 320p Middlethird, 319.6p Hawthornside, 318.2p Huntington, 317.6p Corsbie, 317.1p Byrewalls, 315.6p Marvingston, 315.2p Haltree, 314.3p Leetside, 314p East Gordon, Corsbie, Suffolk: 343.2p, 340p Brotherstone, 309.8p, 309.5p Marvingston, 307p Belmont, 304.8p Marigold, 304.5p Marvingston, Rouge: 340.9p Waterside, Blue Texel: 326p Hermiston

PRIME HOGGS

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £171, £151, £150 (3), £149, £148, £147, £144, £143 (2), £141, £140(2) Waterside, £167, £147 Chesters Brae, £163 Grey Peel, Suffolk: £161 New Blainslie, £160, £159 Waterside, £157 Belmont, £151, £143, £140 (2) Waterside, £143 New Blainslie, Easycare: £156, £155 Waterside, North Country Cheviot: £125 Waterside, Blackface: £123 Waterside, Hebridean: £112 Westrigg (A.H Johnson)

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 316.67p, 283p, 271.7p 269.1p, 264.2p Waterside, Suffolk: 269.2p, 260p Waterside, Hebridean: 243.5p Westrigg (A.H Johnson)

CAST SHEEP

A mixed run of Cast Sheep saw many leaner sorts forward which sold to a continued strong trade for the quality seen.

Sale peak of £163 with a crossbred Texel Ewe from E.M Bridgewater, Edrom Mains

EWES-

Texel: £163, £157 Edrom Mains, £149 Waterside, £147 Edrom Mains, £141 Waterside, Byrecleugh, Suffolk: £161 Faughhill, £157 Edrom Mains, Blegbie, £151 Lamberton (M.Budge), Waterside, £149 Mowhaugh Schoolhouse, Blue Texel: £150 Hermiston, Bleu du Maine: £145 Craiglea, Greyfaced: £143 Mowhaugh Schoolhouse, £133 Faughhill, £129 Edrom Mains, £127 New Blainslie, £125 Inchkeith, £123 Cammerlaws, Cheviot Mule: £141 Byrecleugh, £137 Blegbie, North Country Cheviot: £141 Waterside, £119 Blegbie, Beltex: £141 Faughhill, Zwartble: £139 Faughhill, Herdwick: £107 Huntlaw (K.Lyon), Shetland: £87, £69 Waterside

RAMS

Texel: £141 Hawthornside, Blackface: £131 Elmscleugh