St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 74 Clean Cattle, 24 Cast Cows, 2173 Prime Lambs and 758 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (33) averaged 280p per kg and sold to 300p x 2

Heifers (40) averaged 270p per kg and sold to 316p

Cast Cows (24) averaged 209p per kg and sold to 269p Top price £1748

Lambs (2173) averaged 246p per kilo (-10p on the week), £110 per head and sold to £169 for Texel Lambs.

Top price 300 p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (758) averaged £84.06, and sold to £139 for Blue Texel

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £105 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £81

PRIME CATTLE

Red hot, just like the weather!

Bullocks per head: Lurdenlaw £1854, Bee Edge £1823.28, Upper Nisbet £1815.40, £1738.80, Willowford £1736.64, Crookhouse £1710.88, Lurdenlaw £1705.28

Bullocks per kilo: Lurdenlaw 300p J.A Waters & Sons, Greenknowe 300p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Oldcastles 298p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Crookhouse 296p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lurdenlaw 292p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Faughhill 290p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Upper Nisbet, Lurdenlaw and Faughhill 290p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Faughhill 290p Jed’s Butchers

Heifers per head- Muircleugh £2014.20, Bee Edge £1871.44, £1781.80, Lurdenlaw £1716.48, Bee Edge £1704.96, Greenknowe £1668.48, Lurdenlaw £1664.60, £1658.80, £1654.96

Heifers per kilo: Greenknowe 316p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 314p Forsyths of Peebles, Faughhill 304p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 302p Denholm Meat Supplies, 298p W.Kirkup & Sons, Bee Edge 296p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Faughhill and Traprain 294p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Faughhill 292p, 290p Worsley Wholesale Butchers,

Young Bulls:  Kersknowe £1981.52 (188p)

CAST COWS  

Marvellous trade

Cast Cows per head: Wantonwalls £1748.50, Howahill £1732.64, Huntington £1705.86, Upper Nisbet £1590.68, Huntington £1547.62, Easter Middleton £1523.52, Howahill £1506.96, Huntington £1501.64

Cast Cows per kilo: Wantonwalls 269p, Upper Nisbet 247p, Huntington 243p, Upper Nisbet 237p, Huntington 223p, Howahill 221p, Huntington 219p, 217p, 213p,

PRIME LAMBS

Heavy sheep still easy sold, weight paying.  Average 246p (44.7kgs) £110

Lambs per head-

Texel: £169 Huntington, £163 The Knock, £160 Huntington, £154 The Knock, £150 Greenhead, Reston, £149.50 Clarilaw, £148, £144 Greenhead, Reston, £141.50 Hermiston, £141 (2) Westerhouses, £140 The Knock, Bluecairn, Greenhead, Reston, Beltex: £165 Westerhouses, £131 Waterside, £129 Headshaw, Lauder, £127 South Dissington, £124 Whitsome West Newton, South Dissington, £123 Threeburnford, Waterside, £122 Whitsome West Newton, Threeburnford, £121 South Dissington, £120 Crookston(2), Leaston, North Country Cheviot: £152, £124.50, £124, £122, £121 Symington Mains, Suffolk: £150 Blackburn, £143 Highfield Farming, £137 Blackcruik Farming, £137 Corsbie, £132 Hermiston, £129.50 Adderstonshiels, Headshaw, Lauder, £128 Waterside, Charollais: £137 Waterside, Cheviot Mule: £130 Philiphaugh, £123 Saughtree, Greyfaced: £122.50 Rawburn, £120 Holylee

 

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 300p, 292.7p, 285.1p Huntington, 286.4p The Knock, 281.8p Rhodes Holdings, 279.1p Hawthornside, 275p Outerston, 274p Waterside, 269.1p Greenhead, Reston, 268.9p Philiphaugh, 268.8p New Blainslie, 268.2p Waterside, 268p Huntington, 268p, 267p The Knock, 266.7p Corsbie, The Knock, 265.2p South Common, Beltex: 283.7p Threeburnford, 277.3p Whitsome West Newton, 275.9p Crookston, 275.6p Whitsome West Newton, 274.5p Headshaw, Lauder, 273.3p Threeburnford, North Country Cheviot: 269.6p, 253.3p, 252.1p Symington Mains, Suffolk: 259.6p Corsbie, 255.4p The Knock, 254.5p Headshaw, Lauder, 254.3p The Knock, 253.9p Headshaw, Lauder, 252.3p Whitsome West Newton, 251.1p Corsbie, 250.5p The Knock, Cheviot Mule: 256.23p Saughtree

 

CAST SHEEP

A mixed show of Cast Sheep, in particular numerous pens of smaller bred and lean sorts forward.  Trade less, inline with national trend as more numbers about following a shortage of grazing.

*Sale top of £139 for Texel bred Ewe from Mr I.Walker, Blackburn Farm*

EWES

Blue Texel: £139 Blackburn. Texel: £137, £135 Huntington, £133 Corsbie, £131 Waterside, £129 Middlethird, £127 Threeburnford, Huntington, Waterside, Outerston, Suffolk: £135 Huntington, Corsbie, £133 Huntington, £129 Wantonwalls, Threepwood, £127 Gledswood, £125 Middlethird, Abberwick: £129, £123, £115, £113 Carterhaugh, Bluefaced Leicester: £125, £117 Corsbie Cottages (Hedley), Greyfaced: £117 Gateshaw, £115 Woodhosue, £109 Kittyfield, Gateshaw, £107 Corsbie, Gledswood, Woodhouse, £105 New Blainslie, LLeyn: £111, £107 Over Langshaw, North Country Cheviot: £105 Broomiebank, £103 Waterside, £95, £87 Saughtree, Blackface: £81 Blackburn.

RAMS

Blackface: £113, £105 Hartside, Jacob: £99 Hutlerburn Farm Cottage (Elliot).