St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 79 Clean Cattle, 15 Cast Cows, 1641 Prime Lambs and 629 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (26) averaged 279p per kg and sold to 298p  

Heifers (53) averaged 280p per kg and sold to 314p

Cast Cows (12) averaged 219p per kg and sold to 241p Top price £1952

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 160p per kg and sold to 165p per kg. Top Price £1778

Lambs (1641) averaged 241.5p per kilo (+1.5p on the week), £110 per head and sold to £146 for Texel Lambs

Top price 289p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (629) averaged £86.02, and sold to £155 for Suffolks

Heavy Ewes averaged £119, light ewes sold to £129 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £79

PRIME CATTLE

Buoyant trade with quality in great demand

Bullocks per head: Lurdenlaw £1957.12, £1888.48, Linton £1859, Upper Nisbet £1854.72, Bee Edge £1830.32, Penston £1820.16, Upper Nisbet £1813.24, Faughhill £1811.84

Bullocks per kilo: Faughhill 298p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lurdenlaw 296p J.A Waters & Sons, Upper Nisbet and Penston 288p Hugh Black & Sons, Faughill 286p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Linton 286p Hugh Black & Sons, Upper Nisbet 286p Mr G.Chapman

Heifers per head- Wardhead £1940.04, £1935.36, £1909.60, £1872.64, Bee Edge £1846.32, £1842.24, Wardhead £1817.64, £1817.44, £1812

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 314p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, , Wardhead and Greenknowe 310p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 308p Forsyths of Peebles, Upper Nisbet 308p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Wardhead 308p (2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, 306p (2) Hugh Black & Sons and Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 304p Denholm Meat Supplies

CAST COWS  

More needed to fill ever growing demand.

Cast Cows per head: Thrunton £1952.10, Upper Blainslie £1801.20, Huntington £1763, Upper Blainslie £1760.76, Thrunton £1744.32, Muircleugh £1687.44, Upper Blainslie £1683.92, Huntington £1663.20

Cast Cows per kilo: Thrunton 241p, Muircleugh, Upper Blainslie, Thrunton 237p, Huntington 231p, Wolfstar 221p

CAST BULLS

Thrunton £1778.70 (165p), Craigsford Mains £1732.36(161p)

PRIME LAMBS

Smaller show forward with more meat on show.  Average 241.5p (45.5kgs) £110

Lambs per head-

Texel: £146 Greenhead, Reston, £143.50 Craigsford Mains, £140 Hermiston, Haltree, Huntington, Corsbie, Over Whitlaw, £139 The Knock, £138 Huntington, Crookston, £137.50 Hermiston, Hexpath, £137 Craigsford Mains, £134 Greenhead, Reston, Corsbie, £133 Whitsome West Newton, £132 Haltree, Greenhead, Reston, £131 Corsbie, Over Whitlaw, Suffolk: £137.50m £137 Corsbie, £125 The Knock, £124 Headshaw, Lauder, £122 Chesters Brae, Blegbie, Beltex: £130 Oxnam Neuk, £128 Threeburnford, Oxnam Neuk, £119 Adderstonshiels, £115 Butterdean, West Longridge, Blue Texel: £120 Oxnam Neuk, North Country Cheviot: £110 Haltree

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 289.1p Whitsome West Newton, 287.5p Huntington, 274.5p Haltree, 271.9p Corsbie, 269.1p Whitsome West Newton, 266.7p, 265.6p Corsbie, 265p, 264.2p Huntington, Corsbie, 262.7p Corsbie, 262.5p Whitsome West Newton, 262.3p The Knock, 262.1p Hermiston, Beltex: 284.4p Oxnam Neuk, 275p (2) Huntington, 270.8p Oxnam Neuk, 266.7p Huntington, 261.9p Threeburnford, Huntington(2), West Longridge 261.4p, Suffolk: 258.5p Corsbie, 253.1p Headshaw, Lauder, 250p The Knock, 244.4p Headshaw, Lauder, The Knock

CAST SHEEP

A mixed show of Cast Sheep forward saw well fleshed and heavy bred sheep sell well.  Leaner and lighter bred Ewes saw a slight lift.

Sale peak of £155 a head for a pair of Suffolk Ewes from local breeder R.G Laing & Sons, Oxmuir

EWES-

Suffolk: £155, £137 Oxmuir, £135 Lauder Barns, £133 Oxmuir, £131 Huntington, Brothershiels, £129 Langraw, Hermiston, Corsbie, Texel: £147 Kennels Cottage, £145 Huntington, £135 Scott Road, Lauder (J.Ainslie), £133 Huntington, £130 Corsbie, £129 Huntington, Scott Road, Lauder, Cheviot Mule: £139, £121 Blegbie, £119 Nisbet Mill, Beltex: £137 Huntington, Scott Road, Lauder, £133 Huntington, £131 Faughhill, £130 Huntington, £127 Scott Road, Lauder, North Country Cheviot: £129 Wedderlie, £127 Blegbie, £121 Nisbet Mill, £113 Wedderlie, £107 Middlestead, Greyfaced: £117 Gala Farms, £109 Ecclaw, Gala Farms, Brothershiels, £107 Lauder Barns, Langraw, £105 Hermiston, Kennels Cottage, Broom, £103 Cammerlaws, Blackface: £101, £97 Elmscleugh, £91 Gala Farms, Elmscleugh, £77 Gala Farms, Lonk: £79 Gala Farms

RAMS-

North Country Cheviot: £127 Wedderlie