St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  70 Clean Cattle, 34 Cast Cows, 1567 Prime Lambs and 423 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (17) averaged 278p per kg and sold to 296p  

Heifers (53) averaged 280p per kg and sold to 318p (x2)

Cast Cows (33) averaged 204p per kg and sold to 253p x 2 Top price £2087

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 161p per kg. Top Price £1519

Lambs (1567) averaged 238p per kilo (-2p on the week), £108 per head and sold to £150 for Texel Lambs

Top price 288p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (423) averaged £71.34, and sold to £140 for Texels

Heavy Ewes averaged £118, light ewes sold to £131 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £68

PRIME CATTLE

Good trade throughout

Bullocks per head: Upper Nisbet £1905.12, £1838.72, Lurdenlaw £1890.40, Penston £1833.76, Lurdenlaw £1786.48, Penston £1758.24, Oldcastles £1743.76

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 296p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Upper Nisbet 294p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lurdenlaw 292p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Penston 292p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Faughhill 290p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Broachrigg and Oldcastles 284p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd

 

Heifers per head- Skilmafilly £1964.52, Bee Edge £1933.44, £1909.60, £1835.20 (2), £1804.20, Skilmafilly £1874.64

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 318p Forsyths of Peebles, Skilmafilly 318p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 310p (3) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, 310p Shaw Fine Meats, Skilmafilly 306p(2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Oldcastles, Skilmafilly 304p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

CAST COWS  

Plain show forward, quality still in demand.

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2087.40, £1971.38, Huntington £1989.40, Upper Blainslie £1857.02, Wester Middleton £1827.66, Upper Blainslie £1812.72, Muircleugh £1796.30, Huntington £1778.76, Muircleugh £1747.62

Cast Cows per kilo: Muircleugh 253p, Upper Blainslie 253p, 249p, Wester Middleton 249p, Huntington, Kersknowe 245p, Huntington 243p, Kersknowe 241p Upper Nisbet 232p, Upper Blainslie 225p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Yorkston £1519.84 (161p)

PRIME LAMBS

Good show forward, returns similar.  Average 238p (45.3kgs) £108

Lambs per head-

Texel: £150 Skilmafilly, £146 North Synton, £144 Crookston, £143 Haltree, £140 Woodhouse, £140, £139 South Common, £137 Muircleugh, £136 North Synton, £135 South Common, £133 Buskin, £132 Chesters Brae, £130 Buskin, £129 Woodhouse, Muircleugh, £128 Burnhouse Mains, £127.50 Cortleferry, £127 Skilmafilly, West Longridge, £126 Huntershall, Suffolk: £135 Headshaw, L, £134 Haltree, £131 Pogbie House, £130 Muircleugh, £123.50 Chesters Brae, £122.50 Headshaw, L, £121 Buskin, Beltex: £135 North Synton, £132 Lylestane, £131 Crookston, £130 Philiphaugh, £128, £126, £125 (2), £122, £120 Crookston, North Country Cheviot: £138 Philiphaugh (A.Cowan) £131, £119 Haltree, £119 Philiphaugh, Cheviot Mule: £129 Philiphaugh

Lambs per kilo- Beltex: 287.2p North Synton, 286.4p, 284.1p Crookston, 282.6p Philiphaugh, 282.1p Redden, 278p Threeburnford, 273.8p Redden, 272.9p Crookston, 270.7p Threeburnford, Texel: 288p Crookston, 280.9p, 277.6p North Synton, 272.5p South Common, 268.1p Woodhouse, 267.9p Skilmafilly, 264.8p Haltree, 264.7p, 264.2p South Common, 262.4p Lylestane, 260.7p North Synton, North Country Cheviot: 262p Haltree, Suffolk: 254.7p, 250p Headshaw, L, 248.1p Haltree, 242.9p Philiphaugh, Cheviot Mule: 230.4p Middlethird,

CAST SHEEP

An extremely mixed show of Cast Sheep forward with well fleshed, larger ewes in particular a shortage.  Lighter and leaner Ewes sold to the same fast trade of recent weeks.

EWES-Texel: £140 Topgate, £129, £125 Rochester, £127 Helmburn, £125 Shotton, £123 Skilmafilly, £121 Middlethird, North Country Cheviot: £131 Topgate, £121 (2) Bedrule, £105 Headshaw, L, Suffolk: £121 Middlethird, £110 Pogbie House, Cheviot Mule: £123 Newtrench, Greyfaced: £107 Buskin, £105 Middlethird, Shotton, £97 Helmburn, Blackface: £65 Raeshaw, Shetland: £21 Sorrowlessfield Mains