St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 88 Clean Cattle, 79 Cast Cows, 2040 Prime Lambs and 698 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (35) averaged 270p per kg and sold to 304p  

Heifers (47) averaged 271p per kg and sold to 314p

Young Bulls (6) averaged 250p per kg and sold to 270p(x2)

Cast Cows (73) averaged 180p per kg and sold to 243p Top price £1873

Cast Bulls (6) averaged 170p per kg and sold to 193p (x2).  Top price £2231

Lambs (2040) averaged 232p per kilo (-8p on the week), £103 per head and sold to £145 for Texel Lambs

Top price 270p per kg for Texel Lambs

Cast Sheep (698) averaged £67.73, and sold to £149 for Texels

Heavy Ewes averaged £108, light ewes sold to £97 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £57

PRIME CATTLE

Plainer show forward with quality still in demand.

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2014.80, Broachrigg £1831.68, Upper Nisbet £1827.76, £1824.84, Broachrigg £1803.80, Lurdenlaw £1796.08, Greenknowe £1763.20, Penston £1758.20, Upper Nisbet £1758.08

Bullocks per kilo: Greenknowe 304p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Broachrigg 300p Michael Malone of Edinburgh, Penston 298p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Broachrigg, Oldcastles, Penston 290p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Heifers per head: Bee Edge £1820.16, Greenknowe £1809.60, Whitrighill £1806, Bee Edge £1802.36, £1780.92, Penston £1775.76, Bee Edge £1751.60, £1740

Heifers per kilo:   Bee Edge 314p Forsyths of Peebles, Greenknowe 312p, 308p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 306p, 300p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Greenknowe 302p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Whitrighill 300p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 300p W.Kirkup & Sons,

Young Bulls per head: Stuartslaw £2170.88, Kersknowe £2118.50, Stuartslaw £2116.80, Kersknowe £2068.20

Young Bulls per kilo: Kersknowe, Stuartslaw 270p, Stuartslaw 266p, 256p

CAST COWS & BULLS

Meat still in demand.

Cast Cows per head: Ramrig £1873.22, East Loanend £1856.52, Garvald Mains £1809.18, Stuartslaw £1766.10, Corsbie £1713.32, Stuartslaw £1676.78, Harehead, Duns £1663.66, Garvald Mains £1639.44

Cast Cows per kilo: East Loanend 243p, Ramrig 229p, Stuartslaw 213p, Corsbie (2), East Loanend, Bedrule 211p, Horsleyhill 209p, Garvald Mains 207p (2)

Cast Bulls per head: Stuartslaw £2231.08, Smailholm Mains £2153.88, Woodhead, Ancrum £1936.38

Cast Bulls per kilo: Stuartslaw, Smailholm Mains 193p, Woodhead, Ancrum 177p

PRIME LAMBS

Mixed show forward.  Big and well fleshed lambs easy sold.  Light and leaner types hard to cash.

Average £103 (44.4kgs) 232p

Lambs per head-

Texel:   £145 Greenhead R, £144 North Synton, Greenhead, Reston, Woodhouse, £143 Huntington, £141 Symington Mains, £138.50 Penicuik Estates, £138 Huntington, £137.50 Brothershiels, Adderstonshiels, £137 Haltree, £136.50 Symington Mains, Huntington, £135 Haltree, North Synton, £134 Hexpath, £134 (2)Hawthornside, £133.50 Corsbie, £133 Huntington, Beltex: £138.50 Lylestane, £121 Hawthornside, £116, £113 Lylestane, £112 Threeburnford, £111 Lylestane, Suffolk: £130 Symington Mains, £128.50 Haltree, £126 Corsbie, Chesters Brae, £125 Adderstonshiels (S.Hunter), Charmoise: £127.50 Whitfield, Hawick, North Country Cheviot: £121.50, £114 Symington Mains, £113 Haltree, £110 North Synton, Cheviot Mule: £112 Blegbie

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 270p North Synton, 257.8p Leaston, 257.7p Hexpath, 257p Corsbie, Woodhouse, 256.5p, 255.8p Huntington, 255.8p Brothershiels, 254.3p Huntington, 254.2p Hexpath, 253p Corsbie, Woodhouse, 252.8p Hawthornside, 252p Woodhouse, Beltex: 265.9p Hawthornside, 263.6p Lylestane, 260.5p Threeburnford, 255.2p, 251.1p Lylestane, 250p Rhodes Holdings, Suffolk: 252.1p Headshaw, Lauder, 243.2p Adderstonshiels, 242.6p Symington Mains, 242.3p Corsbie, North Country Cheviot: 243p Symington Mains

CAST SHEEP

Large numbers of lean and weathered ewes met steadier trade. Powerful well fleshed ewes sold to a strong trade.

*Sale top of £149 on two occasions.  Firstly, with a Texel from N & J Sanderson, Greenhead then again with a Texel Tup from R.W & F Hickson, Woodhouse

EWES-

Texel: £149 Greenhead, Reston, £143 North Synton, £141 Greenhead, Reston, £139 Duke Street, Hawick (N.Elliot), £137 Harelawside, £135 Penicuik Estates, £127 Venchen, £123 Dunorran (B.Paxton), £119 Harelawside, Suffolk: £133 Greenhead, Reston, Symington Mains, £121, £117 Huntington, £115 Greenhead, Reston, Dere Street Farming, £113 Woodside, £111 Huntington, Beltex: £115 Huntington, Hampshire: £107 St Clements Wells, Romney: £107, £103 Bow, Greyfaced: £99 Crosslaw, £91 Harelawside, £89 Hermiston, Greenhead, Selkirk, £87 Harelawside, £87 Crosslaw, North Country Cheviot: £97 Lylestane, £93 Woodside, £85 Hexpath, £83 Dryden, £81 Lylestane, Blackface: £63 Meigle, £55 The Lee,

RAMS-

Texel: £149 Woodhouse, £121 New Channelkirk, Blackface: £107 Headshaw, Lauder