St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 99 Clean Cattle, 64 Cast Cows, 1871 Prime Lambs and 551 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (18) averaged 270p per kg and sold to 306p  

Heifers (72) averaged 275p per kg and sold to 318p

Young Bulls (9) averaged 275p per kg and sold to 290p

Cast Cows (61) averaged 180p per kg and sold to 225p Top price £1795

Cast Bulls (3)  averaged 128p per kg and sold to 153p Top price £1645

Lambs (1871) averaged 226p per kilo (-11p on the week), £102 per head and sold to £133 for Suffolk.x  Lambs

Top price 280p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (551) averaged £69.58, and sold to £149 for Texel Tups

Heavy Ewes averaged £113, light ewes sold to £111 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £52

PRIME CATTLE

Two tier trade, best quality in high demand.  Straight cattle slightly harder to cash

Bullocks per head: Learilaw £1912.16, £1878.84, Bee Edge £1871.44, £1838.60, Lurdenlaw £1804.80

Bullocks per kilo: Learlielaw 306p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 298p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Learielaw 296p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Oldcastles 290p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Bee Edge 290p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Heifers per head: Bee Edge £1901.64, Learielaw £1890.88, Elwick £1884.80, Mosstower £1870.72, £1860, Bee Edge £1858.88, Whitrighill £1854.02, Bee Edge £1853.80, £1835.68

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 318p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Mosstower 316p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 314p Denholm Meat Supplies, Penston and Upper Nisbet 312p Forsyths of Peebles, Mosstower, Bee Edge and Elwick 310p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Greenknowe 310p Briggsys Butchers, Lurdenlaw 310p John Saunderson Ltd

Young Bulls per head: Ramrig £2048.84, Whitrighill £1926.40, £1888.60, Mosstower £1845.92,

Young Bulls per kilo: Mosstower 290p, 280p, Whitrighill 280p, Mosstower 278p

CAST COWS & BULLS

Nice trade throughout

Cast Cows per head: Lamberton (M.Budge) £1795.80, Rumbleton £1725.98, Lakewood Stud £1725.42, Dalkeith Home Farm £1702.26, Garvald Mains £1686.74, Rumbleton £1664.60, Cockburn £1637.36, Blegbie £1622.40, Rumbleton £1614.60, £1608.20

Cast Cows per kilo:   Greenhead, Selkirk 225p, Rumbleton 215p, 211p, Cockburn 211p (2), Middlestead 209p, Oakwood, Rumbleton, Dalkeith Home Farm 207p, Lamberton (M.Budge) 205p

Cast Bulls per head: Earlside £1644.30, Lamberton (M.Budge) £1612.62

Cast Bulls per kilo: Lamberton (M.Budge) 153p, Earlside 135p

PRIME LAMBS

Mixed show of lambs forward. Leaner sorts discounted.  Average 226p (45kgs) £102

Lambs per head-

Suffolk: £133 Threepwood, £130 Corsbie, Headshaw, Lauder, £122 Brotherstone, £120 Headshaw, Lauder (2), £117 Brotherstone, Saughtree, Texel: £130, £129 Muircleugh, £128, £127 Craigsford Mains, £126 Symington Mains, £123 Corsbie, Muircleugh, £122 Craigsford Mains, Corsbie, Threepwood, £120 Leaston, Symington Mains (2), Wauchope,  Beltex: £129 Wester Ulston, £120 Wauchope, £119 Westerhouses, £118.50 Threeburnford, £118 Wauchope, Broomilees (M.Kelly), £116 Wauchope, £115 Helmburn, Wester Ulston, North Country Cheviot: £116 Philiphaugh, £115 Nisbet Mill, £110 Threeburnford, Cheviot Mule: £116 Philiphaugh, Blue Texel: £114 Hermiston, Greyfaced: £104.50 Headshaw, Lauder

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 280.4p Wester Ulston, 269.8p Wauchope, 269.3p Threeburnford, 268.2p, 266.7p Wauchope, 260p Helmburn, 258.7p Westerhouses, 258.1p Wauchope, 257.9p Threeburnford, 256.1p, 251.2p Wauchope, 254.5p, 250p Threeburnford, 250p Wester Ulston, Texel: 272.7p Wauchope, 253.2p Faughhill, 250p (2) Leaston, Suffolk: 266p Threepwood, 231.8p Dunorran (B.Paxton), 230.4p Gospelhall, 228.6p(2), 228p Headshaw, Lauder, Scott Street, Hawick (P.Jackson), Cheviot Mule: 241.7p Philiphaugh, Blue Texel: 237.5p Hermiston, North Country Cheviot: 220p Threeburnford, Greyfaced: 217.7p Headshaw, Lauder

CAST SHEEP

A mixed show of Cast Sheep forward! 

Well fleshed and stronger sorts selling to a premium whilst leaner and smaller types continue to be a steady go.

*Sale top of £149 for a Texel Tup from William Dunbar, Elmscleugh.  Ewes topped at £143 also with a Texel, this time from G.Davies & Partners, North Synton *

EWES-

Texel: £143 North Synton, £139 Leaston (2), £135 Elmscleugh, £131 Leaston, £127 North Synton, £121 Helmburn, £119 Leaston, £117 Shotton, Cheviot Mule: £125, £105 South Common, £103 Saughtree, £99, £95 South Common,  Suffolk: £121 Corsbie, £115 Cockburn, £109 Corsbie (2), Blue Texel: £113 Hermiston, North Country Cheviot: £111, £105, £103 North Synton, £97, £89 Adderstonshiels, £87 Broomiebank, £85 Thorlieshope, Greyfaced: £97 Shotton, North Synton, £95 (2)Cockburn, £93 Broomiebank, £91 Helmburn,    Lleyn: £93 Over Whitlaw, Blackface: £83, £73 Elmscleugh, £67 Lauderhill, Jacob: £67 Justicehall, £61 Torquhan, Easycare: £67 Rhymers Ha’

RAMS-

Texel: £149, £125 Elmscleugh, £131 Corsbie, Blackface: £101 Middlesknowes, £97 Elmscleugh, £87 Lauderhill, North Country Cheviot: £101 Middlesknowes