St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 84 Clean Cattle, 76 Cast Cows, 1071 Prime Lambs and 1020 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (22) averaged 264p per kg and sold to 304p  

Heifers (61) averaged 277p per kg and sold to 316p (x 3)

Young Bulls (1) sold to 198p

Cast Cows (70) averaged 175p per kg and sold to 225p (x3) Top price £1930

Cast Bulls (6)  averaged 147p per kg and sold to 173p Top price £1664

Lambs (1071) averaged 221p per kilo (-5p on the week), £102.70 per head and sold to £138 for  Beltex Lambs

Top price 274p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (1020) averaged £66.08, and sold to £200 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £118, light ewes sold to £107 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £48

PRIME CATTLE

Mixed show of quality still in demand.  Plainer cattle harder to cash

Bullocks per head: Broachrigg £2010, Learielaw £1956, £1903.04, Netherurd £1706.40, Lurdenlaw £1705.60

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 304p J.A Waters & Sons, 300p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Broachrigg 300p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lurdenlaw 292p, 280p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd

Heifers per head: Skilmafilly £2002, £1946.56 (2), £1934.24, £1931.40, Learielaw £1915.68

Heifers per kilo: Skilmafilly 316p (2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Mosstower 316p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 315p Foley Bros, 314p Forsyths of Peebles, Skilmafilly 314p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Learielaw 312p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Mosstower 310p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Young Bulls per head: Wolfstar £1401.84

Young Bulls per kilo: Wolfstar 198p

CAST COWS & BULLS

Meat meets demand!

Cast Cows per head: Rumbleton £1930.50, Upper Nisbet £1886.58, £1767.78, Rumbleton £1755, £1753.36, Upper Nisbet £1704.88, Inchkeith £1693.26, Greenhead, S £1688.44, Upper Blainslie £1679.26, Rumbleton £1676.34

Cast Cows per kilo:   Rumbleton 225p (2), Huntington 225p, Upper Nisbet 223p, Greenhead, Selkirk 221p, Upper Nisbet 219p, Rumbleton 217p, Upper Nisbet 211p

Cast Bulls per head: Papple £1664.26, £1566.46, Shaws £1549.26

Cast Bulls per kilo: Papple 173p, 167p, Shaws 151p

PRIME LAMBS

Returns less, inline with national trade.  Average 221p (46kgs) £102.70

Lambs per head-

Beltex:  £138, 127.50 Crookston, £134, £130, £127  Craigsford Mains, £127 Philiphaugh, £125, £121 (2) Crookston, £124 Craigsford Mains, Texel: £137 Crookston, Huntington, £134 Symington Mains, £134, £133 Crookston, £131 Corsbie, Huntington, £130 Brothershiels, Haltree, Charollais: £136, £117.50 Stirches Mains, Suffolk: £131 Corsbie, £129 Langraw, £125.50 Chesters Braes, £123 Haltree, Holylee, £121 Blegbie, £120 Chesters Brae, Cheviot Mule: £118 Adderstonshiels, Greyfaced: £115 Tollishill, £114 Burncastle, North Country Cheviot: £115 Adderstonshiels

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 274p Broadlaw, 257.4p (3), 255.6p, 255p, 254.7p Crookston, 254.5p Wester Ulston, 254p Philiphaugh, 253.3p Threeburnford, Texel: 246p Corsbie, 245.5p, 244.4p Knock, 242p Corsbie, 240p Adderstonshiels, 238.2p Huntington, 238p Threepwood, Suffolk: 233.9p Corsbie, 226.5p Knock, 226p Adderstonshiels, 225p Threepwood, 223.9p Knock, 223.6p Holylee, Charollais: 230.5p, 230.4p Stirches Mains

CAST SHEEP

An extremely mixed show of Cast Sheep forward. Large numbers of smaller and weathered types about albeit selling well and very much inline with last week’s sound returns.

*Sale top of £200 for a flashy Texel Ewe from Huntington Partnership, Huntington Farm.  Tups topped at £159 with Texels from William Dunlop, Elmscleugh *

EWES-

Texel: £200, £155, £150 (2), £129 Huntington, £125 Westcote Suffolk: £131, £129, £127, £121 Huntington, Beltex: £125 Huntington, £117 Faughhill, Cheviot Mule: £113 Blegbie, £105 Hyndsidehill, £99 Blackhill, C, Zwartble: £109 Wells Stables, North Country Cheviot: £107 Blegbie, £85 Shaws, £83 Saughtree, Lleyn: £107, £101 East Mains, Greyfaced: £103 Cortleferry, £99 Lanton Crag, £95 Corsbie, Crailing Nook, Cammerlaws, South Country Cheviot: £95, £90, £89 Langhope, Blackface: £83 Elmscleugh, £75 Raeshaw, £69 Burncastle, £67 Raeshaw, Norfolk: £81 Stichill Eastfield, Easycare: £49 Hillhouse, Shetland: £23 Sorrowlessfield Mains

RAMS-

Suffolk: £129 Blegbie, Texel: £159, £139 Elmscleugh,  Beltex: £109 Faughhill, North Country Cheviot: £91 Philiphaugh (Dryhope)