St Boswells Store Cattle & Store Sheep

STORE CATTLE

Fortnightly Sale of Store Cattle and Suckled Calves.  Topping the days trading was Messrs Anderson, Priesthaugh with a Limousin.x Bullock at £1320.

Top pence per kilo went to great annual consignment, Scart at 315p for Limousin.x Bullocks.

Bullocks per head:

Aberdeen Angus: £1280 Leaderfoot, £1150 Trabroun, Limousin: £1320, £1200 Priesthaugh, £1200, £1100 Greenhead, Selkirk, Simmental: £890 (2) Branxholm Braes; British Blue: £850 Scart; Charolais: £1260, £1225, £1160 Adderstonshiels

Bullocks per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: 241.5p Leaderfoot, 236.7p Pirnie, Limousin: 314.9p Scart, 303.3p Skelfhill, 271.9p Scart, 283.1p Skelfhill, 280.4p Scart, Simmental: 224.7p Branxholm Braes, British Blue: 291.7p, 280.4p Scart, Charolais: 280.4p, 272.7p, 265.5p Scart

Bullocks averaged 248.21p per kilo

Heifers per head:

Aberdeen Angus: £890 Leaderfoot,  Limousin: £1140 Priesthaugh, £1080 Greenhead, Selkirk, Luing: £720 Tushielaw, Simmental: £920 Branxholm Braes, £750 Scart Farm, Charolais: £1220 Northhouse, £1105 Adderstonshiels, £1060, £1055 Northhouse

Heifers per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: 234p Pirnie, Limousin: 288.4p, 265.4p Scart, Simmental: 265.4p Scart, Saler: 288.4p, 265.4p Scart, British Blue: 293.6p, 284p Scart, Charolais: 284p, 256.1p Scart, 255.9p Northhouse, 255.8p Scart

Heifers averaged 233.15p per kilo

STORE SHEEP

Another outstanding trade for Store Lambs at St Boswells Mart.  More long keep lambs forward.

Average £71.88 for 1872.

Texel: £100 Burrows, £97.50 West Lodge South (Turkington) , £97 Horseupcleugh, £92 Highfield Farming, £92, £91.50 Hopefoot, £88.50 Yarlside, £87.50 West Lodge South, Burrows, £87 Mid Edrom; Beltex: £100 Threeburnford; North Country Cheviot: £95.50 Craighouse, £82 Greenhead, Selkirk, £80.50, £79 Craighouse; Suffolk: £89 The Knock, £86 Greenhead, Selkirk, £85 Yarlside; Lleyn: £75.50 Kilnknowe Cottage (Story); Charollais: £73 Trabroun; Charmoise: £72.50 Whitfield, Hawick; South Country Cheviot: £71, £66.50 Whitefield, Earlston; Meatlinc: £68 Curling; Greyfaced: £66 Horseupcleugh; Blackface: £56, £50.50, £48.50 Horseupcleugh, £45.50 Byrecleugh, Jacob: £53 Leaderfoot