St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 91 Clean Cattle, 58 Cast Cows, 2198 Prime Lambs and 795 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (40) averaged 258p per kg and sold to 308p  

Heifers (50) averaged 281p per kg and sold to 320p

Young Bulls (1) sold to 192p

Cast Cows (56) averaged 189p per kg and sold to 273p Top price £2124

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 139p per kg and sold to 149p Top price £1761

Lambs (2198) averaged 240.5p per kilo (+19.5p on the week), £108.20 per head and sold to £184 for a Blue Texel Lamb

Top price 292p per kg for a Blue Texel  Lamb

Cast Sheep (795) averaged £74.62, and sold to £170 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £113 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £68

PRIME CATTLE

Two tier trade.  Best cattle very good to sell.  Store types harder to cash.

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £1942.96, Bee Edge £1932, Learielaw £1902

Bullocks per kilo: Faughhill 308p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Penston 300p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Learielaw 300p Hugh Black & Sons, Learielaw 298p (2)The Finches, Coldstream 286p John Saunderson Ltd, North Synton 280p Mr G.Chapman

Heifers per head: Learilaw £1952.72, Upper Nisbet £1914.36, Penston £1885, Whitrighill £1884.80, £1853.28, Penston £1848.24, Wester Middleton £1832.64, Bee Edge £1831.68, £1829

Heifers per kilo: Penston 320p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 320p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 318p Denholm Meat Supplies, Upper Nisbet 318p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Whitrighill 312p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge and Whitrighill 310p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 308p W.Kirkup & Sons, Butchers, Learielaw 308p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Greenknowe 306p Worsley Wholesale Butchers,

Young Bulls: Stuartslaw £1770.24 (192p per kg)

CAST COWS & BULLS

Best quality, ripper of a trade.

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2123.94, Learielaw £2094.56, £2074.60, Wester Middleton £2035.10, Learielaw £1948.20, Wedderlie £1936.70, Wester Middleton £1820.28, Wedderlie £1792.62, Kersknowe £1780.24, Rumbleton £1767.20

Cast Cows per kilo:   Kersknowe 273p, Learielaw 255p, 253p, 247p (2), Wester Middleton, Rumbleton 235p, Wester Middleton 231p, Upper Nisbet 230p, Hyndsidehill 223p

Cast Bulls per head: Burnfoot £1761.18(149p per kg)

PRIME LAMBS

More numbers forward, increased returns.  Average £108.20 (45kgs) 240.5p

Lambs per head-

Blue Texel: £184, £144 Oxnam Neuk, Texel: £156 West Longridge, £146 Huntington, £142 Corsbie, £140 Symington Mains, £140, £138 Threepwood, £136 Corsbie, £135 Langraw, Crookston, £134 Chesters Brae, Lumsdaine, £132 Chesters Brae, £131 (2) Sunnycroft, £130 Crumhaughhill, Lumsdaine, Beltex: £152, £142 Crookston, £140 West Lodge South, £139, £133 Crookston, £130 Huntington, £129 Adderstonshiels, £128, £126 Huntington, £125 Wauchope, Suffolk: £145 Haltree, £140 Corsbie, Old Greenlaw, £139 Corsbie, £138 Stoneypath, £137 Chesters Brae, £135 Symington Mains, £134 Haltree, £133 Symington Mains, £132 Old Greenlaw, £131 Symington Mains, £130.50 Lumsdaine, North Country Cheviot: £126.50 Haltree, Hampshire: £123, £116.50 Bridgehaugh Mill, Cheviot Mule: £123 Woodside, £117.50 Blegbie, £116.50 Craighouse

Lambs per kilo-

Blue Texel: 292.1p Oxnam Neuk, Beltex: 288.1p, 283.7p Wauchope, 280p West Lodge South, 278p Crookston, 277.8p Wauchope, 276.5p, 273.8p, 271.4p  Westerhouses, Texel: 270p Crookston, 265.9p Hallrule Mill, 262.2p Threepwood, 262.1p, 261.4p Sunnycroft, 260.9p The Craggs, 260.2p, 260p Huntington, 260p Threepwood, Crumhaughhill, Suffolk: 255.3p Headshaw, Lauder, 254.5p Corsbie, 253.9p Stoneypath, 252.8p Haltree, 251.8p Lumsdaine, 251p, 250.9p Stoneypath, Charollais: 246.3p Ladyflat, North Country Cheviot: 243.3p Haltree, Cheviot Mule: 240.4p Craighouse, Hampshire: 236.5p Bridgehaughmill

Messrs Sinclair, Crookston kindly donated a lamb at £120 to  #lambforstandrewsday 

CAST SHEEP

An improved show was matched by the trade as all classes would see a marked rise on the week with numbers beginning to steady.

Sale top of £170 for a pair of Texel Ewes from G.Davies & Partners, North Synton Farm.  Tups peaked at £161 for Crossbred Tups from R.W & F.Hickson, Woodhouse

EWES-

Texel: £170 North Synton, £147 Venchen, £143 Easter Whitmuir, £141 Venchen, £140 Butterdean, £137 Woodhouse, £135, £133 Butterdean, £131 Headshaw, Lauder, £125 Easter Whitmuir, £121 North Synton, Venchen, Cheviot Mule: £109 Saughtree, Adderstonshiels, Suffolk: £141, £135 Butterdean, £133 Huntington, £125 Headshaw, Lauder, Romney: £115, £103 Bow, £91 Woodriggs, North Country Cheviot: £113 Gospelhall, £109 Lumsdaine, £105, £97 Gospelhall, £95 Adderstonshiels, Gospelhall, £89 Saughtree, Greyface: £113 Woodhouse, £111 Butterdean, £107 West Lodge South, Crosslaw, £99 Holylee, £97 Woodhouse, £95 Lumsdaine, Crosslaw, Beltex: £103 Craighouse, Blackface: £75 Tollishill, £69 Longcroft, £57 Berryhill, £55 Burncastle, Lumsdaine, Jacob: £73 The Knowe, Ancrum, Herdwick: £57 Wedderlie, Hebridean: £45, £37 Meadshaw

RAMS

Crossbred: £161, £131, £125 Woodhouse, Beltex: £132, £131 Woodhouse, Texel: £115, £113 Venchen, North Country Cheviot: £105, £91 Gospelhall, Suffolk: £107, £80 Venchen, Icelandic: £50 The Knowe, Ancrum, Easycare: £93 Pilmuir, Blackface: £93 Tollishill, £53 Wooplaw, Jacob: £71 The Knowes, Ancrum, Hebridean: £55 Whitelee Steading,