St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 87 Clean Cattle, 100 Cast Cows,  1675 Prime Lambs and 593 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (27) averaged 266p per kg and sold to 306p  

Heifers (60) averaged 282p per kg and sold to 318p

Cast Cows (98) averaged 175p per kg and sold to 252p Top price £1977

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 150p and sold to 153p Top price £1624

Lambs (1675) averaged 248p per kilo (-2p on the week), £112.70 per head and sold to £166 for  Texel Lambs

Top price 279p per kg for a Beltex Lamb

Cast Sheep (593) averaged £65.82, and sold to £174 for a Beltex Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £117, light ewes sold to £103 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £63

PRIME CATTLE

Best quality and meat very keenly vid for

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £1924, £1914, Bee Edge £1848.24, Lurdenlaw £1779.20, £1723.68, Snawdon £1716.96, Lurdenlaw £1710.72

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 306p Hugh Black & Sons, Learielaw 300p, 296p, Snawdon 292p, Netherurd 290p

Heifers per head: Learielaw £1890, Bee Edge £1888.92, £1884.48, £1848.32, £1840.80 (2), £1823.36, Mosstower £1820.16, £1813.84, Whitrighill £1811.52

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 318p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Mosstower 316p Forsyths of Peebles, Greenknowe, Mosstower(2) 316p, Greenknowe, Bee Edge (3), Upper Nisbet 312p

CAST COWS & BULLS

Bouyant trade for all types

Cast Cows per head: Parkhill 252p, Cragside 237p, Hoselaw 235p, Skelfhill 221p, Whitburgh 213p, Venchen 211p, Hoselaw, Wester Middleton, Kersknowe, Burnfoot 209p

Cast Cows per kilo: Burnfoot £1977.14, Kersknowe £1830.84, Venchen £1709.10, Rumbletonlaw £1708.50, Burnfoot £1702.26, Wester Middleton £1688.72, Whitburgh £1661.40, Kersknowe £1655.94, Whitburgh £1645.60, Cragside £1644.78

Cast Bulls per head: Brockholes £1624.86 (153p), Bedrule £1458.24(147p)

PRIME LAMBS

Another superb show of lambs met by strong returns.  Average 248p (45.4kgs) £112.70

Lambs per head-

Texel: £166 Corsbie, £156 Headshaw, Lauder, £154 Symington Mains, £151 Wester Ulston, £150 Thornington, £149 Symington Mains, £147 Chesters Brae, Greenhead, Reston, £143 Corsbie, £142 Broomiebank, Suffolk: £150.50 Belmont, £150 Headshaw, Lauder, £148 Saughtree, £147 Cortleferry, £144.50 Corsbie, £144 Thornington, £141.50 Corsbie, £140.50 Belmont, Zwartble: £150, £146 Ruecastle, Cheviot Mule: £140, £130, 124.50 Adderstonshiels, Beltex: £139 Huntington, £132 Symington Mains, £128 Wester Ulston, £127 North Synton, £125 Symington Mains, £123.50 Woodhouse, £120.50, £120 Brotherstone, Cheviot: £132.50 Symington Mains, £126 Threeburnford, £118.50 Symington Mains, £118 Haltree, Half Bred: £119 Stobshiel Mains, Hampshire: £118.50 Boggs Holdings, Easycare: £115 Pilmuir, Blackface: £114.50 Holylee, Roussin: £114 Springwood Lodge, Greyfaced: £102.50 Longcroft

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 279.1p Brotherstone, 277.8p Threeburnford, 272.3p Wester Ulston, 267.8p Brotherstone, 267.4p Wester Ulston, 265p Threeburnford, Texel: 279.2p Greenhead, Reston, 279.1p Faughhill, 270p Edgerston Home Farm, 268.5p Symington Mains, 268p Corsbie, 266.7p The Knock, 266.7p Faughhill, 266.3p Symington Mains, 266p Threeburnford, 265.2p Applecross, Suffolk: 272.7p Headshaw, Lauder, 257.7p Brotherstone, 256.6p Haltree, 255.2p Saughtree, 253.4p Brotherstone, 250.9p Belmont, 250p Broomilees, Whitehill, Kelso; Cheviot Mule: 260p, 254.5p Adderstonshiels, 248.8p Gospelhall, Saughtree, Roussin: 253.3p Springwood Lodge, Cheviot: 252.7p Symington Mains, 248.8p Brotherstone, Charmoise.x: 248.8p Stirches Mains, Hampshire: 248.8p Bridgehaugh Mill, Greyfaced: 241.2p Longcroft

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CAST SHEEP

A mixed show of Cast Sheep with larger numbers of leaner and weathered sorts about.  All classes holding recent strong rates.

Sale top of £174 with a shapey Beltex from Faughhill Farming, Faughhill

Tups topped at £162 for a powerful Texel from C.B Strang Steel, Threepwood

EWES-

Beltex: £174 Faughhill, Suffolk: £161 Holylee (D.Preacher), £139 Greenhead, Reston, £127 Huntlaw, £115 Oxmuir, £113 Corsbie, Dutch Spotted: £153 Myreside, Texel: £137 Myreside, £134 Berryhill, £132 Corbie, £123 (2)Huntington, £121 Corsbie, £119 Huntington, Gardiner Place, Newton Grange (C.Marshall), £118 Threepwood, £117 Greenhead, Reston; Bluefaced Leicester: £131 Threepwood (D.Sandilands);  Greyfaced: £116 Greenhead, Reston, £103 Lauder Barns, £99 Burncastle, £97 Berryhill, Crailing Nook; Half Bred: £120 Blackhill, Coldingham, £115 Oxmuir; Lleyn: £111, £109 Over Langshaw; Easycare: £109 Windshiel; Cheviot: £103 Dryden, £95 Stobshiel Mains, £85 Adderstonshiels (2), Synton Parkhead, £85 Adderstonshiels; Blackface: £80, £69 Burncastle, £69 Longcroft, £60 Holylee; Swaledale: £54 Broomilees, Shetland: £31 Muirfield

RAMS

Suffolk: £145 Pogbie, £125 Middlestead, Texel: £162, £119 Threepwood, Beltex: £99 Threepwood; Easycare: £97 Windshiel, Blackface: £81 Meigle