St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  136 Clean Cattle, 96 Cast Cows, 2155 Prime Lambs and 753 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (42) averaged 266p per kg and sold to 300p (x 3)

Heifers (92) averaged 272p per kg and sold to 330p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 181p per kg and sold to 182p

Cast Cows (94) averaged 185p per kg and sold to 265p Top price £2321

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 154p and sold to 167p Top price £1887

Lambs (2155) averaged 247p per kilo (-3p on the week), £110 per head and sold to £210 for Beltex  Lambs

Top price 466p per kg for a  Beltex Lamb

Cast Sheep (753) averaged £73.76, and sold to £237 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £116, light ewes sold to £120 for Cheviots, and averaged £68

PRIME CATTLE-

Good show of cattle with all types keenly bid for.

Bullocks per head: Penston £1899.04, Bee Edge £1896, Penston £1878, Whitrighill £1816.32, Lurdenlaw £1784.64, Whitrighill £1782, £1770.96, Netherurd £1734.60

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 300p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston, Whitrighill 300p, Netherurd 294p, Meikle Harelaw 294p, 290p

Heifers per head: Whitrighill £2026.08, Bee Edge £1954.88, Penston £1923.24, Bee Edge £1908.64, Greenknowe £1893.36, Penston £1880.48, Bee Edge £1878.60, Lurdenlaw £1829.28, Bee Edge £1821.60, Greenknowe £1812

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 330p, 320p Forsyths of Peebles, 328p Denholm Meat Supplies, Lennoxlove 320p, Bee Edge 316p, 310p, 308p, Penston 310p, Greenknowe 306p (2)

Young Bulls: Bemersyde £1539.72(182p), Bemersyde 181p

CAST COWS-

Cracking Christmas Show of Cows. 

Show Championship went to Messrs Wight, Whitrighill at 265p (£2321.40)

Cast Cows per head:

Aberdeen Angus: Brothershiels £1697.40, Blinkbonny £1627.22, Threeburnford £1578.28, Rumbleton £1560.78, £1485.54, £1445.70, Blackburn Mill £1417.46; Shorthorn: Whitrighill £1818.30; Galloway: Ramsaycleugh £927.50; Hereford: Burnhouse Mains £1638.12, Lamberton (M.Budge) £1557.70, Burnhouse Mains £1508.80, £1489.64, £1395, £1317.90; Limousin: Whitrighill £2321.40, Wester Middleton £2193.74, £1897.72, £1813.32, Brothershiels £1803.10, Huntington £1777.50, £1720.20; Luing: Philiphaugh £1430.58, £1251.90; Beef Shorthorn: Bow £1814.12, Whitrighill £1473.56, Bow £1317.20, Faughhill £1215.76, £1200.62; Simmental:  Graden £1607.16, £1505.98, £1485.96, £1472.60, Blackburn Mill £1451.36, Graden £1430.90, £1404.76; Blonde: Prora £1004.88; Charolais: Kersknowe £2136.86, £1956.74

Cast Cows per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: Rumbleton, Brothershiels 207p, Upper Samieston 199p, Blinkbonny 197p, Shorthorn: Whitrighill 209p, Galloway: Ramsaycleugh 175p; Hereford: Burnhouse Mains 225p, 223p, 205p; Limousin: Whitrighill 265p, Wester Middleton 251p, Brothershiels 247p, Huntington 237p, 235p, Wester Middleton 227p, 219p, Luing: Philiphaugh 211p, 195p; Beef Shorthorn: Bow 209p, 185p, Whitrighill 197p; Simmental: Graden 227p, 217p, Philiphaugh 213p, Graden 205p, 203p (2), Mossilee 201p; British Blue: Blackburn Mill 159p,; Charolais: Kersknowe 247p, 227p

Cast Bulls: Charolais: £1887.10 (167p) Brothershiels

PRIME LAMBS: 

Christmas Show and Sale of Prime Lambs- fantastic show of 80 pairs of lambs presented infront of the Judge Mr Ben Gray, Harrogate

The Champion pen was awarded to the first prize pen of Beltex Lambs from Mr R.Coney, Glenogle, Westruther.  The outstanding pair weighed 45kgs and sold to £210 to J.M Quality Meats, St Boswells, purchased by Mr Ryan Briggs

Reserve prize was awarded to Messrs Gray, Sunnycroft selling to the judge, Mr Ben Gray, for a pair of Texel.x Lambs at 50kgs £180

This year’s show was kindly sponsored by Tarff Valley

A bottle of ‘Glamis Castle’ Whiskey was auctioned for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. £140 was reached and was purchased by Mr Ryan Briggs, Briggsys Butchers, Jedburgh

Also donated to the Doddie Foundation was a lamb from Messrs Hunter, Broachrigg bought by local butchers J.A Waters & Sons, Selkirk for £170

Prize Winners –

Class 1 – Best Pair of Suffolk Cross Lambs

1^st           Sunnycroft                                          54kgs                     £152       Mr B.Gray

2^nd          Headshaw, L                                       58kgs                     £154       Mr B.Gray

3^rd           Sunnycroft                                          56kgs                     £149       A.Donald, Uddingston

Class 2 – Best Pair of Texel Cross Lambs

1^st           Sunnycroft                                          50 kgs                   £180       Mr B.Gray                                           RESERVE CHAMPION

2^nd          Wester Middleton                           46 ½ kgs               £127       Mr B.Gray

3^rd           Leaston                                                 53 kgs                   £142       Mr B.Gray          

Class 3 – Best Pair of Beltex Cross Lambs

1^st           Glenogle                                              45kgs                     £210       J.M Quality Meats, St Boswells   CHAMPION       

2^nd          Crookston                                           48kgs                     £144       J.Saunderson Ltd, Edinburgh

3^rd           Horsley Hill                                          49 kgs                   £144       Mr B.Gray          

Class 4 – Best Pair of Cheviot Lambs

1^st           Crookston                                           44 kgs                   £114      Mr B.Gray          

2^nd          Wester Middleton                           44 kgs                   £108       Mr R.Wilson      

3^rd           North Synton                                     49 kgs                   £119      Mr D.Bell

Class 5 – Best Pair of Blackface Lambs

1^st           Crookston                                           45 kgs                   £112       Mr B.Gray

2^nd          Crookston                                           37kgs                     £  89       Mr D.Bell

Class 6 – Best Pair of Native Bred Cross Lambs

1^st           Bridgehaugh Mill                              51kgs                     £134       Mr B.Gray

2^nd          Blegbie                                                 50kgs                     £126       Worsley Wholesale Butchers

3^rd           Crookston                                           39kgs                     £  95       Mr B.Gray

Class 7 – Best Pair of Young Farmer Lambs

1^st           Wester Middleton

(Ben McSporran)                              47kgs                     £134       Mr B.Gray

2^nd          Huntington (Ewan Runciman)     47kgs                     £138       Mr B.Gray

3^rd           Headshaw, L (Adam Anderson)  49kgs                     £142       Mr B.Gray

Bigger show forward.  Returns similar.  Average 247p (44.5kgs) £110

Lambs per head –

Beltex: £210 Glenogle, £170 Broachrigg(My Name’5 Doddie), £149 Threepwood, £144 Horsley Hill, Crookston, Horsley Hill, Greenhead, R, Craigsford Mains, £143 Crookston, Huntington, £138 Wauchope, Hermiston(J.Forster), £137 Wauchope (2), Craigsford Mains, Leaston, £136 Faughhill, Texel: £180, £160 (2) Sunnycroft, £159 North Synton, £148 Blackadder Mains, £145 Symington Mains, £142 Leaston, Headshaw, L(A.Anderson), Threepwood, £141 Thornington, £140 Brothershiels, £140 Blackadder Mains, Greenhead, R, £139 Leaston, Wester Ulston, Symington Mains, Woodhouse, £138 Huntington, Craigsford Mains, Woodhouse; Suffolk:  £154 Headshaw, L, £152 , £149 Sunnycroft, £144 Corsbie, £142.50 Headshaw, L, £141 Thornington, £140 Blegbie, £137.50 Headshaw, L, £137 Symington Mains, £136 Broomilees, £135.50 Corsbie, £133 Blegbie, £132 Corsbie, £130 Haltree, Bluefaced Leicester: £139 Philiphhaugh; Hampshire: £134 Bridgehaughmill, Blue Texel: £127 The Burrows; Cheviot Muile: £126, £119, £112.50 Blegbie; Cheviot: £121 Craighouse, £119, £118.50 , £118 North Synton, £118 Blegbie; Greyfaced: £120 Broomilees, £112.50 Tollishill; Half Bred: £115 Headshaw, L; Blackface: £112 Crookston

Lambs per kilo –

Beltex: 466.7p Glenogle, 340p Broachrigg (My Name’5 Doddie), 318.6p (2)Wauhope, 317.8p Crookston, 311.6p Ruecastle, 306.7p Wauchope, 304.3p Huntington, 302.3p (2) Crookston, 300p Wester Ulston, Crookston (2), Craighouse, Hermiston (J.Forster), Texel: 360p Sunnycroft, 321.2p Oxmuir, 293.6p Huntington, 290.9p Sunnycroft, 289.8p Headshaw, L (Adam Anderson), 289.4p Huntington, 285.1p The Burrows, 284.8p Faughhill, 277.6p Threepwood, 276.8p Lauder Barns, 275.9p Sunnycroft, 273.1p Wester Middleton, 272.5p Wester Ulston, 271.7p Threepwood, 271p Crumhaughhill, 270.8p Corsbie, 270.6p Headshaw, L, 270p Crumhaughhill, Suffolk: 281.5p, 266.1p Sunnycroft, 265.5p Headshaw, L, 261.8p Corsbie, 260.4p Threepwood, 259.4p Headshaw, L, 256.5p Mossilee, Hampshire: 262.7p Bridgehaugh Mill; Dutch Texel: 261.9p Dunorran (B.Paxton); Cheviot: 259.1p Crookston, 250p Broachrigg, Lylestane, Brotherstone; Charollais: 258.5p Broomiebank, 250p Berryhill; Blue Texel: 254p The Burrows; Cheviot Mule: 252p Blegbie, 250p Gospelhall; Dutch Spotted: 250p Ladylands; Blackface: 248.9p Crookston; Greyfaced: 243.6p Crookston

EWES:

A very mixed show of Cast Sheep forward albeit selling to the same sound trade of late.  Well fleshed larger types sold to a premium

Sale peak of £237 for a fantastic Texel Ewe from James Anderson, Headshaw, Lauder

Texel: £237 Headshaw, L, £149 Currie Inn, £133 Venchen, £123 Brotherstone, £122 Hermiston, £121 K J S Farming, £120 Harelawside, Suffolk: £160 Oxmuir, £136 Hermiston, £127 Boggs Holdings (E.Main), £117 Venchen, Harelawside, Half Bred: £126 Smailholm Mains, Cheviot: £120, £118 Philiphaugh, £101 Stagehall, Bowershields, £98 Saughtree, £97, £96 Bowershields, Beltex: £113 Craighouse; Greyfaced: £110 Helmburn, £98 Harelawside, £95 Hermiston; Cheviot Mule: £101 Lylestane, Dorset: £96 The Granary, Duns; Blackface: £91, £81 Huntershall, £77, £75 Burncastle

RAMS:

Zwartble: £121 Faughhill, Lleyn: £111 Boggs Holdings, Bluefaced Leicester: £109 Philiphaugh; Beltex: £105 Philiphaugh