St Boswells Primestock Sale

79 Clean Cattle, 65 Cast Cows, 1247 Prime Lambs and 478 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (26) averaged 269p per kg and sold to 296p

Heifers (52) averaged 288p per kg and sold to 324p

Young Bulls (1) sold to 188p

Cast Cows (63) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 237p Top price £1964

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 168p and sold to 193p Top price £2115

Lambs (1247) averaged 246.13p per kilo (n/c on the week), £106.74 per head and sold to £164 for  Beltex Lambs

Top price 309.1p per kg for a Beltex Lamb

Cast Sheep (478) averaged £68.32, and sold to £157 for a Texel Tup

Heavy Ewes averaged £118, light ewes sold to £91 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £68

PRIME CATTLE-

Quality dearer.  Plainer cattle still as dear.

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £1952.16, £1927.20, Penston £1915.52, Greenknowe £1864.72, Nether Falla £1844.28, Whitrighill £1829.28, Penston £1815.40

Bullocks per kilo: Whitrighill 296p, 294p(2) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Learielaw 294p, Penston , Learielaw 292p, Penston 290p

Heifers per head: Upper Nisbet £1965.64, Learielaw £1959.20, Standhill, Learielaw £1928.64, Bee Edge £1892.16, £1891.16, £1860, Whitsome West Newton £1858.32, Bee Edge £1858.08, Penston £1840.04

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 324p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 322p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Penston 320p, Lennoxlove 318p Forsyth of Peebles, Bee Edge 316p (2), Upper Nisbet, Penston 314p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge, Learielaw 310p,

Young Bulls: Nether Falla £1259 (188p)

CAST COWS-

Good show – extreme rates

Cast Cows per head:

Aberdeen Angus: Corsbie £1747.24, £1726.10, £1701.54; Stabilizer: Venchen £1577.34; Limousin: Headshaw, Lauder £1964.82, Greenknowe £1355.84, Bonjedward £1306.50; Beef Shorthorn: Standhill £1398.60; Simmental: Rumbleton £1749.56, £1720.66, Corsbie £1729.74, Headshaw, Lauder £1644.22, £1616.26, Haltree £1606.32; Saler: Nether Falla £1113; British Blue: Headshaw, Lauder £1677.60, Greenknowe £1559.46; Charolais: Nether Falla £1397.32

Cast Cows per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: Corsbie 217p, 209p, 207p, Lamberton, Venchen 207p, Corsbie, Bonjedward 205p, Lamberton 203p; Stabilizer: Venchen 207p, Limousin: Headshaw, Lauder 229p, Greenknowe 223p, 205p, Bonjedward 201p, Luing: Hawksnest 173p, Beef Shorthorn: Standhill 189p; Simmental: Rumbleton, Headshaw, Lauder 229p, Rumbleton, Corsbie 227p, Corsbie 213p(2), Headshaw, Lauder 211p, Haltree 207p, Kirklands, A 203p; British Blue: Greenknowe 237p, 217p, Headshaw, Lauder 233p

Cast Bulls: Limousin:  Upper Nisbet £2115.28 (193p); Wooplaw £1208.34(137p)

PRIME LAMBS: 

Maintained last weeks trade

Lambs per head –

Beltex: £164, £149, £147 (2), £137, £136 (2) Crookston, £134 Faughhill, Texel: £149 Corsbie, £146 Hermiston, £145 Symington Mains, £144 Chesters Brae, £143 Threepwood, Faughhill (2), £142 Corsbie, Suffolk: £146 Symington Mains, £145 Blackburn, Lauder, Threepwood, £141, £138, £135 Symington Mains (2), £135 Corsbie, £132 Chesters Brae (2); Bluefaced Leicester: £145 Corsbie Cottages (P.W Hedley); Cheviot: £140 Threeburnford (2); £122 Symington Mains (2); Cheviot Mule: £115 Wester Middleton, £110 Middlethird, £108 Wester Uston; Greyfaced: £114.50, £94.50 Burncastle; Half Bred: £105 Bonjedward; Hampshire: £105 Branxholm Braes; Blackface: £90, £80 Holylee

Lambs per kilo –

Beltex: 309.1p, 306.3p, 302.2p, 297.8p, 297.6p, 292.2p Crookston;Texel: 297.9p Faughhill, 281.4p Wester Ulston, 278p Corsbie, 277.5p Faughhill; Suffolk: 262.9p Symington Mains, 261.5p Broom, 260p Chesters Brae, 259.6p Symington Mains(2), Corsbie, 256.1p Symington Mains; Dorset: 252.6p Cheeklaw Brae; Berrichon: 251.2p, 251.1p Springwood Lodge; Cheviot: 250p Threeburnford, 247.6p Adderstonshiels, 247.5p North Synton, 244p Symington Mains, 240.9p Adderstonshiels, 240.5p Shaws (2); Cheviot Mule: 244.7p, 242.7p Wester Ulston, 244.4p Middlethird, 240p Gospelhall; Vendeen: 241.9p Springwood Lodge; Hampshire: 238.6p Branxholm Braes; Half Bred: 233.3p Bonjedward; Greyfaced: 229p, 227.7p, 227.3p Burncastle; Jacob: 212.1p Justicehall

Messrs Murray, Branxholm Braes kindly donated a lamb today for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation

EWES:

Again a mixed show of Cast Sheep forward. More leaner and weathered sorts about, selling to an improved trade on the week.

Sale top of £157 for a pair of Texel Tups from T.Arres & Son, Dryden Farm.  Ewes topped at £145 for a Suffolk from G.Cockburn, 10 John Collins Cresent, Galashiels

Suffolk: £145, £129 Collins Crescent, Galashiels (G.Cockburn)£135 Thornington, £119 Middlethird, £101 Faughhill; Texel: £127, £109 Middlethird, £105 New Channelkirk; Beltex: £125, £115 Faughhill; Greyfaced: £123 Faughhill, £119 Thornington, £113 Faughhill, £107 Thornington, £105 Blackburn, Lauder, £99 Hollybush, £97 Newhouses;  Bluefaced Leicester: £123 Hollybush; Blue Texel: £121 Standhill;  Zwartble: £115, £111 Faughhill; Lleyn: £107 Baillieknowe; Cheviot Mule:  £101 Lylestane; Cheviot: £91 Adderstonshiels, £87 Cheeklaw, £85 Huntershall, Jacob: £83 Standhill, Blackface: £70 Burncastle, £66 Huntershall; Swaledale: £59 Hollybush; Hebridean: £33 Rhodes Holdings

RAMS:

Texel: £157 Dryden, £151 Ruletownhead, £135 Dryden; Zwartble: £119 Whitlaw Cottage, Blackface: £85 Rawburn, Bluefaced Leicester: £121 Hollybush, Cheviot: £125, £115 , £109 Bedshiel