St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 115 Clean Cattle, 54 Cast Cows, 2036 Prime Lambs and 434 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (27) averaged 270p per kg and sold to 310p

Heifers (86) averaged 290p per kg and sold to 328p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 177p and sold to 198p

Cast Cows (53) averaged 191p per kg and sold to 228p Top price £1939

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 129p Top price £1096

Lambs (2036) averaged 251p per kilo (+6 on the week), £109.20 per head and sold to £162 (2) for Texel Lambs

Top price 294p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (434) averaged £86.52, and sold to £190 for Suffolk Tups

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £137 for Cheviot Ewes , and averaged £72

PRIME CATTLE-

Easily sold with quality meeting a great trade

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £1970.96, Learielaw £1968.96, £1958.80, Bee Edge £1902.40, Learielaw £1893, Upper Nisbet £1878.44, £1800

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 310p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Upper Nisbet 302p, 300p, Learielaw 295p, 293p, Lurdenlaw 290p J.A Waters & Sons, Bee Edge 290p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Heifers per head: Bee Edge £1922.08, Mains of Techmuiry £1921.92, Penston £1912.32, Learielaw £1908.20, Longnewton £1903.40, £1901.64, Mains of Techmuiry £1896.55, Mosstower £1896, Bee Edge £1888.92, £1871.44

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 328p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Whitrighill, Lennoxlove 320p,  Bee Edge, Longnewton 318p, Mosstower 316p, Mains of Techmuiry (2), Bee Edge 314p, Bee Edge 312p

Young Bulls: Bemersyde £1401.60(198p)

CAST COWS-

Nice trade throughout

Cast Cows per head:

Thorneydykes £1939.30, £1932.48, Wester Middleton £1917, £1858.50, Humebyres £1855.92, Middlethird £1840.80, Mosstower £1794.52, Symington Mains £1768.14, Burnhouse Mains £1708.26

Cast Cows per kilo:

Humebyres 228p, Mosstower, Wester Middleton 225p (2), Mosstower 221p, 220p, Humebyres 219p, Thorneydykes 215p, Burnhouse Mains 213p

Cast Bulls: Lennoxlove £1096.50 (129p)

PRIME LAMBS: 

Weight & flesh very easily sold

Lambs per head –

Texel: £162 Huntington, Philiphaugh, £157 Huntington, £154 Belmont, £153 Philiphaugh, £152 Greenhead, Reston, Bonjedward, £150 Corsbie, The Lee; Hampshire: £153 Bridgehaugh Mill; Suffolk: £153 Corsbie, £151 Willowford, £150 Haltree, Langraw, Headshaw, Lauder; Cheviot: £149 Haltree (My Name’5 Doddie), £145, £131 Adderstonshiels, £138 Adderstonshiels (S.Hunter), £130 Philiphaugh;  Beltex: £144 Wester Ulston, The Lee, £140 Wester Ulston, £137 The Lee, £136 Faughhill, £135 Threeburnford, £132 Wester Ulston, Lylestane, £131 Threepwood, £130 Heriotsfield; Cheviot Mule: £139 Adderstonshiels, £116 Blegbie, £115 Wester Ulston, £114 Adderstonshiels, £111 Sundhope; Greyfaced: £129, £124 The Lee, £122 Headshaw, Lauder; Half Bred: £125.50 Headshaw, Lauder, £121 Bonjedward; Blackface: £122, £106.50  Headshaw, Lauder, £105 Stoneypath, Easycare: £111 Hillhouse, £110, £107 East Mains, Lauder, £104 Hillhouse (2);  Zwartble: £106 Lauder Barns

Lambs per kilo –

Beltex: 293.9p Wester Ulston, 291.1p Threepwood, 288.9p Heriotsfield, 288.9p (2)Wester Ulston, 286.4p Halidean Mill, 285.7p, 280.9p Wester Ulston, 280p Lylestane;  Texel: 287.5p Greenhead, Reston, 284.4p Huntington, 282.1p Hermiston, 280.4p Huntington, 280p Corsbie; 278.8p Willowford, 278p Corsbie; Suffolk: 277.8p Headshaw, Lauder, 276.9p Corsbie, 275p Headshaw, Lauder, 270p Wester Ulston; Cheviot Mule: 261.4p Wester Ulston, 247.7p Philiphaugh, 241.7p Blegbie; 241.3p Sundhope; Cheviot: 259.3p Lylestane, 258p, 256.9p Adderstonshiels, 255p Threeburnford; 254.2p Haltree; Half Bred: 251p Headshaw, Lauder; Hampshire: 251.1p 246.8p Bridgehaugh Mill; Greyfaced: 249p Headshaw, Lauder, 240p Stoneypath, 238.5p The Lee, 238.2p Tollishill; Easycare: 247.6p, 244.7p, 243.6p, 241.3p Hillhouse; Blackface: 242p Headshaw, Lauder Lleyn: 238.8p Trabroun

Messrs Helm, Haltree kindly donated a lamb today for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation

EWES:

Solid trade from start to finish for all classes.  Many more could have been sold to Vendors advantage.

Sale top of £190 for a powerful Suffolk from James Anderson & Son, Headshaw Farm, Lauder.  Ewes topped at £161 for a pair of Suffolk Ewes from A.W & B.T Taylor, Belmont Farm

A very special mention goes to G.Davies & Partners, North Synton for the kind donation of two Cheviot Tups to the My Name’s Doddie Foundation which achieved £145 a head

Suffolk: £161 Belmont, £139 Faughhill, £129 Bonjedward, £127 Huntington, £117 West Longridge; £111 Lauder Barns, Bluefaced Leicester: £153, £143 Hartside,£143 Howden, £141 Hartside, £133 Howden, £127 Hartside; Texel: £143, £141 Greenburn, Eyemouth, £139 Belmont, The Lee, £137 Belmont, £135 North Synton, Lauder Barns(2), £131, £129 Duke Street, Hawick; Cheviot: £137, £127, £123, £119 (2), £117 Nisbet Mill, £117 Newmains, North Berwick, £115 Nisbet Mill, £109 Bonjedward; Cheviot Mule: £127 Blegbie, Greenburn, Eyemouth;  Zwartble: £127, £85 Pond House, Cavers; Greyfaced: £115 Lauder Barns, £111 Nisbet Mill, £95 North Synton,  Lleyn: £115 East Mains, Lauder;  Jacob: £77 Howden, Jedburgh, Easycare: £93, £71 East Mains, Lauder;  Blackface: £75 Tollishill, £63 The Lee, £61 Clarilaw Muir;

RAMS:

Texel: £187 Easter Whitmuir, £167, £157 (2) Huntington; Suffolk: £190, £189 Headshaw, Lauder, £147, £141 Brotherstone;  Cheviot: £145 North Synton (My Name’5 Doddie);  Blackface: £105 Hartside; Easycare: £95, £91 Hillhouse