St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  97 Clean Cattle, 60 Cast Cows,  815 Prime Hoggs  and 511 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (13) averaged 273p per kg and sold to 298p  

Heifers (84) averaged 279p per kg and sold to 326p (2)

Cast Cows (60) averaged 188p per kg and sold to 249p Top price £1691

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 170p and sold to 171p Top price £2007

Hoggs (815) averaged 246p per kilo (+3p on the week), £107.50 per head and sold to £146 for   Suffolk.x Hoggs

Top price 300p per kg for a Beltex

Cast Sheep (511) averaged £90.22, and sold to £177 for a Bluefaced Leicester Tup

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £111 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £71

CLEAN CATTLE-

Quality show with a trade to match

Bullocks per head: Penston £1943.20, Crosshall £1865.48, £1769, Smailholm Mains £1718.36, Wester Ulston £1675.80, Nisbet £1646.88, Humbie Mill £1613.12

Bullocks per kilo: Crosshall 298p, 290p J.A Waters & Sons, Humbie Mill 288p. 284p (2), Nisbet 282p, Penston 280p

Heifers per head: Upper Niset £1997.12, £1934.40, Longnewton £1913.16, £1908.20, Lennoxlove £1896, £1884.96, Bee Edge £1884.80, £1858.08, Upper Nisbet £1860, Longnewton £1852.96

Heifers per kilo: Whitrighill 326p (2), Bee Edge 318p (2), Upper Nisbet, Bee Edge (2), 316p, Upper Nisbet(2), Bee Edge 310p

CAST COWS –

Solid Trade

Cast Cows per head: Rumbleton £1691.58, Huntington £1667.62, Corsbie £1663.64, £1636.18, Sunnycroft £1636.18, Corsbie £1633.74, £1623.28, £1609.30

Cast Cows per kilo: Rumbleton 249p, Upper Samieston 247p, 233p, Rumbleton 233p, Upper Samieston 225p, Crookston 223p, Corsbie 219p, Burnhouse Mains 213p (2)

Cast Bulls:  Laidlawstiel £2007.54(171p), Wantonwalls 169p

PRIME HOGGS-

Less numbers forward, trade similar on the week.  Average 246p (43.7kgs) £107

Hoggs per head –

Suffolk: £146 Cortleferry, £139, £135, £133.50 Rugley, £130.50 Corsbie, £128 Haltree, £123 Cortleferry, Rugley (2), £121 Haltree, £120 Rugley, Texel: £143 Rugley, £141 Haltree, £140 Craigsford Mains, £136 Threepwood, £133.50 Cortleferry, £133 Traprain, £132 Rugley, £131.50 Leaston, £129 Lylestane, Corsbie, £128 Threepwood, £127.50 Fountainhall, £127 Leaston, £126.50 Corsbie, Traprain; Beltex: £136 Faughhill, £130 Fountainhall, £120 Faughhill, Traprain (2), £112, £110 Faughhill, £110 Huntington, Faughhill(2)Hampshire: £131, £129, £124.50, £124, £121 St Clements Wells, Cheviot: £112.50 Haltree; Greyfaced: £112 Rugley

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 300p Faughhill, 276.6p Fountainhall, 273.7p Lylestane, 272.7p Traprain, 271.4p Huntington, 268.3p Faughhill(2), Huntington, 266.7p Traprain, Faughhill, 263.2p Traprain; Texel: 290.9p Threepwood, 280p Craigsford Mains, 279.8p Leaston, 266.7p Over Blainslie (My Name’5 Doddie Foundation), 265.1p Threepwood, 264.6p, 264.3p Leaston, 263.5p Corsbie, 260.5p Threepwood, 260.4p Rugley, Leaston, 260.2p Blackadder Mains, 259.6p Threepwood, 257.8p Leaston, 256.4p Haltree, 256.4p Huntington, 256.3p, 255.9, 255.4p Corsbie, 255p Fountainhall; Suffolk: 251.9p Rugley, 251p Corsbie, 250p Rugley, Traprain (2), 247.8p Haltree, Corsbie; Charollais: 250p Berryhill; Hampshire: 249p, 248p St Clements Way; Cheviot: 246.5p Haltree,

Over Blainslie kindly donated a lamb to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

CAST EWES:

Cast Sheep kicked off 2023 with a buoyant trade for all classes.

Sale top of £177 for a monstrous Bluefaced Leicester Tup from W.H Sharp & Son, Newbigging Walls

A special mention for the kind donation of a Cheviot bred Ewe from Over Blainslie Farm, per Ian MacDougal to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation which achieved £75

Texel: £161 Huntington, £151 Aikeyside, £141 Whitsome West Newton, £139 Huntington, £129 Whitsome West Newton, £127 Buxley, £125 Hermiston, £121 Whitsome West Newton, Aikeyside; Bluefaced Leicester: £147 Newbigging Walls, Hampshire: £129 St Clements Wells; Beltex: £127 Craighouse; Greyfaced: £115 Newbigging Walls, £113 Penston, £105 Hermiston, £103 Berryhill, £101 Whitsome West Newton; Half Bred: £113 Blackburn Mill; Cheviot: £111 Haltree, £109 Stobshiel Mains, £95 Blackburn Mill, Craighouse, Stobshiel Mains; Zwartble: £109 St Clements Wells; Cheviot Mule: £107 Craighouse, £103 Northfield St Abbs

CAST RAMS:

Bluefaced Leicester: £177 Newbigging Walls; Texel: £139 Northfield St Abbs, £131 Hungtinton; Cheviot: £115 Northfield St Abbs; Blackface: £109 Newbigging Walls; Hebridean: £43 Huntington