St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 110  Clean Cattle, 109 Cast Cows, 1303  Prime Hoggs  and 917  Cast Sheep

Bullocks (25) averaged 269p per kg and sold to 302p 

Heifers (85) averaged 278p per kg and sold to 316p

Cast Cows (107) averaged 199p per kg and sold to 269p. Top price £2114

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 169p and sold to 175p.Top price £2016

Hoggs (1303) averaged 235.6p per kilo (-10p on the week), £105.80 per head and sold to £150 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 300p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (917) averaged £94.87, and sold to £163 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £128, light ewes sold to £125 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £78

CLEAN CATTLE-

Good trade throughout.  Buyers more selective with quality at a premium

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £1948.92, Skilmafilly £1912.32, Learielaw £1833.28, Penston £1757.64, Nether Falla £1742, East Loanend £1763.64, £1700.16

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 302p, Learielaw 298p, Skilmafilly 288p, Humbie Mill 282p, 280p

Heifers per head: Learilaw £1908.64, Longnewton £1895.04 Whitrighill £1890.80, Learielaw £1884.48, Bee Edge £1871.44, Skilmafilly £1870.72, Longnewton £1866.48, Skilmafilly £1860, Bee Edge £1853.80, Mosstower £1850.20

Heifers per kilo: Skilmafilly 316p, Bee Edge 314p, Upper Nisbet, Penston 312p, Skilmafilly, Bee Edge(2) 310p, Longnewton 308p, 306p, Lennoxlove 306p

CAST COWS –

Cracker of a trade.

Cast Cows per head: Whitrighill £2114.64, £2114.34, Oldcastles £2091, Headshaw, Lauder £1967.94, Mosstower £1961.18, Kersknowe £1949.94, Mosstower £1873.22, Oldcastles £1865.24, £1861.40, Mosstower £1861.38

Cast Cows per kilo: Whitrighill 269p, 267p, Headshaw, Lauder 261p, Whitrighill 259p, Oldcastles 255p, 247p, Mosstower, Headshaw, Lauder 247p, Corsbie, Mosstower 243p

Cast Bulls:  Wolfstar £2016 (175p), Adderstonshiels £2011.42(163p)

PRIME HOGGS-

Similar show of Hoggs forward with returns slightly less.  Average 235.6p (44.9kgs) £105.80

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £150 Crookston, Philiphaugh, £145 Symington Mains, £143.50 Skilmafilly, £143 Philiphaugh, £140 Crookston,  £140.50, £140, £139, £138, £137.50, £135, £133.50, £133, £131.50 Skilmafilly, £135 Symington Mains, £130 Philiphaugh, £126.50, £125.50(2) Symington Mains; Beltex: £146, £140, £133(2) Crookston, £132 Wester Ulston, £130(3), £120 Crookston(2), Wester Ulston; Suffolk: £143 Woodhouse, £135 Hermiston, £129 Saughtree, £128 Woodhouse, £127 Symington Mains, £125.50 Pogbie, £123 Adderstonshiels, £122 Symington Mains; Cheviot: £132, £112(2) Symington Mains, £110 Adderstonshiels; Greyfaced: £131 Crookston; Charollais: £112 Berryhill

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 300p Wester Ulston, 277.8p, 276.3p Threeburnford, 275.9p, 270.6p Wester Ulston, 269.2p Threeburnford, 267.4p Wester Ulston, 266.7p Butterdean, Wester Ulston, 261.4p Heriotsfield (A.Halliday); Texel: 281.8p Threepwood, 264.4p, 261.8p Skilmafilly, 261.2p Threepwood, 259.3p, 257.8p, 256.5p, 255.8p, 255.5p, 255.3p Skilmafilly, 255.8p Woodhouse, 253.7p Philiphaugh, 250p Threepwood, 248.9p Hermiston, 248.2p Skilmafilly; Cheviot Mule: 243p Philiphaugh; Suffolk: 242.9p Philiphaugh, Kittyfield, 240.5p Cortleferry, Broomilees, Symington Mains, Lanton Crag; Charollais: 246.2p Springwood Lodge, Cheviot: 237.2p Saughtree; Greyfaced: 230.2p Berryhill

CAST EWES:

A powerful show of Cast Sheep forward sold to a fast trade throughout.

* Sale top of £163 for a Texel Ewe from Wester Ulston Sheep.  Tups topped at £155 for a Bluefaced Leicester from Burncastle Farming, Burncastle.

Texel: £163 Wester Ulston, £157 Corsbie, Wester Ulston, £151 Philiphaugh, Corsbie, £150 Wester Ulston, £147 Butterdean, £141 Northfield St Abbs, Butterdean, Broadlaw; Suffolk: £143 Marvingston, £141 Corsbie, £137, £127 Ruecastle Cottages (W.N Sandilands), £133 Greenriggs, Butterdean, £127 Marvingston, Thornington, Hampshire: £143 East Fortune; Beltex: £127 Broadlaw, £123 Ruecastle; Blue Texel: £127 Boggs Holdings (E.Main); Zwartble: £125 St Clements Wells; Cheviot: £125, £119, £117 Philiphaugh, £113 Middlethird, £105 Philiphaugh (J.Cowens), £101 Bowershields, £91 North Synton, Shaws;  Border Leicester: £123 Shepherds Cottage (J.Lamb); Half Bred: £123 Blackburn Mill, £115, £109 Marvingston; Bluefaced Leicester: £113 Middlethird; Greyfaced: £111 Falside, Thornington, £107 Corsbie, £105 Kittyfield, £103 Whitsome West Newton, Butterdean, Cheviot Mule: £107, £105 Philiphaugh, £101 Middlethird, £97 Philiphaugh; Easycare: £99 Girrick;  Jacob:  £73 Kirkhope Steading (J.Elliot)

CAST RAMS:

Bluefaced Leicester: £155 Burncastle, £131 Wedderlie; Texel: £151 Wester Ulston, £140 Wedderlie, £137 Hermiston, £121 Wester Ulston, Beltex: £127 Ruecastle (W.N Sandilands), £107 Wedderlie, Cheviot: £119 Borthwickshiels, Philiphaugh, £109 Wedderlie; Lleyn: £113 St Clements Wells; Blackface: £101 Elmscleugh, £97 Borthwickshiels; Easycare: £103 Hillhouse, £91 Girrick, Keryhill: £89 Borthwickshiels