St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  89 Clean Cattle, 34 Cast Cows, 793  Prime Hoggs  and 602  Cast Sheep

Bullocks (15) averaged 275p per kg and sold to 293p 

Heifers (73) averaged 273p per kg and sold to 320p (2)

Young Bulls (1) sold to 240p (£1862)

Cast Cows (33) averaged 205p per kg and sold to 247p. Top price £2152

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 165p. Top price £1732.50

Hoggs (793) averaged 231.2p per kilo (-4p on the week), £103.59 per head and sold to £174 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 287.5 p per kg for  Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (602) averaged £84.55, and sold to £180 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £111 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £75

CLEAN CATTLE-

Great trade throughout

Bullocks per head: Crosshall £1917.16, Learielaw £1898.64, £1853.28, Crosshall £1816.60, £1810.40

Bullocks per kilo: Crosshall, Learielaw 293p, Crosshall 292p J.A Waters & Sons, Crosshall 287p, Learielaw 286p, Nisbet 282p

Heifers per head: Wester Middleton £1942.56, Learielaw £1903.44, Bee Edge £1901.64, Whitrighill £1889.68, Bee Edge £1869.84, £1841.40, Whitrighill £1836.80, Lennoxlove £1835.68, Learielaw £1834.56, Whitrihill £1834.56

Heifers per kilo: Lennoxlove, Whitrighill 320p, Bee Edge 318p(2) Denholm Meat Supplies, Whitrighill 316p, Penston 314p, Whitrighill 312p, Longnewton, Penston 312p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 310p Briggsys Butchers

Young Bulls: Crookston £1862.40(240p)

CAST COWS –

On Fire!!

Cast Cows per head: Wester Middleton £2152.92, £2033.46, Thirlestane £1849.86, Corsbie £1805.44, £1798.30, Thirlestane £1699.44, Upper Samieston £1686.30, £1585.74, Thirlestane £1584.68, Corsbie £1570.84

Cast Cows per kilo: Upper Samieston 247p, Corsbie 245p, Thirlestane 239p, Wester Middleton, Corsbie 237p, Wester Middleton 233p, Upper Samieston 231p, Thirlestane 229p, Corsbie 227p, Thirlestane 219p

Cast Bulls: Roxburgh Mill £1732.50(165p)

PRIME HOGGS-

Smaller show forward due to weather conditions,  Rate similar.  Average 231.2p (44.8kgs) £103.59

*Cortleferry kindly donated a lamb at £140 to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £174, £165 Rawburn, £160, £153 Crookston, £149 Legars, £149, £145 Crookston, £142 Bonjedward (2); Suffolk: £147 Edrom Mains, £140 Cortleferry, £131 Penston, £126 Middlestead, £124 Edrom Mains, £120 Blackadder Mains; Beltex: £151, £130 Crookston, £125 Twizell, £120, £119 Crookston; Charollais: £120 Berryhill; Hampshire: £113 East Fortune; Blackface: £110 Kirkstead; Cheviot: £106.50 Lylestane, £104.50 Rawburn

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 287.5p Twizell, 275p Greenhead, Reston, 266p Twizell, 260.9p, 260p, 258.7p Crookston, 257.3p Twizell, 253p Greenhead, Reston, Texel: 282p (2) Crookston, 262p Penston, 255p Twizell, 252.3p Broomiebank, 251.9p (2), 251.2p Middlethird, 251p Outerston, 250p Middlethird; Suffolk: 259.3p Cortleferry, 242.3p Middlestead, 240.6p Smailholm Mains, 240p Blackadder Mains, 238.1p Broachrigg, 237.8p, 237.5p Blackadder Mains: Cheviot: 236.1p Broachrigg; Hampshire: 235.4p East Fortune

CAST EWES:

A very mixed show of Cast Sheep forward.  All classes selling to a not dis-similar trade on the week.

* Sale top of £180 for a smart Texel Ewe from Legars Limited, Legars Farm

Texel: £180 Legars, £129 Hyndsidehill, Oxmuir, £127, £125 Penston; Suffolk: £135 Greenhead, Reston, £131 Oxmuir, £130 Greenhead, Reston, £127 Oxmuir, £125 Blegbie, £121 Penston, Bonjedward; Greyfaced: £117 West Longridge, £115, £107 Greenhead, Reston, £107 Falside, £105 West Longridge, £101 The Lee, £99 Penston, Cheviot Mule: £117 , £111 Hyndsidehill, £101 Wester Ulston;  Lleyn: £117 East Fortune, £107 Trabroun, £103 Ruletownhead, £97 East Fortune, £95 Ruletownhead; Half Bred: £113 Blackhill, Coldingham, £111 Oxmuir, £103 Bonjedward, £101 Blackhill, Coldingham; Blackface: £87 West Longridge; Cheviot: £111 Blegbie, £95 Crailinghall Cottages (A.Scott), Ruletownhead, £91 Bonjedward; Swaledale: £59 Broomilees

CAST RAMS:

Texel: £163 Hynsidehill, £143 Philiphaugh, £127 Greenhead, Reston; Bluefaced Leicester: £143 Philiphaugh; Cheviot: £117 Lylestane, £97 Rawburn, Birneyknowe; Lleyn: £111 East Fortune; Blackface: £97 Kirkstead