St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  113 Clean Cattle, 88 Cast Cows,  1677 Prime Hoggs  and 896  Cast Sheep

Bullocks (20) averaged 279p per kg and sold to 300p x 2 

Heifers (92) averaged 287p per kg and sold to 328p 

Young Bulls (1) sold to 224p

Cast Cows (84) averaged 203p per kg and sold to 257p x 2. Top price £2139

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 182p and sold to 189p Top price £2207

Hoggs (1677) averaged 238p per kilo (+8p on the week), £104.14 per head and sold to £155 for  Texel Hoggs

Top price  306p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (896) averaged £82.74, and sold to £152 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £119, light ewes sold to £137 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £75

CLEAN CATTLE-

Met extreme rates with classes keenly bid for.

Bullocks per head: Whitrighill £2059, £1939, Penston £1901.64, Crosshall £1841.12, Penston £1830,Smailholm Mains £1820.88, Penston £1818

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 300p (2), 299p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Crosshall, Penstom 296p, Annstead 292p, Lurdenlaw, Whitrighill 290p

Heifers per head: Savoch £2066.08, Upper Nisbet £2014.20, Savoch £1993.60, Whitrighill £1970.30, Skilmafilly £1958.40, £1938.84, Whitrighill £1922.76, Wester Middleton £1920.60,

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 328p, Savoch 320p, Bee Edge 316p Forsyths of Peebles, Upper Nisbet 314p Forsyths of Peebles, Skilmafilly, Bee Edge 314p, Whitrighill, Lennoxlove, Bee Edge 310p

Young Bulls: Whitrighill £2110.08 (224p)

CAST COWS –

Great demand

Cast Cows per head: Woodhouse £2139.54, South Ord £2103.20, £2066.28, Trows £2033.04, Thirlestane £1949.22, South Ord £1896.12, £1853.10, Woodhouse £1846.44, Cockburn £1834.02, Greenknowe £1829.84

Cast Cows per kilo: Greenknowe, South Ord 257p, Woodhouse 241p, South Ord, Woodhead, Ancrum 239p, Corsbie 237p, Wester Middleton, Woodhouse 235p, Thirlestane, Woodhouse 231p

Cast Bulls per head: Primside £2207.52, Woodhead, Ancrum £1975.32, Wester Middleton £1970.25

Cast Bulls per kilo: Primside 189p, Wester Middleton 185p, Inchkeith, Woodhead, Ancrum 177p

PRIME HOGGS-

Mixed show of hoggs forward.  Strong hoggs and well fleshed hoggs easy sold.

Lighter types harder to sell.  Averaged 238p (43.7kgs) £104.14

Hoggs per head –

Beltex: £155 Wester Ulston, £130 Faughhill, Ruecastle (N.Sanidlands), £122 Wester Ulston, £120 Halidean Mill, Wester Ulston, £117 Home Farm, Cairness, £115 Wester Ulston, Halidean Mill, Faughhill, Home Farm, Cairness; Dorset: £152 Overfield;  Greyfaced: £152, £123 Middlethird; Texel: £148 Skilmafilly, £145 Threepwood, Bonjedward, £144.50 Leithenhope, £143 Headshaw, Lauder. Skilmafilly, £142 Langraw, £141 Woodhouse, Bonjedward, £140 Skilmafilly, £139 Woodhouse (2),  £139, £138(2) Skilmafilly, £138 Headshaw, Lauder, Langraw, £136 Middlethird, £136, £135 West Longridge; Suffolk: £145 Hermiston, £144 Skilmafilly, £140 Headshaw, Lauder, Skilmafilly, £134, £133, £130 Bonjedward, £130 Langraw, £128.50 Bonjedward, £127.50 Threepwood, £126.50 Adderstonshiels, £121 Hermiston; Cheviot: £130 Adderstonshiels (S.Hunter), £115 Adderstonshiels, £111 Faughhill; Cheviot Mule: £107 Wester Ulston; Hampshire: £104 Bridgehaugh Mill

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 306.8p Ruecastle Cottages (N.Sandilands), 280p Redden, 275p Headshaw, Lauder, 272p West Longridge, 271p, 270.6p, 270.5p, 268.8p Skilmafilly, 266.7p West Longridge, Skilmafilly, 266p Bonjedward, 265.4p, 264.8p Skilmafilly, 263p Headshaw, Lauder, 262.7p Threepwood, 260.4p Langraw, 260.2p, 260p Skilmafilly, 260p Middlethird, Woodhouse; Beltex: 302.3p Ruecastle Cottages ( N.Sandilands), 283.7p Wester Ulston, 276.6p Faughhill, 273.8p Halidean Mill, 272.7p Wester Ulston, 272.1p Home Farm, Cairness; 268.2p Headshaw, Lauder. 267.4p Home Farm, Cairness, 266.7p Halidean Mill, 264.4p Wester Ulston; Suffolk: 261.8p Skilmafilly, 261.7p Headshaw, Lauder, 257.7p Bonjedward, 255.6p Threepwood, 254.9p Bonjedward, 254.5p Skilmafilly, 252.6p Headshaw, Lauder, 252p, 247.8p, 246.7p, 246.3p Bonjedward, 245.8p Skilmafilly, 245.2p Threepwood; Cheviot: 244.2p Saughtree, 242.5p Faughhill, 241.9p Adderstonshiels, 241.3p Faughhill; Cheviot Mule: 243.2p Wester Ulston, 241.9p Saughtree, 241.9p Adderstonshiels; Charollais: 239p Broomiebank; Hampshire: 239p Bridgehaugh Mill; Greyfaced: 232.6p Headshaw, Lauder, Middlethird

CAST EWES:

A mixed show of Cast Sheep forward saw a canny trade throughout. All classes similar on the week.

Sale top of £152 for a pair of smart Texels from A.M Connon & Sons, Skilmafilly

Texel: £152 Skilmafilly, £139 Brothershiels, £133 Thornington, Woodhouse, £125 Easter Whitmuir(2), Headshaw, Lauder, £123 Woodhouse, £121 Yarlside; Bluefaced Leicester: £141, £119 Clarilaw; Suffolk: £141 Headshaw, Lauder, £139 Haltree, £133 Headshaw, Lauder, £127 Brothershiels, Symington Mains, £119 Inchkeith, £117 Primside, Symington Mains, Thornington, Headshaw, Lauder, Brothershiels; Cheviot: £137 Headshaw, Lauder, £115 Haltree, £113, £111 (2) Symington Mains, £105 Shaws, £97 Skilmafilly, £95, £93 Ruletownhead, £91 Craighouse;  Aberfield: £123 Over Blainslie Cheviot Mule: £119 Baillieknowe, £111 Yarlside, £109 Bailieknowe, £107 Primside, £105 Thornington; Zwartble: £119 Cakemuir; Greyfaced: £115 Primside, £113 Headshaw, Lauder, Brothershiels, £111 Woodhouse, Thornington, £107 (2) West Lodge South, £105 Hassendean, £103 Home Farm, Cairnhess, Middlethird, £101 Shotton; Dorset: £107 Leithenhope Cottage (P.Wilson);  Lleyn: £103 Ruletownhead, £95 Baillieknowe, Windshiel; Charollais: £99 Rhodes Holding; Blackface: £95 West Lodge South, £91 Raeshaw, £91, £87 Leithenhope Cottage (P.Wilson), £75 Raeshaw (2);  Hebridean: £49, £47 Reedyloch, £35 Westrigg;

CAST RAMS:

Suffolk: £133 Adderstonshiels, £127 Headshaw, Lauder, Adderstonshiels; Beltex: £120 Brothershiels; Cheviot: £119 Adderstonshiels; Lleyn: £109 Over Whitlaw; Dorset: £97 Windshiel; Hebridean: £69 Reedyloch