St Boswells Sale of Store Cattle & Sheep

STORE CATTLE

Great show of cattle forward with all classes meeting great demand.

Top of the day went to Messrs Grieve, Helmburn with a tremendous Limousin.x Bullock at £1680.

Top pence per kilo went to Messrs Rennie, Sydenham with a flashy Limousin.x Heifer at 350p per kilo

Bullocks per head:

Aberdeen Angus: £1505, £1500 (2) £1410 Nisbet Mill, £1350 Stirches Mains, £1260 Drinkstone, Stirches Mains; Limousin: £1680 Helmburn, £1660 Burnhead, Peebles, £1590 Helmburn, £1510, £1410, £1400  Lee Farm; Simmental: £1475, £1280 Stirches Mains, £1200 Greenhead, Selkirk; Saler: £1210 Nisbet Mill; British Blue: £1490, £1250, £1230 Burnhead, Peebles; Charolais: £1240 Hassendean

Bullocks per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: 300p, 297p, 295.1p, 294.1p Nisbet Mill, 280p Drinkstone; Limousin: 315.8p Lee Farm, 314.7p Greenhead, Selkirk, 313.9p Sydenham, 306.5p, 305.6p Lee Farm, 302.8p Greenhead, Selkirk, 302p, 301p Lee Farm; Simmental: 292.7p, 289.2p Greenhead, Selkirk, 281p Stirches Mains; Saler: 268.9p Nisbet Mill; British Blue: 283.8p, 274.7p Burnhead, Peebles; Charolais: 275.6p Hassendean

Bullocks averaged 282.79p per kilo

Heifers per head:

Aberdeen Angus: £1550, £1325 Nisbet Mill, £1240 Monklaw, £1180 Nisbet Mill; Limousin:  £1460 Burnhead, Peebles, £1455 Helmburn, £1450 Lee Farm, £1380, £1330 Helmburn, £1320 Greenhead, Selkirk; British Blue: £1410, £1400, £1380, £1360 Burnhead, Peebles

Heifers per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: 276p, 268.2p, 267.2p, 265.8p Nisbet Mill; Limousin: 350p Sydenham, 310.4p, 308.5p, 295.3p Lee Farm, 293.6p Helmburn; British Blue: 296.1p, 291.7p, 290.5p Burnhead, Peebles,

Heifers averaged 270.69p per kilo

STORE LAMBS

Mixed show forward.  All classes easily sold

Texel: £105.50 Town O’Rule, £104 Treaty Park, £95, £93 Town O’Rule, £87.50 Venchen, £80 Town O’Rule; Suffolk: £74.50 Venchen; North Country Cheviot: £67 Shaws