St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  105 Clean Cattle, 59 Cast Cows, 918  Prime Hoggs  and 517 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (28) averaged 281p per kg and sold to 307p

Heifers (76) averaged 285p per kg and sold to 327p 

Young Bull (1) sold to 268p per kg (£2106)

Cast Cows (57) averaged 202p per kg and sold to 253p. Top price £2145

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 167p and sold to 185p Top price £2079

Hoggs (918) averaged 223p per kilo (-1p on the week), £100 per head and sold to £145 for Beltex Hoggs

Top price 300p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (517) averaged £87.80 and sold to £191 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £119, light ewes sold to £91 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £72

CLEAN CATTLE

Marginally sharper on the week.

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £1992, Whitrighill £1948.56, Penston £1946.38,  Smailholm Mains £1897.44, Bee Edge £1884.48, Longnewton £1852.60

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 307p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 302p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 300p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 298p, Dunslaw, Longnewton 295p

Heifers per head: Upper Nisbet £2130, Lennoxlove £1971.20, £1934.52, £1934.24, Bee Edge 1933.14, Longnewton £1927.80, Whitrighill £1927.36, Lurdenlaw £1921.68, Penston £1921.28

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 327p, Lennoxlove 324p , 320p, Bee Edge 319p, 318p(2), Penston, Upper Nisbet 316p, Lurdenlaw, Longnewton 314p

Young Bulls: Honeyburn £2106.48(268p)

CAST COWS

Great demand

Cast Cows per head: Buskin £2145.44, Honeyburn £2050.62, £2014.50, Hermiston £1915.90, Headshaw, Lauder £1911.78, £1873.32, Hermiston £1861.02, Honeyburn £1806.92, Whitrighill £1806.42

Cast Cows per kilo: Buskin 253p, Headshaw, Lauder 247p, Hermiston 245p, Honeyburn 239p, 237p, Whitrighill 235p, Laidlawstiel, Headshaw, Lauder 233p, Whitrighil 231p, Crookhouse 227p

Cast Bulls: Buskin £2079.40(185p)

PRIME HOGGS

Mixed show forward, returns similar

Average 223p (44.8kgs) £100

Hoggs per head –

Beltex: £145 Butterdean, £134 Threepwood, £108 Halidean Mill, £105 Redden, Greenhead, Selkirk; Texel: £139 Butterdean, Bonjedward, Threepwood, £137, £136 Bonjedward, £136, £132 Butterdean, £132 Threepwood, £129 (2)Bonjedward; Suffolk: £134 Butterdean, £120 Hermiston, £119, £117.50, £116, £110 Butterdean, £110 Aikeyside; Cheviot: £128, £120 Philiphaugh, £120 Old Mill Farm, Philiphaugh (James Cowens); Dorset: £121, £117 Crailinghall Cottages; Charollais: £119 Berryhill; Blue Texel: £113.50 Dunorran (B.Paxton); Cheviot Mule: £104 Kirklands, Ancrum; Blackface: £90 Tinnis; Greyfaced: £88 Tinnis

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 300p Redden, 270p Halidean Mill, 268p Threepwood; Texel: 284.1p Threepwood, 265.1p, 263.6p Faughhill, 247.1p Broomiebank, 245.5p Threepwood, 244.2p, 243.9p Buxley Steading (W.McCormack), 242.7p (2), 240.4p Threepwood; Suffolk: 237.2p Cortleferry, 229.5p Hermiston, 229.5p Blackburnrigg, 229.5p Greenhead, Selkirk, 226.2p Butterdean; Charollais: 232.6p Broomiebank; Cheviot: 229.5p Adderstonshiels, 227.3p Cleuchhead Cottage (K.Thomson)Greyfaced: 220p Tinnis; Cheviot Mule: 216.7p Kirklands, Ancrum; Blackface: 210.5p Holylee

CAST EWES

A similar, solid trade on the week.  Numbers required for buyers demand.

*Sale top of £191 for a fantastic Texel Ewe from Huntington Partnership, Huntington

Texel: £191, £180 Huntington, £170 DJ Texels, £161 (2), £160 Huntington, £147 Butterdean, Rawburn, Suffolk: £141 Adderstonshiels (S.Hunter), £137 Butterdean, £133 Huntington, £125 West Longridge, £121 Bonjedward, £119 Butterdean;  Beltex: £133, £117, £113 Wester Ulston; Bluefaced Leicester: £129, £125 Hyndhope Hill Cottage (J.P Bain), Dorset: £127, £117 Craighall Cottage (A.Scott); Zwartble: £115 Lauder Barns, £105 Well Stables;Cheviot Mule: £103 Skilmafilly, £95 Broomiebank,  Greyfaced: £105 Butterdean, Gateshaw, £99, £95 West Longridge, £95 Shotton, Cammerlaws; Half Bred:  £107 Bonjedward, Cheviot: £91 South Riccalton, Crailinghall Cottage (A.Scott), £89 (2)Rawburn, Broomiebank, £85 South Riccalton; Adderstonshiels; Jacob: £75 Kirkhope Steading (J.Elliot); Blackface: £69 Berryhill, £61 Hartside

CAST RAMS:

Texel: £139 Hyndhope, Ettrick; North Country Cheviot: £125, £119 Old Mill, Philiphaugh (James Cowens); Suffolk: £113 Philiphaugh; Jacob: £103 Brockielaw; Blackface: £97, £79 Hyndhope