St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  112 Clean Cattle, 60 Cast Cows,  1065 Prime Hoggs  and  374 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (33) averaged 289.86p per kg and sold to 330p

Heifers (79) averaged 283.9p per kg and sold to 330p 

Cast Cows (56) averaged 214.87p per kg and sold to 255p. Top price £2049.60

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 169.91p per kg and sold to 177p.  Top price £2230.20

Hoggs (1065) averaged 226p per kilo (-13p on the week), £104.50 per head and sold to £159 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 290p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (374) averaged £80.04 and sold to £151 for Suffolk Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £119, light ewes sold to £117 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £71

CLEAN CATTLE

 

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2146.56, £2022.48, East Loanend £2092.20, Dunslaw £1981.80, Bee Edge £1952.72, East Loanend £1947, Crosshall £1939.80

Bullocks per kilo: East Loanend 330p (2), Bee Edge, Crosshall 318p, Crosshall 314p, Bee Edge 312p

Heifers per head: Standhill £2138.40, £2077.92, Penston £1995.84, Bee Edge £1903.44, Longnewton £1888.92, £1881.60

Heifers per kilo: Standhill 330p, Smailholm Mains 316p, Penston 316p Forsyths of Peebles, Greenknowe, Huntington 314p

CAST COWS

Cast Cows per head: Wester Middleton £2049.60, Muircleugh £2029.80, The Finches £1965.82, Graden £1959.90, Wester Middleton £1884.10, Upper Nisbet £1876.80

Cast Cows per kilo: Muircleugh, Upper Nisbet, Gateshaw 255p, Craigsford Mains, Graden(2) 247p

Cast Bulls per head: Middlethird £2230.20, Philiphaugh £2020.70

PRIME HOGGS

Mixed show forward again.  Returns less

Average 226p (46kgs) £104.50

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £159, £157, £153, £149 Headshaw, Lauder, £142, £140, £132 Bonjedward, £128 Penston, Lumsdaine, £126.50 Bonjedward; Suffolk: £151, £142, £140 Oxmuir, £132 Waterside, £130 Oxmuir, £127 Gattonside Mains, £125 (2) Blegbie, £122 Penston, £120 Waterside; Beltex: £149, £137 Huntington, £128 (3), £120 Wester Ulston, £118 Waterside, Cheviot: £118 Saughtree, £115 Bonjedward, £112 Lumsdaine, £111 Blegbie, £108 Saughtree, £107 Broomiebank, £102 North Synton, Saughtree; Cheviot Mule: £114 Penston, £111 Blegbie; Charolais: £112 Waterside; Greyfaced: £107.50 Lumsdaine

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 290.9p, 278.3p (2), 272.7p Wester Ulston, 268.3p Waterside, Faughhill: Suffolk: 261.4p Threepwood, 244.2p Gattonside Mains, 241.9p Blackburn, 236p Waterside, 234.9p Headshaw, Lauder, 232p Waterside, 230.7p Bonjedward, 229.5p Shotton, 229.2p Bonjedward 228.9p Headshaw, Lauder; Texel: 256.4p Broomiebank, 248.2p, 247.6p Blackburn, 245.5p(2) Threepwood, 244.4p New Blainslie, 243.2p Threepwood, 240.2p Penston, 240p Headshaw, Lauder, Threepwood; Cheviot Mule: 242.7p Wester Ulston, 228p Penston; Charollais: 238.8p Broomiebank; Cheviot: 237.2p North Synton, 234.6p Broomiebank, 230.5p Faughhill, 230.2p, 230p North Synton; Half Bred: 230p Headshaw, Lauder; Greyfaced: 227.4p Headshaw, Lauder

CAST EWES

An improved trade on the week for all classes.

Sale top of £151 for a Suffolk from J.M Elliot & Partners, Woodside Farm

Suffolk: £151 Woodside, £140 Oxmuir, £119 Penston, £115 Bonjedward, £101 Walterstead Farm Cottage; Texel: £121 Penston, £119 Venchen, £117 Penston, £115 Lee Farm, £113 Penston, £111 Over Newton House; Cheviot Mule: £117 Blegbie, £111 North Synton, £100 Lumsdaine; Cheviot: £117 Springwood Lodge, £101 Venchen Toll, Blegbie, £91 Headshaw, Lauder, North Synton, £90 Dod Farm; Berrichon: £97 Springwood Lodge; Greyfaced: £115 Shotton, £107 Haystoun, West Longridge, £101 Shotton, £99 Lumsdaine; Half Bred: £107 Bonjedward; Easycare: £95, £87 Kirkend, Birgham, £81 Dolphinston, Kirkend, Birgham, £77 Dolphinston; Blackface: £85 Over Newton, Lee Farm, £82 West Longridge, £80 Lothian Hill Farms, £79 Haystoun, £71 Headshaw, Lauder, £70 Yett Farm; Herdwick: £61 Standhill; Shetland: £39 Walterstead Farm Cottage, £35 Sorrowlessfield Mains

CAST TUPS

Texel: £137 Headshaw, Lauder, £130 Hopefoot, Border Leicester: £121 Headshaw, Lauder; Suffolk: £117 Oxmuir; Easycare: £103, £95 Kirkend, Birgham; Ryeland: £88 Hopefoot