St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  97 Clean Cattle,  32 Cast Cows,  1210 Prime Hoggs  and 666 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (36) averaged 288p per kg and sold to 322p (2)

Heifers (56) averaged 290p per kg and sold to 334p 

Young Bulls (5) averaged 270p per kg and sold to 294p

Cast Cows (32) averaged 230p per kg and sold to 311p. Top price £2377

Hoggs (1210) averaged 234p per kilo (+7p on the week), and sold to £165  

Top price 300p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (666) averaged £75.26 and sold to £157 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £123, light ewes sold to £111 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £72

CLEAN CATTLE

Buoyant trade with the best quality very dear

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2078.68, £2066.12, Dunslaw £2048.80, Upper Nisbet £2035.04, Bee Edge £2020.48, Dunslaw £2009.28, £2008.80, Faughhill £1991.44, Dunslaw £1977.84, Lennoxlove £1977.36

Bullocks per kilo: Upper Nisbet 322p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Greenknowe 322p, Lennoxlove 320p, Learielaw 314p (2), Upper Nisbet 310p, Lennoxlove 308p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, 308p J.A Waters & Sons, Bee Edge 308p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lennoxlove 306p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Heifers per head : Learielaw £2047.28, £2041.60, £2003.40, Bee Edge £1920.72, £1899.80, £1893.36, £1872.40, £1870.72

Heifers per kilo: Greeknowe 334p, 330p, 328p, Greenknowe 326p Briggsy’s Butchers, Bee Edge 322p(2) Forsyth of Peebles, Denholm Meat Supplies, Smailholm Mains 320p Forsyths of Peebles, Learieaw 320p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, 318p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 318p Worsley Wolesale Butchers

Young Bulls per head: Kersknowe £2391.20, £2279.76, Sunnycroft £2259.90

Young Bulls per kilo: Lee Farm 294p, Kersknowe 280p, 276p, Huntington 272p

CAST COWS

Cast Cow trade bouncing!

Cast Cows per head: Whitrighill £2377.08, Attonburn £2299, Whitrighill £2244, Meigle £2165.24, Attonburn £2071.26, Sydenham £2041.40, Bonjedward £2029.30

Cast Cows per kilo: Attonburn 311p, Sydenham 295p, Whitrighill 279p, Attonburn, Whitrighill 275p, Whitrighill 249p, Bonjedward 247p

PRIME HOGGS

Good heavy hoggs good to sell with handy weights dearer

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £165 Wester Ulston, £150, £148 Rugley, £147 (2) Threepwood, £146, £145 Rugley, £144 Butterdean, £143, £142 Rugley; Suffolk: £145 Hunthill, £144 Rugley, £143 Butterdean, £142 Bonjedward, £141, £140 Rugley, £136 Butterdean, £135 Rugley, £134 Bonjedward, Threepwood; Beltex: £141, £138 Ruecastle Cottages (N.Sandilands), £133 Threepwood; £126 West Lodge South, £125, £123(2) Wester Ulston;Cheviot: £134 Saughtree, £117 Bonjedward; £113.50 Saughtree; Bluefaced Leicester: £113 Threepwood Cottages (N.Sandilands), £110 South Dissington; Cheviot Mule: £107 Wester Ulston, £105 Blegbie, £104 West Lodge South; Half Bred: £105 Bonjedward; Blackface: £104.50, £100 Outerston Hill (A.Emmerson); Greyfaced: £104.50 Rugley

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 300p West Lodge South, 282.5p Faughhill, 276.4p (2) Wester Ulston, 276p Ruecastle Cottages (N.Sandilands), 275p Halidean Mill; Texel: 270p Faughhill, 263.2p, 260.9p West Lodge South, 257.8p Threepwood, 256.8p Faughhill, 255.8p Threepwood; Suffolk: 248.9p Hunthill, 248.8p Threepwood, 243.9p, 240.4p Hunthill, 239.6p, 238.9p Rugley, 238.6p Butterdean; Cheviot Mule: 246p Wester Ulston, 238.6p West Lodge South, 236.6p Broomilees; Cheviot: 243.8p Bonjedward, 243.6p Saughtree, 240p Faughhill, 236.8p Mainside, 234p Saughtree; Bluefaced Leicester: 239.5p Threepwood Cottage (N.Sandilands), 229.5p South Dissington; Greyfaced: 227.2p Rugley, 225.9p Broomilees; Half Bred: 230.8p Bonjedward

CAST EWES

All classes of Cast Sheep forward, sold to a fast trade throughout, with a rising trade witnessed.

Sale top of £157 for a Texel Ewe from W.Arnott & Co, Butterdean

Texel: £157 Butterdean, £153 Lee Farm, £143 Butterdean, £135 Elwartlaw, £131 New Blainslie, £130 Butterdean, £129 Aikeyside, £127 Harelaw; Suffolk: £145 Bluecairn, Westruther Mains, £143 Huntlaw, £139 Butterdean, £131 New Blainslie, £123 Elwartlaw, £119 Bluecairn; Cheviot Mule: £140, £137 Bluecairn, £115 Blegbie; Bluefaced Leicester: £139 Burnhouse Mains; Greyfaced: £117 Butterdean, Westruther Mains, Bluecairn, £113 Elwartlaw, £111 Westerheugh, Lee Farm, £105 Burnhouse Mains, £103 Meigle, £101 Westerheugh, (2); Half Bred: £115 Bonjedward; Zwartble: £117 Hunthill; Beltex: £109 Faughhill; Cheviot: £111 Gospelhall, £105 Bluecairn, £103 Hunthill, £101 Hethpool, £99 Gospelhall, £95 Blegbie, £91 Hethpool, Blackface: £93 Elmscleugh, Berryhill, £91, £90, £89, £85 Tollishill, £85 Elmscleugh, £81 Burnhouse Mains; Easycare: £91 Bankhouse, £83 Girrick, £81 Bankhouse,

CAST TUPS

Texel: £139, £133 Westruther Mains, £121 Westerheugh, £119, £115 Westruther Mains,  Cheviot: £131, £105 Saughtree, Blackface: £127 Elmscleugh, Suffolk: £119 Westruther Mains, £103 Saughtree, Beltex: £115 Westruther Mains