St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  99 Clean Cattle,  51 Cast Cows, 1355 Prime Hoggs  and 452 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (30) averaged 292.53p per kg and sold to 320p

Heifers (65) averaged 296.6p per kg and sold to 334p 

Young Bulls (4) averaged 250.87p per kg and sold to 274p

Cast Cows (48) averaged 219.11p per kg and sold to 297 p. Top price £1969.80

Cast Bull (3) averaged 191.7p per kg and sold to 227p.  Top price £2483.38

Hoggs (1355) averaged 250.32p per kilo (+23p on the week) £111.47p per head, and sold to £171 for Texel  Hoggs

Top price 314p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (452) averaged £89.34 and sold to £177 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £124, light ewes sold to £105 for Blackface Ewes, and averaged £71

CLEAN CATTLE

Great Show. Great demand throughout

14 cattle over £2000, 26 cattle over £1900 and 14 cattle 320p per kilo and over.

Bullocks per head: Learilaw £2195.20, Bee Edge £2124.80, Learielaw £2122.64, £2077.92, Dunslaw £2075.04, Bee Edge £2059.20, Dunslaw £2056.32, Penston £2034.48, Dunslaw £2033.38, Broachrigg £2021.20, Bee Edge £2002, Dunslaw £1992.60, Penston £1922, £1915.80

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw, Broachrigg 320p, Bee Edge 320p Hugh Black & Sons, Faughhill 316p, Learielaw 314p, 312p, Bee Edge 312p Hugh Black & Sons, Broachrigg, Penston 310p, Penston 310p J.A Waters & Sons

Heifers per head : Willowford £2038.40, Bee Edge £2024.04, Learielaw £2021.76, Greenknowe £1996.80, Bee Edge £1995.12

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 334p Denholm Meat Supplies, Greenknowe, Learielaw 328p, Bee Edge 326p, 325p, Learielaw 324p, Bee Edge 322p, 320p, Greenknowe 320p, Whitsome West Newton 320p Forsyths of Peebles

Young Bulls per head: Stouslie £1994.72 (274p), £1845.12(248p)

CAST COWS

Lesser show, good trade

Cast Cows per head: Muircleugh £1969.80, Greenknowe £1960.20, Oldcastles £1913.54, Graden £1822.84, Greenknowe £1775.40, Butchercote £1737.32, Whitfield £1730.52, Thorneydykes £1694.60, Garvald Mains £1693.42, Muircleugh £1691.58

Cast Cows per kilo: Greenknowe 297p, 269p, Butchercote 257p, Whitfield 253p, Muircleugh 245p, Greenknowe 243p, Oldcastles  Butchercote 241p, Graden, Muircleugh 235p

Cast Bulls per head: Butchercote £2483.38

Cast Bulls per kilo: Butchercote 227p, Graden 177p

PRIME HOGGS

Flesh and handy weights in big demand

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £171 Elmscleugh, £151 New Blainslie, £151, £148 Quality Street (H.Cucchi), £147 Threepwood, £145 Quality Street, £144 Threepwood; Suffolk: £145, £141(2), £138, £132(2), £130 New Blainslie, Beltex: £142 Threepwood, £140, £135, £134, £130 Wester Ulston, £128 Faughhill, Wester Ulston, £125(2) Wester Ulston; Cheviot: £135, £131 Adderstonshiels, £130 Woodside, £129 Adderstonshiels, £126 Hethpool, £123.50 Adderstonshiels;Cheviot Mule: £134 Glenogle, £118.50 Wester Ulston; Greyfaced: £130, £120, £112  Lauderhill, Blackface: £123 Tollishill, £116 Elmscleugh, £115.50 (2)Lauderhill, £114 Hethpool, £112.50, £111 Lauderhill,  Bluefaced Leicester: £118 Hartside; Romney: £113 Harden Mains; Kerryhill: £110, £106 Broachrigg; Hampshire: £106 The Finches

Hoggs per kilo- Beltex: 314p, 311.6p, 311.1p, 302.3p, 290.9p, 290.7p Wester Ulston, 284.4p Faughhill, 284p Threepwood, 281p Swinnie; Cheviot Mule: 269.3p Wester Ulston; Texel: 304.5p Wester Ulston, 300p Glenogle, 298.9p Threepwood, 290.9p Wester Ulston, 287.2p Threepwood, 282p Whitelaw Cottages (Stoddart), 278.6p Threepwood, 276p New Blainslie, 275p Wester Ulston, Threepwood; Suffolk: 262.5p Cortleferry, 260.4p New Blainslie, 260p Cortleferry, 258.1p Broachrigg, 254.5p Hadden Farm Cottages (KJS Farming), 251.7p Cortleferry; Blackface: 252.5p, 252.3p, 240.6p Lauderhill, 236.9 Hethpool; Cheviot: 266.7p(2) Pawston, 253.8p Boreland, 250.5p Woodside, Pawston; Greyfaced: 248.9p Lauderhill, 243.2p Berryhill, 230.8p Lauderhill; Hampshire: 247p The Finches;  Romney: 236.4p, 234.4p Harden Mains; Kerryhill: 235.6p, 234p Broachrigg

CAST EWES

An improved show of Ewes sold to an improved trade with size and flesh selling to a premium

Sale top of £177 for a Texel Ewe from Will Clark & Son, Upper Bolton.  Tups sold to a peak of £147 for a Bluefaced Leicester from Lauderhill sheep Co, Lauderhill

Texel: £177 Upper Bolton, £171 Threepwood, £169 Upper Bolton, £165 Redden, £145 The Finches, £143 Redden, Wester Ulston, £141 Redden, £140 Belmont; Suffolk: £173 Woodside, £159 Brotherstone, £157 Thornington, £149 Gledswood, Brotherstone, £145 Ruecastle Cottage(N.Sandilands), £129 Cherrytrees; Beltex: £155, £143 Brotherstone, £141 Ruecastle Cottage (N.Sandilands); Bluefaced Leicester: £137 Hartside, £119 Wooplaw;  Hampshire: £123 The Finches; Greyfaced: £123 Redden, £119 Hartside, £117 Thornington, £113 Kittyfield; £111 Greenriggs, Lumsdaine; Charollais: £119 Berryhill; Lleyn: £117 Thorneydykes, £115, £109, £107 The Finches, £99 Thorneydykes; Cheviot Mule: £115 Lumsdaine, £111 Thornington, £105 Lumsdaine: Blackface: £105 Elmscleugh, £99 Wooplaw, £95, £87 Burncastle, £87 Tollishill, £85 West Lodge South, Wooplaw; Cheviot: £91 Chatto, £87 Lumsdaine, Hethpool, Boreland

CAST TUPS

Bluefaced Leicester: £147 Lauderhill, Blackface: £123 Hethpool, £111 Lauderhill