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Date: 01 May 2023 | Primestock

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St Boswells Primestock Sale

St Boswells, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0PP

Sold  96  Clean Cattle,  39  Cast Cows,  1158 Prime Hoggs  and  272 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (32) averaged 304p per kg and sold to 330p x 2

Heifers (64) averaged 304p per kg and sold to 340p

Cast Cows (33) averaged  225p per kg and sold to 279p.

Top price £2371

Cast Bulls (6) averaged 181p per kg and sold to 191p

Top price £2214

Hoggs (1158) averaged 301p per kilo (+21p on the week) £150 per head, and sold to £195  for Texel Hoggs

Top price 350p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (272) averaged £104.47 and sold to £200 for a Texel

Heavy Ewes averaged £134, light ewes sold to £141 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £78

PRIME CATTLE- A great trade with all classes in high demand.

Bullocks per head: Whitrighill £2125.52, Learielaw £2110.88, £2105.40, Bee Edge £2093.04, Dunslaw £2082.40, Bee Edge £2040.48, Lurdenlaw £2008.80, Crosshall £2002.84, Learielaw £2002.84

Heifers per head: Kersknowe £2345.44, £2293.72, Whitsome West Newton £2092.80, Bee Edge £2046.80, Penston £2046, Crosshall £2038.48, Penston £2030.72

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw,  Wester Ulston  330p, Whitrighill 326p, Bee Edge 324p, Gospelhall, Crosshall 322p, 320p, Dunslaw 320p - Worsley Wholesale Buchers

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 340p, Learielaw, Penston  334p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Crosshall 332p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Faughill, Penston 330p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 328p Denholm Meat Supplies, Whitrighill 326p (2), Broachrigg 322p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

CAST COWS - Good to sell

Cast Cows per head: Headshaw L £2371.50, Middlethird £2171.40, Woodheads, L £2056.74, Fishwick £2055.90, Symington Mains £1952.28, Headshaw, L £1896.66, South Common £1858.50

Cast Cows per kilo: Headshaw, L 279p, Pogbie 270p, Symington Mains 261p, Headshaw, L 257p, Woodheads, L 249p, Pogbie 247p, Ramrig 243p, Pogbie 237p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Garvald Mains £2214.64, Rumbletonlaw £2126.40, £2043.44, Caverton Mill £2023.20, Rumbletonlaw £2020.78

Cast Bulls per kilo: Rumbletonlaw 191p, Garvald Mains 188p, Rumbletonlaw 187p, 183p

PRIME HOGGS- Plenty weight and meat forward again.  Returns increased.  Average 301p per kilo.  £150, 49.8kgs

Leading prices-

                                                                Sold       Weight                 Average

Whitsome West Newton              100         65.2 kgs                £185.19

Waterside                                           105         57.1 kgs                £168.82

Butterdean                                             7         58.9kgs                 £168.43

Boghall                                                 403         52.8 kgs                £159.86

Hoggs per head- Texel: £195, £193 Waterside, £191 Whitsome West Newton, Boghall, Waterside, £188, £187, £185, £184(2) Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: £189, £188 (2) Boghall, £187 Waterside, £183 Boghall, £180 Hillend Farm Cottage (T.Forsyth), £179 Waterside, Boghall(2), £178 Boghall; Beltex: £190, £182, £180, £174, £170, £166, £160 Waterside; Greyfaced: £180 Waterside, £155, £150 Boghall; Cheviot: £179 Gospehall, £176 Nisbet Mill, £170 Adderstonshiels, £169 Gospelhall, £166, £164 Wedderlie, £156 Ruletownhead, £154 Bonjedward; Dorset: £171 Boghall; Charollais: £150 Nether Firth: Lleyn: £144 (2) Nether Firth; Bluefaced Leicester: £140 Middlestead

Hoggs per kilo- Beltex: 350p Faughhill; 325.5p, 320p, 314.8p, 305.1p Waterside; Texel: 340p (2) Boghall, 335.7p, 331.7p Faughhill, 331p Broachrigg, 330p Boghall, 328.6p Broachrigg, 323.5p (2)Waterside, 322.9p Boghall; North Country Cheviot: 333.3p, 327.3p, 325p, 324.7p(3) Broachrigg, 323.3p Swinnie, 322.9p, 320.5p Broachrigg, Lleyn: 320p (2)Nether Firth; Suffolk: 319.6p, 315.2p, 307.5p Boghall; Greyfaced: 300p New Blainslie

CAST SHEEP- All classes a flyer of a trade with a  mixed show forward

Sale top of £200 for a shapey Texel Ewe from Westcote Farming, Westcote Farm.  Tups from the same good home topped at £171

Texel: £200 Westcote, £191 Butterdean, £187 Westcote, £159 Middlestead (2), £155 New Blainslie; Suffolk: £159 Westcote, £157 Haltree, £155 New Blainslie; Haltree, Bonjedward, £151 New Blainslie, £150 Butterdean(2), Walterstead Farm Cottage; Bluefaced Leicester: £159 Laidlawstiel; Blue Texel: £147, £133 Blackburn Mill, £127 Firbank; Half Bred: £143 Blackburn Mill;  North Country Chevot: £141 Blackburn Mill, £137 Gospelhall, £135 Wedderlie, £129  Philiphaugh, £127 Haltree, Stobshiel Mains, £121 Boghall, £119 Gospelhall; Cheviot Mule: £129 Wedderlie, Saughtree, £125, £119 Saughtree; Greyfaced: £125 Newhouses, £123 Westcote, £121 Holydean, Newhouses, £119 Middlestead, £117 Shotton, £115 Newhouses, £113 Holydean; Blackface: £95 Laidlawstiel, £91 Middlestead

CAST TUPS- Texel: £159 Westcote; Blue Texel: £157 Blackburn Mill; North Country Cheviot: £143 Wedderlie; Border Leicester: £137 Blackburn Mill