St Boswells Sale of Ewes & Lambs & Store Cattle

EWES WITH LAMBS

A varied show with something for everyone.

With everything from strong Beltex outfits topping at £138 a life from C & C Cormack, Oxnam Neuk to Hebridean Ewes with Lambs at foot from E.Runciman, Huntington to £49 a life.

All classes sold to a straight trade

Entries welcomed form the sale on 18^th May to meet buyers interest

Top prices( per life)-

Beltex: £138, £135, £122 Oxnam Neuk

Suffolk: £116 Hawksnest, £98, £94 Greenhead, Selkirk

Texel: £110 Hawksnest, £96, £94 Greenyards, Huntington (L.K Logan), £94 Hawksnest

Greyfaced: £89(2) Broomilees, £88 Oxmuir, £84 KJS Farming

Half Bred: £88 Oxmuir

Cheviot Mule: £86, £85 Wester Ulston, £84 Gospelhall

Hill Cheviot: £68 Broomilees (M.Kelly)

Blackface: £66 Collielaw

Hebridean: £49, £45, £44 Huntington (E.Runciman)

Shetland: £49 Huntington (E.Runciman)

STORE CATTLE

Fortnightly Sale of Store and Grazing Cattle.  All types keenly bid for throughout.

Topping the days trading at £1710 was firstly from Messrs Brown, Middle Moneynut with a Hereford.x Bullock and secondly from Messrs Stewart, Sunlawshill with a Belgian Blue.x Heifer making also making £1710

Top pence per kilo went to two Vendors each for Limousin.x Heifers.  Firstly from Messrs Anderson, Parkhill with a pen of 6 Limousin.x and secondly from Messrs Crocket, Prieston with a Limousin.x Heifer.

Bullocks per head:-

Aberdeen Angus: £1510, £1450 Broomiebank, £1415, £1375 Todshawhaugh, £1370 Cormaddie; Hereford: £1710, £1200  North Falaknowe; Limousin: £1410, £1400 Parkhill, £1210 Upper Samieston, £1190 Todshawhaugh, £1160 Parkhill; Luing: £1240 Tinnis; Beef Shorthorn: £1540, £1500, £1430 Broomiebank, £1340 Ettrickshaws; Simmental: £1290 Middlestead, £1270 Parkhill, £1250 Tinnis; Charolais: £1600 Sundhope, £1540, £1430 North Synton, £1340, £1310 Cormaddie

Bullocks per kilo:-

Aberdeen Angus: 336.1p Symington Mains, 320p Upper Samieston, 315.9p Sundhope, 311.1p Whitburgh, Symington Mains, 310.4p Gattonside Mains, 306.3p Whitburgh, 305.6p Sundhope, 303p South Common; Hereford: 280.3p North Falaknowe; Limousin: 324.1p Parkhill, 318.4p Upper Samieston, 318.2p Parkhill, 305.1p Todshawhaugh; Luing: 278.2p Cavers Lea; Beef Shorthorn: 313.3p Middlestead, 297p, 293.3p Broomiebank; Simmental: 333.3p South Common, 313.3p Middlestead, 309.8p Parkhill, 300p Middlestead; Charolais: 336.8p Sundhope, 332.1p, 325.6p Todshawhaugh, 321.1p, 316.3p Sundhope, 314.3p North Synton, 309.3p Upper Samieston, 307.7p Sundhope

Bullocks averaged 297.44 per kilo

Heifers per head:

Aberdeen Angus: £1630 Fairnilee, £1480 Broomiebank, £1430 Sundhope, £1360 Symington Mains; Hereford: £920 North Falaknowe; Limousin: £1680 Prieston, £1400, £1310 Parkhill, £1210 Upper Samieston; Beef Shorthorn: £1370, £1350 Broomiebank; Simmental: £1190 North Synton, £1155 Parkhill, £1130 Middlestead; Belgian Blue: £1710 Sunlawshill; Charolais: £1530 North Synton, £1310 (2), £1180 North Falla, £1110 Cormaddie

Heifers per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: 301.1p Sundhope, 296.2p, 294p Whitburgh, 293.1p Broomiebank, 292.5p Symington Mains; Limousin: 350p Prieston, Parkhill, 331.3p Upper Samieston, 321.2p Symington Mains, 313.2p, 313p Upper Samieston, 310.5p Parkhill; Beef Shorthorn: 275.5p Broomiebank; Simmental: 308.6p Upper Samieston, 292.4p Parkhill, 292.1p South Common; Charolais: 331.3p Upper Samieston, 325.5p Sundhope, 308.6p Upper Samieston, 302.9p, 301.7p Sundhope

Heifers averaged 285.79 per kilo