St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 65 Clean Cattle, 53 Cast Cows, 151  Prime Lambs,  1565 Prime Hoggs  and  324 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (26) averaged 302p per kg and sold to 328p (x 4)

Heifers (39) averaged 310p per kg and sold to 338p

Cast Cows (41) averaged  220p per kg and sold to 277p (x2)

Top price £ 2242

Cast Bulls (13) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 237p

Top price £2569

Lambs (151) averaged 353.3p per kg (+30p on the week). £166 per head and sold to £192 for Texel.x Lambs

Top price 429.5p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Hoggs (1565) averaged 282p per kilo (-6p on the week) £132 per head, and sold to £186 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 348p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (324) averaged £112.88 and sold to £230 for a Beltex

Heavy Ewes averaged £135, light ewes sold to £117 for Blackface Ewes, and averaged £90

PRIME CATTLE- Short supply, good trade

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2217.60, Learielaw £2217.28, £2177.92, £2138.56, Whitburgh £2085.44, Dunslaw £2073.60, Faughhill £2028.60, Dunslaw £2023.84, Lennoxlove £2020.48, Penston £2015.72

Heifers per head: Penston £2052.60, Learielaw £2048.28, Penston £2048, Lurdenlaw £2021.20, Willowford £1990.80, Bee Edge £1968, Lennoxlove £1964.20, £1950.48

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 328p(3) Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lennoxlove 328p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lurdenlaw, Wester Ulston 324p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Faughhill, Penston 322p Worsley Wholesale Butchers

Heifers per kilo: Learielaw 338p, Broachrigg 336p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Lurdenlaw (2), Penston 330p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Bee Edge 328p Denholm Meat Supplies, Lurdenlaw 326p J.A Waters & Sons, Penston, Lennoxlove 324p Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Penston 324p Forsyths of Peebles

CAST COWS - Good demand

Cast Cows per head: Wolfstar £2242.76, Wester Middleton £1965.12, Bonjedward £1875.30, Wester Middleton £1844.82, Cliftonpark £1797.86, Upper Nisbet £1774.08, Wolfstar £1772.80, Kittyfield £1681.42, Cliftonpark £1630.90, Bonjedward £1620.78

Cast Cows per kilo: Wester Middleton, Wolfstar 277p, Wester Middleton 267p, Wolfstar 247p, Garvald Mains 245p, Cliftonpark 241p, Pogbie, Whitburgh 239p, Cliftonpark, Bonjedward 235p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Rumbletonlaw £2569.50, £2519.20, £2455.32, Shidlaw £2151.24

Cast Bulls per kilo: Rumbletonlaw 237p, 235p, 225p, Upper Nisbet 209p

PRIME LAMBS- Great show of Lambs.  Showing increased demand.  Average 353.8p, £166. 49.5kgs

Lambs per head- Texel: £192, £187 (3), £185(3), £178(2) Ballencrieff, £177 Lochside; Suffolk: £191 Corsbie, £190 (2) Belmont, £179 Byrewalls, £178, £174 Corsbie; Beltex: £189, £170 Lochside; Charollais(Pure): £176 Satchells

Lambs per kilo – Beltex: 429.5p, 393.3p, 365.9p Lochside Farm, Texel: 409.8p Belmont, 402.3p Lochside, 391.1p, 374p Ballencrieff, 365.1p Byrewalls, Suffolk: 375.6p, 370.8p, 370.2p Corsbie

PRIME HOGGS- Mixed show forward.  Well fleshed hoggs still well sold.  Average 282p, £132 (46.8kgs)

Hoggs per head- Texel: £186 Waterside, £180 Bruach, £179 The Lee, £178 Duke Street (Elliot), £174 Waterside, £171 The Lee, £170 New Blainslie, Bruach; Beltex: £180, £176, £166, £160 Bruach, £150 Huntington, £140 Bruach (4); Suffolk: £171 Greenknowe, £170 Waterside, Greenknowe(2), Bluefaced Leicester: £170 Corsbie Cottages (Hedley); Blue Texel: £170 Whitsome West Newton; Cheviot: £153 Bowmont Farming, £149 Bruach, £147 Saughtree, £145 Bowmont Farming, £142 Bruach, £140 Saughtree, £140 Nether Overhill, Hethpool (2), Dorset: £150 Waterside; Greyfaced: £147, £145 Waterside; Blackface: £144 Hethpool, £138 Bruach

Hoggs per kilo- Beltex: 348.8p Huntington, 346.2p Bruach, 333.3p Waterside, 332.1, 332p Bruach, 328.6p Waterside, 325.6p(2), 325p Bruach, 317.2p Huntington; Texel: 332.6p, 326.3p Waterside, 320.8p Bruach, 317.5p Waterside, 317p Boghall, 314p Huntington, 314p Bruach, 309.8p Waterside, 307.7p, 305.8p New Blainslie; Blue Texel: 340p Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: 302.3p, 300p Boghall, 300p Whitsome West Newton; Cheviot: 300p(2) South Ord; Dorset: 300p Waterside; Blackface: 273.8p Berryhill

CAST SHEEP- All classes of Cast Ewes selling to a flier and short of buyers requirements.  Pure breds taking the limelight

Sale top of £230 for a cracking Beltex Ewe from Huntington Partnership, Huntington.  Tups topped at £179 for a smashing Bluefaced Leicester Tup from local breeder P.W Hedley, Corsbie Cottages

Beltex: £230 Huntington; Texel: £203 Huntington, £190 Corsbie, £180 Huntington, £165 Earlston Mains, £163 Leetside, £161 Bogend; Suffolk: £165 Bowland, £159 Millheugh, £157 Brotherstone, £155 Huntington, £151 Bogend, £147 Bowland, £147 Millheugh, £145 Corsbie; Cheviot Mule: £147 Hyndsidehill, £129 Lumsdaine, Bluefaced Leicester: £135 Bowland; Greyfaced: £123 Lumsdaine, £121 Over Newton, £115 Stoneypath, £113 Bowland, Broomilees; Blackface: £117 Over Newton, £115 Lumsdaine; Cheviot: £115 Hardacres, Berryhill, £111, £109 Millheugh, £105 Lumsdaine, Birneyknowe

CAST TUPS- Bluefaced Leicester: £179 Corsbie Cottages (Hedley); Texel: £163 Hyndsidehill; Dorset: £151 Crailinghall Cottages (Scott)