St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  65 Clean Cattle,  33 Cast Cows, 466 Prime Lambs, 764 Prime Hoggs  and 269 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (27) averaged 305p per kg and sold to 334p

Heifers (37) averaged 315p per kg and sold to 334p

Young Bull (1) sold to 240p per kilo

Cast Cows (29) averaged  226p per kg and sold to 277p

Top price £2498

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 191p per kg and sold to 203p

Top price £2626

Lambs (466) averaged 341p per kg (+6p on the week). £152.79 per head and sold to £199 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 390p per kg for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (764) averaged 280p per kilo (-4p on the week) £124.26 per head, and sold to £200 for Texel   Hoggs

Top price 319p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (269) averaged £108.58 and sold to £180 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £136, light ewes sold to £125 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £87

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade throughout

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2271.07, £2217.76, £2171.20, Bee Edge £2151.36, Elwick £2135.88, Learielaw £2111.40, Lurdenlaw £2063.60, Penston £2054.36

Heifers per head: Standhill £2164.80, Elwick £2060.32, Lurdenlaw £2057.44, Elwick £2041.20, Bee Edge £2032.80, Penston £2026.20, Bee Edge £1987.68, Penston £1981.12, Standhill £1969.92

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 334p, Bee Edge 332p, Penston 330p, West Garleton 328p, 322p Lennoxlove 326p, Penston 322p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, West Garleton, Lennoxlove 320p

Heifers per kilo: Lurdenlaw 334p J.A Waters & Sons, Bee Edge 330p Forsyths of Peebles, Penston 330p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Crosshall and West Garleton 330p, Bee Edge 330p W.Kirkup Butchers, Bee Edge 330p, Smailholm Mains and Lurdenlaw 328p; Bee Edge 328p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Young Bulls: Felkington £1987.20(240p)

CAST COWS

Nice trade

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2498.04, £2362.08, Thrunton £2222.02, £2188.30, Thorneykykes £2147.22, Cowdenknowes Mains £1908.06, Fowberry Moor, Middle Moneynut £1857.12, Haltree £1846.06, £1841.16

Cast Cows per kilo: Thrunton 277p, Woodheads, L 261p, Kersknowe 259p, 257p, Haltree 243p, 241p, Fowberry Moor amd Thrunton 241p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Glendearg £2626.82, Rumbleton £2371.10, Byrewalls £2096.08

Cast Bulls per kilo: Glendearg 203p, Byrewalls 197p

 

PRIME LAMBS-

Great show of lambs forward.  Return slightly increased.  Average 341p, 44.8kgs, £152.79

Lambs per head-

Texel: £199 Ballencrieff Mains, £198 Cauldshiel, £186, £185(3) Ballencrieff Mains, £182 Belmont, £179 Ballencrieff Mains, Cauldshiel, £178 Redpath East End; North Country Cheviot: £190 Holylee; Suffolk: £175 (2) Belmont, £169 Edrom Mains, £159.50(2) Belmont; Hampshire: £153 Redpath East End; Beltex: £152 Brockielaw

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 390.7p, 388.1p Huntington, 365.8p, 363.4p, 361p Lochside, 360p Huntington; Suffolk: 348.8p, 346.7p, 340.9p Belmont; Hampshire: 332.6p Redpath East End

PRIME HOGGS-

Mixed show forward.  Average – 280p, 44.3kgs, £124.26

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £200, £199 Lylestane; Texel: £198, £197 Lylestane, £176 The Rink, £164 Woodlands, Selkirk, £150 Gilston, Hutlerburn; Suffolk: £189, £180 Boghall, £179 Buskin, £171 Oxmuir, Boghall, £160 Oxmuir, Boghall; Cheviot Mule: £158 Northfield, St Abbs; Lleyn: £160, £140 Trabroun; Zwartble: £156, £140 Woodlands, Selkirk; North Country Cheviot: £140(2) Gilston, £137 Saughtree, Northfield St Abbs, £130 Boghall; Blackface: £135 Huntershall, £130 Hartside; Greyfaced: £132, £130 Berryhill

Hoggs per head-

Suffolk: 316.7p, 307.3p, 305.1p, 301p Boghall; Texel: 308.9p Boghall,  300p Boghall; Beltex: 319.1p Boghall; Lleyn: 313.7p Trabroun; North Country Cheviot: 312p Kirklands, A, 302.3p Boghall; Blackface: 300p Huntershall

CAST SHEEP-

A strong trade for all classes of Cast Sheep with numbers short of buyers requirements.

Sale top of £180 for a Texel cross Ewe from W.Murray (Farming)Ltd, Redden

EWES - Beltex: £180 Redden; Texel: £175 Huntington, £157 Redden, £155 Thornington, £153 New Blainslie, £147 Redden, Bridgehaugh Mill, £141 Huntington; Suffolk: £155, £139 Huntington, £155, £139 Thornington, £127 Lamberton;  Zwartble: £151 Woodlands, Selkirk; Greyfaced: £133 Brockielaw, £129 Hartside, Buskin, £125 West Lodge South, Whitemire, £121 Hutlerburn, £119 Crosslaw, Shotton; Lleyn: £133, £125 Trabroun; Charollais: £129 Whitemire;  North Country Cheviot: £125 Redden, £119 East Redfordgreen, £111 Lylestane, £107 Rochester House, Langhope, £105 Northfield St Abbs; Blackface: £100 Hartside, £91 Huntershall, £89 Berryhill

TUPS- Texel: £161 West Lodge South; Texel: £161 West Lodge South, £159 Huntershall, £153 Buskin, £145 Huntershall, £143 Hutlerburn; Blackface: £131 Huntershall