St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  95 Clean Cattle,  39  Cast Cows, 860 Prime Lambs, 286 Prime Hoggs  and 480 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (29) averaged 303p per kg and sold to 330p(x2)

Heifers (65) averaged 303p per kg and sold to 334p

Young Bull (1) sold to 260p per kilo (£2568)

Cast Cows (38) averaged  216p per kg and sold to 261p

Top price £2374

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 167p

Top price £1750

Lambs (860) averaged 333p per kg (-7p on the week). £146 per head and sold to £196 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 377p per kg for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (286) averaged 240p per kilo (-40p on the week) £109 per head, and sold to £193 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 316p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (480) averaged £114.80 and sold to £180 for a  Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £142, light ewes sold to £117 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £91

PRIME CATTLE- Commercial cattle slightly cheaper.  Best of butchers cattle still in high demand.

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2296.80, £2151.60, £2124.80, £2112.32, Bee Edge £2110.88, Springhill £2074.32, Penston £2013, Whitrighill £2009.60

Heifers per head: Whitrighill £2167.88, Penston £2079.52, Elwick £2079.52, Whitrighill £2026.92, Bee Edge £2025.20, £2022.16, £2015, Elwick £2005.28

Young Bulls: Kersknowe £2568.80(260p per kg)

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 330p, Learielaw 330p, 328p, 326p, Whitrighill, Learielaw 320p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 334p Denholm Meat Supplies, Bee Edge, Whitrighill,  Elwick 332p, Penston, Whitrighill 330p, Penston 328p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Elwick 328p

CAST COWS

Mixed show forward

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2374.68, Wester Middleton £2035.44, Wedderlie £1928.18, Rumbleton £1820.70, Cragside £1785.24, Ecclaw £1723.26, Rumbleton £1643.62, Hexpath £1629.86

Cast Cows per kilo: Cragside 261p, Kersknowe, Wester Middleton 257p, Rumbleton 255p, 241p, Bedrule 237p, 231p, Ecclaw 231p

Cast Bulls: Wooplaw £1750.16(167p per kg)

PRIME LAMBS- More numbers forward.  Returns less on the week.  Average 333p, £146, 43.8kgs

Lambs per head- Texel: £196 Ballencrieff Mains, £185 Bogend, £184 Fishwick, £181 West Longridge, £180 Marvingston, £178 Fishwick, £177, £176(3) Ballencreiff Mains; Suffolk: £183 Thornington, £180 Belmont, Leetside, £165 Whitemire, £162 Dere Street Farming, £160 Oxmuir: Beltex: £153 Whitesome West Newton; Hampshire: £145 Fairlaw, Reston, £142 Southdean

Lambs per kilo- Texel: 377.1p West Longridge, 374.4p Huntington, 361.7p Greenhead, Reston, 361.3p Marvingston, 360p Belmont, 357.9p Huntington, 356.4p Marvingston, 355.8p Greenhead, Reston, 355.6p Fishwick, 355.1p West Longridge; Suffolk: 360p, 254.5p Belmont, 352.9p Leetside, 340.9p Headshaw, Lauder, Marvingston; Beltex: 347.7p Whitsome West Newton

PRIME HOGGS-

Hoggs per head- Texel: £193 Braidlea, Selkirk, £167 Leaston, £155 Upper Samieston, £140 Fairlaw, Reston; Suffolk: £187 Symington Mains, £185 Headshaw, Oxton, £159, £153, £145 Symington Mains, £143 Threepwood; Easycare: £150, £140 East Mains; Blackface: £140 Borthwickshiels; Greyfaced: £130(3) Bayhill

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 316.4p Braidlea, Selkirk, 298.9p Cavers Lea, 288.9p Blackburnrigg, 281.8p Upper Samieston, 273.2p Hawthornside, 272.5p Broomiebank; Easycare: 281.4p Bayhill; Blackface: 270.7p Berryhill; Suffolk: 264.4p Bayhill; North Country Cheviot: 257.5p South Ord

CAST SHEEP- A varied show of Cast Sheep with runs of powerful well fleshed sheep to the fore.

Sale top of £180 with a Texel bred Ewe from D & I Richardson, Upper Samieston

EWES – Texel: £180 Upper Samieston, £175 Elwartlaw, £160 Huntington, £159 Easter Whitmuir, Leaston, Huntington, £153 Upper Samieston, Penston, £150 Bogend; Beltex: £160 Huntington; Suffolk: £153 Penston, £151 Thornington, Lamberton (M.Budge), £150 Marvingston, £150, £149, £145 Huntington, £147 Penston,   Dutch Spotted: £135 Myreside, Hartwoodmyres; Greyfaced: £129 Penston, £121 Broomilees, £119 Whitfield, Hawick, £117 Penston, £115 Thornington, Shotton, Edrom Mains; Cheviot Mule: £127 Thornington, £123 Falahill, £119 Wedderlie, £109 Hawthornside; Berrichon: £119 Springwood; Cheviot: £117 Springwood, £95 Wedderlie, £91 Ettrickshaws; Charollais: £115 Gayfield, Trabroun; Lleyn: £115 Trabroun, £111 Menslaws; Blackface: £111 Bayhill, £90 Hartside, £85 Burncastle; Easycare: £105, £97 East Mains, Lauder; Shetland: £43 Fairlaw, Reston

TUPS- Texel: £159, £153 Springwood,  Blackface: £129 Borthwickshiels; Cheviot: £157, £145 Borthwickshiels; Lleyn: £121 Venchen