St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 100 Clean Cattle,  30 Cast Cows, 959 Prime Lambs, 187 Prime Hoggs  and 506 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (34) averaged 304p per kg and sold to 326p(2)

Heifers (65) averaged 297p per kg and sold to 334p(3)

Young Bull (1) sold to 280p per kilo (£1769.60)

Cast Cows (26) averaged 229p per kg and sold to 282p

Top price £2246

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 179p per kg and sold to 203p

Top price £1981

Lambs (959) averaged 306p per kg (-27p on the week). £133 per head and sold to £200 for Texel Lambs

Top price 350p per kg for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (187) averaged 250p per kilo (+10p on the week) £120 per head, and sold to £188 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 284p per kg for Easycare  Hoggs

Cast Sheep (506) averaged £111.59 and sold to £209 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £142, light ewes sold to £109 for Blackface Ewes, and averaged £89

PRIME CATTLE- Quality in high demand.  Commercial sorts harder to cash

Bullocks per head: Elwick £2323.20, £2270.76 Learielaw £2291.20, £2215.36, Bee Edge £2183.16, Whitrighill £2069.76, Bee Edge £2060.82, Learielaw £2060.64, Whitrighill £2030

Heifers per head: Elwick £2171.16, Bee Edge £2131.20, Elwick £2060.32, Bee Edge £2024.04, Learielaw £2006.40, Lurdenlaw £1984.32, Bee Edge £1978.72, Penston £1963.44, Netherurd £1906.24

Bullocks per kilo: Thirlestane, Penston 326p, Learielaw(2), Bee Edge 322p, Bee Edge 321p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Elwick, Wester Ulston(2), Whitrighill 320p

Heifers per kilo: Penston, Bee Edge 334p, Penston 334p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 332p Forsyths of Peebles, Lurdenlaw 332p, Learielaw, Broachrigg 330p, Faughhill 328p, Elwick 326p(2)

Young Bulls: Whitrighill £1769.60 (280p)

CAST COWS: Quality show, quality trade

Cast Cows per head: Birkenside £2246.60, Rumbletonlaw £2131.44, Birkenside £2013.02, Rumbleton £1948.14, Haystoun £1944, Rumbleton £1934.52, Birkenside £1905.48, Rumbleton £1881.90, Rumbletonlaw £1856.40

Cast Cows per kilo: Rumbleton 282p, 255p, Birkenside 251p, Rumbletonlaw 249p, Haystoun 243p, Greenhead, Selkirk 241p, Birkenside 239p, Rumbletonlaw 238p, Birkenside, Rumbleton 237p

Cast Bulls per head: Thirlestane £1981.28, Wooplaw £1980.14

Cast Bulls per kilo: Thirlestane 203p, Wooplaw 181p, Greenknowe 177p

PRIME LAMBS- Great show of lambs forward.  Returns less- inline Nationally.  Average £133, 306p, 43.4kgs

Lambs per head- Texel: £200 Legars, £186 Redden, £181 Whitsome West Newton, £180 Legars, £175 Redden, £170 Ballencrieff Mains, £169 Whitsome West Newton, £167 New Blainslie, Legars, Greenhead, Reston; Suffolk: £169, £164 Greenhead, Reston, £152 Marvingston, £152, £148 Belmont, £144 Edrom Mains; Blue Texel: £146 East Mains (M.Hankey); Beltex: £140, £130 Huntington

Lambs per kilo- Texel: 350p Redden, 342.9p Legars, 340.9p, 338.6p Whitsome West Newton, 338.3p Ballencreiff Mains, 338.2p, 336.4p Redden, 336.2p Hallrule Mill, 333.3p Redden, Belmont; Beltex: 342.1p, 333.3p Huntington; Suffolk: 318.3p Belmont, 316.7p Marvingston, Belmont, 315.9p Coltcrooks, 313p Greenhead, Reston, 310.3p Marvingston

PRIME HOGGS- Average £120, 250p, 48kgs

Hoggs per head- Texel: £188, £171 Butterdean, £155 Houndshall, £145 Stoneypath, Hadden Farm Cottages (KJS Farming), £143 Stoneypath, £140 Houndshall, £139 Branxholm Braes, £131 Cockburn; Suffolk: £170, £160 Butterdean; Beltex: £159 Crookston; Zwartble: £133, £131 Hadden Farm Cottages (KJS Farming); Easycare: £135, £134, £131 Pilmuir; North Country Cheviot: £135, £133, £127 (3) Friarshaw; Greyface: £131 Stoneypath, £123 Berryhill; Blackface: £125 Stoneypath, £123 Berryhill

Hoggs per kilo- Easycare: 284.1p Pilmuir; Texel: 281.8p Houndshall, 271.4p Butterdean; North Country Cheviot: 278.6p Branxholm Braes, 270p Friarshaw; Blackface: 277.8p Stoneypath; Suffolk: 265.6p Butterdean

CAST SHEEP- A smashing trade for all classes of Cast Sheep with large numbers of powerful well fleshed types forward.

Sale peak of £209 for a terrific Texel Tup from W.Arnott & Co. Butterdean.  Ewes topped at £185 for a Texel from Garvald Mains Farm

EWES –  Texel: £185 Garvald Mains, £179 Marvingston, £171 Butterdean, £170 Attonburn, £165 Butterdean, £143 Huntington; Firbank; Suffolk: £159 Marvingston, £157 Hermiston, £147 Ballencrieff Mains, £145 Butterdean, Legars, Huntington(2), Marvingston, Greyfaced: £135 Ballencrieff Mains, £119 Whiteburn, Cockburn, £115 Legars, Cockburn, £111 Marvingston; Half Bred: £129 Marvingston; Cheviot Mule: £133 South Common, Garvald Mains, £129 Blackburn Mill, £117 South Common, £113 Garvald Mains; Easycare: £105(2) Pilmuir; Blackface: £109 Sunnyside, £105 Hartside, £93 Meigle, £87 Hartside, £85 Burncastle; Hill Cheviot: £105 Branxholm Braes, Garvald Mains; Hebridean: £53 Rhodes Holdings

TUPS- Texel: £209, £177 Butterdean, £159 Whiteburn, £157 Harden Mains, £153, £133 Butterdean; Suffolk: £165 Butterdean, £159 Houndshall, £137 Branxholm Braes, £129 Hadden Farm Cottage (KJS Farming); Romeny: £139 Harden Mains; Beltex: £131 Crookston; Blackface: £115 Hadden Farm Cottage (KJS Farming)