St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 68 Clean Cattle, 17 Cast Cows, 1119 Prime Lambs, 185 Prime Hoggs  and 463 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (30) averaged 292p per kg and sold to 322p

Heifers (38) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 330p (x2)

Cast Cows (16) averaged 196p per kg and sold to 251p

Top price £2203

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 187p

Top price £2042

Lambs (1119) averaged 296p per kg (-10p on the week). £128.50 per head and sold to £169 for Texel Lambs

Top price 328p per kg for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (185) averaged 191p per kilo (n/c on the week) £85 per head, and sold to £141

Top price 266p per kg

Cast Sheep (463) averaged £97.62 and sold to £151 for a Beltex Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £120, light ewes sold to £129 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £87

PRIME CATTLE-

Trade easier on the week.  Quality still easily sold

Bullocks per head: Elwick £2131.20, Learielaw £2099.20, Elwick £2090.24, £2061.76, Bee Edge £2038.32, Dunslaw £2036.80, Learielaw £2015.52

Heifers per head: Lurdenlaw £2022.16, Bee Edge £1953.60, Whitrighill £1944, Penston £1942.96, Dunslaw £1940.44, Bee Edge £1940.40, Whitrighill £1939.20, Bee Edge £1937.52, £1932, Penston £1921.36

Bullocks per kilo: Whitrighill 322p, Learielaw 320p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 320p, Learielaw 314p, 312p, 310p, Falsidehill 310p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 330p W.Kirkup & Sons, Bee Edge 330p, Penston 329p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 328p Hugh Black & Sons, Penston 326p, Bee Edge 324p Denholm Meat Supplies, Broachrigg 324p, Penston 322p, Lurdenlaw 322p Hugh Black & Sons, Bee Edge 322p W.Kirkup & Sons

CAST COWS

Plain show of Cows met a good trade.

Cast Cows per head: Foulshiels £2203.78, Ruletownhead £1457.28, £1434, Firth Farm £1375.78, Queenscairn £1323.98

Cast Cows per kilo: Foulshiels 251p, Ruletownhead 239p, Firth Farm, Philiphaugh 217p, Ruletownhead 215p, 209p, 207p

Cast Bulls: Over Whitton £2042.04(187p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Good show forward.  All types slightly easier.  Average 296p, £128.50, 43.4kgs

Lambs per head-

Texel: £169 Corsbie, £165 North Synton, £160 Belmont, £158 Greenhead, Reston(2), Greenknowe; £156, £151  Huntington,  £150 Greenhead, Reston, Corsbie; Suffolk: £156 Corsbie, £151 The Lee, £146, £144 Philiphaugh, £140.50 Belmont, £140 Howahill, Edrom Mains; Hampshire: £135, £133 St Clements Wells

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 328.8p, 327.5p, 323.8p Huntington, 320.2p Marvingston, 320p Huntington, 314.9p Doune Brae, 313p Corsbie, 312.5p, 312.4p Marvingston, 311.1p Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: 308.3p Headshaw, Lauder, 300p Corsbie, 297.8p Headshaw, Lauder, 297.6p Oxmuir, 295p Coltcrooks

PRIME HOGGS-

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £141 Earlston Mains, £132 Ecclaw, £127 Middlethird, £121 Friarshaw, £120 Bettyfield; North Country Cheviot: £133, £131 Philiphaugh, £115, £113 Friarshaw; Suffolk: £137 Ecclaw, Easter Middleton, £130, £121 Corsbie, £119 Ecclaw; Cheviot Mule: £127 Northfield, St Abbs; Easycare: £112 Inchkeith; Bluefaced Leicester: £111 Hollybush; Whiteface Woodland: £111 Hollybush.

CAST SHEEP-

Slightly steadier trade on the week with less flesh and size about albeit still a solid rate for all classes

Beltex: £151, £147 Huntington, £145 Oxnam Neuk; Suffolk: £147, £145 Oxmuir, £141 North Synton, £133, £131 Oxmuir, £129 Belmont, £127 Huntington, Marvingston, Thornington; Cheviot: £129 North Synton, £119 Philiphaugh; Texel: £131 Belmont, £129 Elwartlaw, £128 Greenburn, £127 Huntington(2), £125 Belmont, Huntington(2); Cheviot Mule: £125 Yarlside, £111 Northfield St Abbs. £105 Yarlside; Hampshire: £115 St Clements Wells; Lleyn: £115 Nether Howden; Greyfaced: £113 Bettyfield, £109 Ecclaw, Gala Farms, Oxnam Neuk; £101 Thornington: Bluefaced Leicester: £107 Bowland; Blackface: £81 The Lee, £73 Bowland; Easycare: £88, £87 Inchkeith; Swaledale: £81 The Lee, £73 Gala Farms

RAMS-

Texel: £119 Kilnknowe (J.Manderson)