St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 94 Clean Cattle, 45 Cast Cows, 1800 Prime Lambs, 76 Prime Hoggs  and 260 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (31) averaged 293p per kg and sold to 319p

Heifers (61) averaged 296p per kg and sold to 336p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 266p per kg and sold to 288p

Cast Cows (41) averaged 202p per kg and sold to 269p

Top price £2119

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 181p per kg and sold to 199p

Top price £2356

Lambs (1800) averaged 320p per kg (+24p on the week). £138 per head and sold to £187 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 365p per kg for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (76) averaged 227p per kilo (+38p on the week) £111 per head, and sold to £143 for Texel Hoggs.

Top price 274p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (260) averaged £104.17 and sold to £173 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £129 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £79

PRIME CATTLE-

Good show.  Demand still strong

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2122.64, Learielaw £2098.80, £2028.84, Elwick £2029.40, Mosstower £1964.20, Learielaw £1946.16, Whitrighill £1933.92, Dunslaw £1914.36, Faughhill £1902

Heifers per head: Bee Edge £2085.44, Learielaw £2073.36, Penston £2060.32, Bee Edge £2046, Elwick £2044, £1995.12, Broachrigg £1977.96, Bee Edge £1974.56, £1954.88, £1931.04

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 319p, 318p(2), Whitrighill 316p, Bee Edge, Wester Ulston 314p, Lurdenlaw 310p(2)

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 336p, 328p (2), Learielaw 326p, Penston 326p(2) Hugh Black & Sons, Bee Edge, Broachrigg 324p, Penston 320p(2) W.Kirkup & Sons

Young Bull: Whitrighill £1946.88(288p)

CAST COWS

Still good demand

Cast Cows per head: Wedderlie £2119.50, Kersknowe £2014.76, Broachrigg £2002.50, Mosstower £1947.56, Broachrigg £1897.72, Wedderlie £1852.74, Mosstower £1803.10, Muircleugh £1783.32, Hoselaw £1743.82

Cast Cows per kilo: Mosstower 269p, 247p, Hoselaw 247p, Wedderlie 241p, Muircleugh 231p, Broachrigg 227p, 225p, Wedderlie 225p, Laidlawstiel 221p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Mosstower £2356.12, £1978.06, Deanfoot £1846.32

Cast Bulls per kilo: Mosstower 199p, 197p, Broachrigg 171p

PRIME LAMBS-

Great show of lambs sold to higher rates.  Average £138, 320p per kilo, 43.1kgs

Lambs per head-

Texel: £187, £182 The Knock, £184, £180, £179, £178 Greenhead, Reston, £173 Corsbie, £172 The Knock, £171 Belmont, £170 Ruletownhead; Suffolk: £186 Coltcrooks, £182 Haltree, £168 Edrom Mains, £167.50, £167 The Knock, £167 Symington Mains, Headshaw, Lauder, £160 Hillend Farm Cottages (A.Forsyth), Whitemire, Middlestead; Beltex: £153 Corsbie

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 365.2p Whitsome West Newton, 360.8p Greenhead, Reston, 356.5p Huntington, 356p Greenhead, Reston, 355.1p, 353.1p Corsbie, 351.1p Whitsome West Newton, 350p The Knock, 346.8p Leaston, 346.2p Greenhead, Reston; Beltex: 355.8p Corsbie; Suffolk: 347.9p Headshaw, Lauder, 340.7p Belmont, 340.4p Middlestead

PRIME HOGGS-

Average - £111

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £143, £141 Chesters Brae (J.Scott), £141 New Blainslie(2), Ednam West Mains, £139 Buxley Farm Steading, £137 New Blainslie(2), Ednam West Mains, Grey Peel, Lintalee; Beltex: £143 New Blainslie; Easycare: £120 Girrick; Suffolk: £117 Lamberton

CAST SHEEP-

A mixed show of Cast Sheep forward with all classes a similar trade on the week.

Sale top of £173 for a Texel Ewe from C.Weatherson, Roundabouts.

Texel: £173 Roundabouts, £171, £161 Holylee, £155, £139 Lylestane, Leaston; Beltex: £171, £143 H & A Farms, £145 Lylestane; Suffolk: £153 H & A Farms, £145 Legars, Leaston, £139 Legars, £135 Ecclaw, £133 Legars, Huntington; Bluefaced Leicester: £135, £133 Hartside; Cheviot Mule: £121, £119 Blegbie; North Country Cheviot: £129 Lylestane, £97 Leaderfoot; Greyfaced: £117 Hartside, £113 Greenhead, Reston, £111 Cockburn, £109 Thornington, Ecclaw, £105 Hartside, £100 Legars; Zwartble: £117 Cakemuir; Lleyn: £83 Trabroun; Blackface: £85 Leithenwater, Easycare: £83 Girrick; Jacob: £77 Leaderfoot