St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  74 Clean Cattle,  52 Cast Cows, 1203 Prime Lambs and 218 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (27) averaged 280p per kg and sold to 310p

Heifers (43) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 330p x 2

Young Bulls (4) averaged 297p per kg and sold to 308p

Cast Cows (50) averaged 194p per kg and sold to 255p

Top price £2356

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 197p

Top price £1812

Lambs (1203) averaged 307.50p per kg (-12.5p on the week). £136.38 per head and sold to £178 for   Beltex Lambs

Top price 364p per kg for Texel Lambs

Cast Sheep (218) averaged £96.23 and sold to £164 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £119 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £79.50

PRIME CATTLE-

All types slightly less in line with national trend

Bullocks per head: Pathhead £2031.96, Penston £1971.60, Pathhead £1920.32, Faughhill £1919.12, Lurdenlaw £1884.96, Pathhead £1866.24, Dunslaw £1863, £1842.12

Heifers per head: Bee Edge £2092.20, £2027.40, Stuartslaw £2011.96, Elwick £1984, Penston £1977.96, Bee Edge £1966.80, Elwick £1963.84, Bee Edge £1933.44, Penston £1932, Bee Edge £1918.08

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 310p, Lurdenlaw 308p, Faughhill 298p, Whitrighill, Wester Ulston 294p, Whitrighill, Wester Ulston 290p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 330p Denholm Meat Supplies, Bee Edge 330p,  324p, Penston 326p, Pathhead 326p, Penston 322p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Whitrighill 320p, Penston 318p (2), Fowberry Moor 316p

Young Bulls per head: Stuartslaw £2172.48, £2131.36, £2093.80

Young Bulls per kilo: Stuartslaw 308p, 298p, 292p, 290p

CAST COWS

Good demand for all types

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2356.20, Stuartslaw £2242.56, £2089.80, Kersknowe £2076.12, Stuartslaw £1912.50, Middlethird £1814.12

Cast Cows per kilo: Stuartslaw 255p, 243p, Kersknowe 231p, Middlethird 227p, Stuartslaw, Rumbleton, Woodheads, Lauder, Kersknowe 219p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Woodheads, Lauder £1812.40, The Lee £1806.48

Cast Bulls per kilo: Woodheads, Lauder 197p, The Lee 193p

PRIME LAMBS-

Great show of lambs forward selling to better than expected rates.  1203 lambs averaged 307.5p per kg, £136.38, 44.3kgs

Lambs per head-

Beltex: £178 Headshaw, Lauder, £166 Redden, £144 Howden, Jedburgh, £133 Blackburn, Lauder (R.Montague), £128 Brockielaw; Suffolk: £176 Craigsford Mains, £172 Sunnycroft, £150 Corsbie, Belmont, £140 Applecross, Sunnycroft, Butterdean, Oxmuir; Texel: £174 Craigsford Mains, £171 Redden, £171, £170 Greenhead, Reston, £169 Elwartlaw, Greenhead, Reston, Redden, £168, £166 Greenhead, Reston, £166 Whitsome West Newton; Hampshire: £158 Boggs Holdings (Kay), £130 Cocklawfoot; Dorset: £146 Oatleycleugh(J.Baker); Charollais: £140 Fairlaw (S.MacGregor)

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 363.8p Redden, 360.9p Whitsome West Newton, 348p Craigsford Mains, 345.7p, 344.7p Whitsome West Newton, 344.9p, 343.5p Redden, 341.5p Headshaw, Lauder, 339.8p Whitsome West Newton, 338p Elwartlaw; Beltex: 360.9p Redden, 329.6p Headshaw, Lauder, 309.3p Blackburn, Lauder (R.Montague); Suffolk: 324.5p Sunnycroft, 317.4p Belmont, 314.3p, 314p Oxmuir, 311.4p Headshaw, Lauder, 311.1p Sunnycroft, 311.1p, 310.1p Butterdean

CAST SHEEP-

A mixed show of Cast Sheep sold to a stronger trade on the week.  Sale top of £164 for a Texel bred ewe from Messrs Anderson, Headshaw, Lauder

EWES-

Texel: £164, £159 Headshaw, Lauder, £153 Traprain, £139 (2) Kilnknowe, £135 Haltree, £131 Belmont; Suffolk: £161 Belmont, £153, £147 Mill Lane Cottage (A.Mather), £151 Belmont, £141 Marvingston, £137 Haltree, £127 Headshaw, Lauder; Charollais: £147 Myreside, Selkirk; Hampshire: £131, £125 Cocklawfoot; Cheviot: £119 Headshaw, Lauder, £107 Ruletownhead, £97 Kirklands, Ancrum; Greyfaced: £115, £95 Berryhill; Cheviot Mule: £111 Kirklands, Ancrum; LLeyn: £105 Ruletownhead; Zwartble: £99 Wormerlaw; Blackface: £97, £77 Berryhill; Jacob: £87 Kirkhope; Herdwick: £73 Standhill; Shetland: £63 Fairlaw, Reston

RAMS-

Suffolk: £141, £139 Ruletownhead; Dorset: £133, £125 Oatleycleugh (J.Baker); North Country Cheviot: £125 Ruletownhead