St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 63 Clean Cattle, 46 Cast Cows, 1757 Prime Lambs and 579 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (21) averaged 288p per kg and sold to 318p

Heifers (40) averaged 276p per kg and sold to 326p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 260p per kg and sold to 282p

Cast Cows (42) averaged 189p per kg and sold to 235p

Top price £2016

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 165p per kg

Top price £1818

Lambs (1757) averaged 260.1p per kg (-25p on the week). £114.61 per head and sold to £174 for    Texel Lambs

Top price 319p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (579) averaged £102.33 and sold to £223 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £125, light ewes sold to £115 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £80

PRIME CATTLE – Larger show with butcher’s types easily sold.  Large proportion native types

Bullocks per head: Dunslaw £1915.80, £1914.36, Bee Edge £1912.32, Lurdenlaw £1847.60, Faughhill £1847.04, Lurdenlaw £1823.36

Heifers per head: Penston £2041.56, Bee Edge £1942.96, Penston £1937.52, Bee Edge £1928.08, £1888.92, £1884.80, Crookhouse £1828.32, Whitrighill £1827.48,

Bullocks per kilo: Dunslaw 318p, Faughhill 312p J.A Waters & Son, Dunslaw, Lurdenlaw 310p Hugh Black & Sons, Lurdenlaw 308p, 306p, 300p, Dunslaw, Crookhouse 300p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 326p Denholm Meat Supplies, Whitrighill 324p Forsyths of Peebles, Penston 324p, 318p, Bee Edge 318p Forsyths of Peebles, Whitrighill 314p, Crookhouse 312p, Whitrighill 312p, 310p, Bee Edge 310p

Young Bulls per head: Cragside £1968.36, Upper Samieston £1732.80

Young Bulls per kilo: Cragside 282p

CAST COWS: Nice trade

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2016.30, Easter Middleton £2005.08, Oldcastles £1953.64, Venchen £1883.30, Kersknowe £1768, Easter Middleton £1734.28

Cast Cows per kilo: Kersknowe 235p, Easter Middleton 227p, Kersknowe, Oldcastles 221p, Oldcastles 219p, Easter Middleton 217p(2), Woodhouse, Horsley Hill 215p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Oldcastles £1818.64

Cast Bulls per kilo: Oldcastles 179p, Willowford 177p

PRIME LAMBS

Lamb trade less in line with national trade, Average 260p per kg

Lambs per head-

Texel: £174 Holylee, £168 Pikestane, £154 Holylee, £152, £150 Whitsome West Newton, £148 Holylee, £147 Whitsome West, £147 Sunnycroft, £145 Corsbie, Greenhead Reston Suffolk: £152 Wauchope, £145 Falahill, £143 Threepwood, £139 Symington Mains, £130 Corsbie, Marvingston, Middle Monynut, Brothershiels. Beltex: £140 Threeburnford, £120 Huntington, £118 Threeburnford.Half Bred: £125 Headshaw, Lauder Charollais: £124 Fairlaw, £118 Marvingston. Hampshire: £117 Redpath East End.

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 319.10p, 303.10 Whitsome West Newton. 300p Pikestane, 296.20p Holylee, 295.90p Corsbie, 293.60p, 292.80p Whitsome West Newton, 290.20p, 200p Holylee 289.60p Fountainhall  Beltex: 300p Huntington, 280p Threeburnford, 276.50 Huntington, 274.40 Threeburnford. Suffolk: 281.50p Wauchope, 278.80p Falahill, 275.20 Symington Mains, 266.70p Headshaw, Lauder, 265.30p Marvingston, 265.10p Sunnycroft.

CAST SHEEP-

A varied show of cast sheep with well bred pedigree types fetching a premium.  AS a whole trade slightly easier in line with national trend. Sale top of £223 for a flashy Texel ewe from local breeder D Preacher, Holylee Farm, whilst Tups topped at £157 for a Texel from R S Green, The Craggs.

EWES- Texel: £223 Holylee(D.Preacher), 213 Duke Street. £200, £155 Grey Peel, £187, £179 £157 The Craggs, £169 Duke Street, £149, £143 Headshaw, Lauder; Cheviot: £115, £105 Headshaw, Lauder, £99 Broomiebank. Greyface: £110 Gala Farms, £107 West Longridge, £99 New Blainslie, £97 Gayfield, Woodhouse. Half Bred: £111 Marvingston. Suffolk: £147 Headshaw, Lauder, £138 Pikestane, £131 Blackhill, Coldingham,  Corsbie, £129 Fishwick, £128 Marvingston, £127 West Longridge, £123 The Craggs, £120 Corsbie.   Cheviot Mule: £120 Blegbie, £119, £112 The Craggs Blue Texel: £145 Hermiston. Beltex X: £161 The Craggs, £153 Belmont Hampshire: £109 Redpath East End, £105 Bridgehaughmill.

RAMS- Texel: £157, £133 The Craggs. £157 Grey Peel, North Country Cheviot: £135, £125  North Synton.