St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 38 Clean Cattle, 42 Cast Cows, 1682 Prime Lambs and 666 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (16) averaged 270p per kg and sold to 302p

Heifers (21) averaged 290p per kg and sold to 318p

Young Bulls (1) sold to 190p per kg (£2249)

Cast Cows (39) averaged 168p per kg and sold to 229p

Top price £1934

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 156p per kg and sold to 171p

Top price £1884

Lambs (1682) averaged 267p per kg (n/c on the week). £119.50 per head and sold to £167 for  Texel  Lambs

Top price 321p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (666) averaged £98.38 and sold to £197 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £122, light ewes sold to £131 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £78

PRIME CATTLE-

Nice trade

Bullocks per head: Dunslaw £1914.88, Lurdenlaw £1895.28, Whitrighill £1873.40, Lurdenlaw £1829, Dunslaw £1797.12, Lurdenlaw £1775.76

Heifers per head: Dunslaw £1958.88, Bee Edge £1928.16, £1920.72, £1890.88, £1853.28, Whitrighill £1824.76

Bullocks per kilo: Lurdenlaw 302p, 298p, Whitrighill 295p Forsyths of Peebles, Lurdenlaw 295p, Whitrighill 290p,  Lurdenlaw 290p J.A Waters & Sons, Dunslaw 288p, 286p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 318p Denholm Meat Supplies, Bee Edge 312p,312p W.Kirkup & Sons, Dunslaw, Penston 308p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Crookhouse 206p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 304p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Young Bulls: Kersknowe £2249.60 (190p)

CAST COWS

Easy sold, lean types harder work

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £1934.28, Wester Middleton £1932.76, Huntington £1743.30, Muircleugh £1729.74, Upper Blainslie £1729.56, Easter Middleton £1664.60, Upper Blainslie £1608.22, £1552.20, Muircleugh £1520.36, Huntington £1514.38

Cast Cows per kilo: Wester Middleton 229p, Muircleugh 227p, Easter Middleton 205p, Huntington 203p, Upper Blainslie 203p, Kersknowe, Muircleugh 199p, Huntington, Upper Blainslie 195p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls: Woodhead, Ancrum £1884.42 (171p), Marvingston £1767.14 (149p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Lamb trade similar on the week. Average 267p £119.50 (44.5kgs)

Lambs per head-

Beltex: £167 Huntington, £164 Craighouse, £155 Huntington, £154.50 Whitsome West Newton, £149 Butterdean, £149, £148 Whitsome West Newton, £148 Huntington, £147 Whitsome West Newton, £146 Huntington; Texel: £161 Craigsford Mains, £158 Penicuik Estates, £156 Butterdean, £152 The Knock, £149 Bluecairn, £148 (2) Threepwood, £146 North Synton, Greenhead, Reston, Penicuik Estates; Suffolk: £141 Penicuik Estates, £137 Headshaw, Lauder, £133 Penicuik Estates, £132 Blegbie, £130(2) Threepwood; North Country Cheviot: £128 North Synton; Hampshire: £115 Southdean

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 321.6p Craighouse, 316.3p Huntington, 313.7p Butterdean, 308.3p Whitsome West Newton, Huntington, 306.3p Whitsome West Newton, 304.3p Blackadder Mains, 304.2p Huntington, 304.1p, 300p Whitsome West Newton; Texel: 306.7p Threepwood, 300p Crookham Dairy, 299p Threepwood, 294.9p Greenhead, Reston, 292.7p Craigsford Mains, 292.6p Whitsome West Newton, 290.9p North Synton, 289.5p, 289.2p The Knock, 288.4p Roxburgh Mill; Suffolk: 294.6p Headshaw, Lauder, 269.4p Blegbie, 267.4p Bowland

CAST SHEEP-

Similar trade on the week.  Again, well fleshed pedigrees at a premium

Sale top of £197 for a Texel Ewe from local breeder Glen Wilson, Hawthornside

EWES-

Texel: £197, £180, £167, £157, £155 Hawthornside, £161 Edrom Mains, Headshaw, Lauder,  Bluefaced Leicester: £151, £129 Newbigging Walls; Suffolk: £143 Hermiston, £137 West Longridge, £133 Hermiston, Craigsford Mains, £131 Philiphaugh, Headshaw, Lauder, £129 Edrom Mains, £121 Hermiston, Craigsford Mains; Beltex: £139, £120, £111, £105, £100 Craighouse; North Country Cheviot: £131 Philiphaugh, £119, Philiphaugh (James Cowens) £111 Philiphaugh, £103 Bowland; Cheviot Mule: £127 Blegbie, £117 Baillieknowe, £113 Meigle, Wedderlie, £109 Blegbie, £103 Collielaw, £101 Upper Samieston; Greyfaced: £116 Crailing Nook, £115 Bowland, £113 Helmburn, £111 Hermiston, Newbigging Walls, £107 Colmslie Farm Cottage, £105 West Lodge South, £103 Threeburnford, £101, £99 West Longridge; Lleyn: £115 Duke Street, Hawick (Elliot), £109 Baillieknowe; Easycare: £81 Bankhouse;  Blackface: £80, £73 Tollishill

RAMS-

Texel: £165 West Lodge South, £153 South Common, £145 Wedderlie, £133 South Common; Charollais: £129 West Lodge South; Bluefaced Leicester: £127 Corsbie Cottage (Hedley); North Country Cheviot: £143 Soutra Mains £115 Wedderlie; Lleyn: £117, £111 Baillieknowe; Blackface: £107 Tollishill