St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  70 Clean Cattle, 26 Cast Cows, 2205 Prime Lambs and 520 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (30) averaged 274p per kg and sold to 306p(2)

Heifers (40) averaged 288p per kg and sold to 328p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 265p per kg and sold to 266p per kg

Cast Cows (25) averaged 165p per kg and sold to 227p(2)

Top price £1795

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 155p

Top price £1413

Lambs (2205) averaged 266p per kg (-1p on the week). £118.50 per head and sold to £196 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 318p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (520) averaged £103.38 and sold to £170 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £125, light ewes sold to £145 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £79

PRIME CATTLE-

All types easily sold

Bullocks per head: Faughhill £1993.32, Whitrighill £1970.64, Dunslaw £1924.56, Penston £1912.16, Faughhill £1865.48, Whitrighill £1841.28

Heifers per head: Corsbie £2152.02, Bee Edge £2066.40, Lurdenlaw £1957.38, Penston £1914, £1909.60, Whitrighill £1908

Bullocks per kilo: Whitrighill, Faughhill 306p, Pathhead 300p, Faughhill 298p, Dunslaw 297p, Penston 296p, Faughhill 294p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 328p, Penston, Broachrigg 319p, Whitrighill 318p, 316p(2), Bee Edge 312p(2), Whitrighill 312p, Wester Ulston 310p

Young Bulls: Broachrigg £1915.20(266p), Whitrighill 262p

CAST COWS

Meat in demand

Cast Cows per head: Muircleugh £1795.50, Broachrigg £1589, Thorneydykes £1439.18, Corsbie £1398.60, Broachrigg £1362.90, Muircleugh £1302, Broachrigg £1292.76, Smailholm Mains £1274.40

Cast Cows per kilo: Thorneydykes, Broachrigg 227p, Muircleugh 225p, Broachrigg 189p, Corsbie 185p

Cast Bulls: Crailinghall £1413.60(155p)

PRIME LAMBS-

More numbers forward.  Returns similar.  Average 266p, £118.50, 44 ½ kgs

Lambs per head-

Texel: £196 Legars, £170 Huntington, £169 Wedderlie, Headshaw, Lauder, £159 Wedderlie, £158 Huntington, Muircleugh, £156 Crookston, £155 Coltcrooks, Headshaw, Lauder; Beltex: £157(2) Crookston, £151 Whitsome West Newton, £149 Lylestane, £148, £147 Crookston, £144 Threeburnford, £143 Whitsome West Newton, £141 Wauchhope, £140 Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: £156 Marvingston, £148 Corsbie, £140 Symington Mains, £136 Blegbie, £132 Coltcrooks, Marvingston, Old Melrose, £130 Symington Mains; Blue Texel: £135 Hermiston

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 318.2p, 313.3p Wauchope, 310.1p Huntington, 310p Crookston, 309.1p Wauchope, 308.3p, 307.8p Crookston, 307.5p Whitsome West Newton, 306.7p Lylestane, 304.3p Whitsome West Newton; Texel: 310.6p, 303.9p Headshaw, Lauder, 302.1p Crookston, 301p Corsbie, 300p Huntington; Suffolk: 281.9p Corsbie, 273.7p Marvingston, 272.3p Threepwood, 269.4p Old Melrose, 268.2p Hallrule Mill; Blue Texel: 278.4p Hermiston

CAST SHEEP-

An improved show of Cast Sheep forward with an improved trade to match

Sale top of £170 for a Texel bred Ewe from A.E Riding Ltd, Lanton Crag, Jedburgh

EWES-

Texel: £170 Lanton Crag, £143 Corsbie, £141 Headshaw, Lauder, £140, £139 Philiphaugh, £137 Corsbie, Threeburnford, Legars;  Suffolk: £167 Headshaw, Lauder, £149 Woodside, £147 Heriotsfield(A.Halliday), £143 Middlethird, £140 Muircleugh, £139 Meigle, £137 Headshaw, Lauder, £135 Corsbie; Bluefaced Leicester: £163, £137 Philiphaugh, £125 Corsbie Cottage (P.W Hedley); Beltex: £151 Heriotsfield (A.Halliday), £127 Threeburnford; Cheviot: £145 North Synton, £133, £121 Middlethird, £119 Meigle, £115 Kirktonhill, £103 Headshaw, Lauder; Greyfaced: £123 Gateshaw, £118 Whitehill, Kelso, £115 Corsbie, Hawthorn Cottage, £111 Kirktonhill, £109 Meigle, Burncastle, £107 Leaston; Cheviot Mule: £127 Whitehill, £125 Philiphaugh, Muircleugh, £115 Upper Samieston, £113 Philiphaugh; Blackface: £99 Kirktonhill, £95 Stobbs Farm, Rochester, £87 Burncastle, Meigle, £73 Kirktonhill; Easycare: £83 Pilmuir

RAMS-

Easycare: £117, £107 Pilmuir