St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 68  Clean Cattle, 24 Cast Cows, 1606 Prime Lambs and 678 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (33) averaged 301p per kg and sold to 324p

Heifers (31) averaged 303p per kg and sold to 336p

Young Bulls (4) averaged 235p sold to 294p

Cast Cows (24) averaged 219p per kg and sold to 247p

Top price £2380

Lambs (1606) averaged 255p per kg (+2p on the week). £112.50 per head and sold to £167 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 327p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (678) averaged £75.11 and sold to £203 for Texel Tups

Heavy Ewes averaged £115, light ewes sold to £99 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £69

PRIME CATTLE-

Great show matched a great trade

Bullocks per head: Whitrighill £2086.92, Oldcastles £2008.80, Whitrighill £1990.76, £1990.56, Upper Nisbet £1926, Gala Farms £1924, Broachrigg £1921.36, Upper Nisbet £1919.80

Heifers per head: Mosstower £2130.12, Whitrighill £2067.20, Kersknowe £2037.56, Lurdenlaw £1997.04, Upper Nisbet £1974.56, Mosstower £1951.32, Bee Edge £1941.10, Mosstower £1940.40, Bee Edge £1937.52, Mosstower £1935.36

Bullocks per kilo: Oldcastles 324p, 316p, Faughhill 314p, Whitrighill 314p (2), Crookhouse 313p, Faughhill 313p, Whitrighill 312p Hugh Black & Sons, Lurdenlaw 312p (2)

Heifers per kilo: Mosstower 336p, 330p Hugh Black & Sons, Bee Edge 329p, 326p Upper Nisbet 328p, Penston 325p, 324p, Bee Edge 324p, Mosstower 322p, Lurdenlaw 320p

Young Bull : Faughhill £2199.12 (294p), Kersknowe £1680

CAST COWS

Good trade throughout

Cast Cows per head: Muircleugh £2380.50, Hyndsidehill £1894.50, Muircleugh £1867.60, Bow £1809.78, Mosstower £1791, Hyndside £1740.34, Bow £1729.56, Hyndsidehill £1716.96, Corsbie £1709.24

Cast Cows per kilo: Corsbie 247p, Bow 235p, Muircleugh 230p, Gateshaw, Corsbie 229p,  Gateshaw 227p, Muircleugh, Mosstower, Hyndsidehill 225p, 221p Gateshaw

Cast Bulls: Gospelhall £743.40 (105p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Great show forward.  Returns slightly increased.  Average 255p (44.1kgs) £112.50

Lambs per head-

Texel: £167 Earlston Mains, £156 New Blainslie, £154, £149 Symington Mains, £148 Earlston Mains, £146.50 Huntington, £145 Haltree, £144 Huntington, Leaston, £140 Haltree; Suffolk: £155 Earlston Mains, £140.50 Douglas Square, Newcastleton (W.Ferrie), £140 Haltree (3), Earlston Mains, Corsbie, £137 Symington Mains; Beltex: £138, £134(3), £128 (2), £123 Wauchhope, £135 Huntington, £122 Crookston, Hampshire: £128 Fairlaw, Reston; North Country Cheviot: £123 Symington Mains

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 326.8p, 322.9p, 319p, 312.2p, 306.7p Wauchhope, 302.3p Crookston, 300p Helmburn; Texel: 308.9p Leaston, 300p Crookston, 296.6p Threepwood, Leaston, 293.3p Leaston, 293.2p Crookston, 293p Huntington, 291.1p Leaston, 288.4p Harden Mains, 286.7p Crookston; Suffolk:282.8p, 276.8p Earlston Mains, 277.2p Corsbie, 270.8p Threepwood, 269.2p Haltree, 264p Symington Mains, 262.6p Corsbie, 261.7p(2) Haltree, 260.2p Douglas Square, Newcastleton (W.Ferrie); North Country Cheviot: 267.4p Symington Mains

CAST SHEEP

Larger numbers of smaller bred Ewes forward.  Good meated, powerful sorts were short of buyers requirements.

Sale peak of £203 for a Texel Tup from William Dunlop, Elmscleugh.

Ewes topped at £125 for a pair of Roussins from Janice Laird, St Clements Wells

EWES-

Roussin: £125 St Clements Wells; Texel: £121 Huntershall, £119 Helmburn, £117 Lylestane, Cockburn, £115 Corsbie; Suffolk: £121, £111 Cockburn, £103 Broomilees; Beltex: £121 Helmburn, £111 Heriotsfield (A.Halliday), £103 Helmburn; Half Bred: £105 Blackburn Mill; North Country Cheviot: £99 Lylestane, £85 (2) Birneyknowe, £79 Blackburn Mill; Cheviot Mule: £97 Saughtree, £85 Baillieknowe; Greyfaced: £97 Cockburn, £95 Helmburn, £91 Crailing Nook, Threeburnford, Whiteburn, Duns;  Lleyn: £89 Baillieknowe; Ryeland £73(2) Calaburn; Swaledale: £53 Broomilees

RAMS-

Texel: £203 Elmscleugh, £167 Baillieknowe, £131 Wester Ulston; Suffolk: £157, £139 Corsbie; Hampshire: £157 St Clements Wells; Bluefaced Leicester: £143 Hartside; Blackface: £101 Hartside