St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  60 Clean Cattle, 55 Cast Cows, 1656 Prime Lambs and 490 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (24) averaged 287p per kg and sold to 318p

Heifers (31) averaged 292p per kg and sold to 326p

Young Bulls (5) averaged 276p sold to 299p

Cast Cows (49) averaged 202p per kg and sold to 255p

Top price £2575

Cast Bulls (6) averaged 176p per kg .Top price £1814

Lambs (1656) averaged 254p per kg (+4p on the week). £116.50 per head and sold to £150 for Beltex   Lambs

Top price 308p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (490) averaged £81.32 and sold to £113 for a Texel  

Heavy Ewes averaged £115, light ewes sold to £113 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £67

PRIME CATTLE-

Good solid trade

Bullock`s per head: Bee Edge £2092.44, Dunslaw £1977.78, Oldcastles £1946.88, Dunslaw £1941.80, £1901.24, £1890.40, Oldcastles £1837.38, Dunslaw £1816.24

Heifers per head: Lurdenlaw £1953.08, £1909.54, Stuartslaw £1884.90, Bee Edge £1847.60, Stagehall £1835.82, Bee Edge £1832.12

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 318p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Oldcastles 312p (2), Dunslaw 311p, Oldcastles 305p, Gala Farms 298p, Oldcastles 298p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Dunslaw 298p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 326p Forsyths of Peebles, Lurdenlaw 320p(2) J Saunderson Ltd, Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lurdenlaw 316p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, 314p J.A Waters & Sons, Oldcastles 312p, Bee Edge 310p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Young Bulls per head: Stuartslaw £1797.60, £1788.02, Butchercote £1786.40, Stuartslaw £1676.20 (2)

Young Bulls per kilo : Stuartslaw 299p, 290p (2)

CAST COWS

Flesh easily sold

Cast Cows per head: Thorneydykes £2575.50, Kersknowe £2129.26, Muircleugh £2053.18, Huntington £1906.80, Wester Middleton £1790.70, Corsbie £1753.92, £1738.86, Upper Nisbet £1734.28, Wester Middleton £1721.56

Cast Cows per kilo: Thorneydykes 255p, Muircleugh 251p, Huntington 237p, Wester Middleton 235p, Corsbie 229p, Huntington, Upper Nisbet, Kersknowe 227p, Butchercote 225p, Wester Middleton 223p

Cast Bulls per head: Butchercote £1814.50, £1649.20, £1503.90

Cast Bulls per kilo: Butchercote 191p, 189p, 155p

PRIME LAMBS-

Returns slightly increased on the week.  Average 254p, 45.8kgs, £116.50

Lambs per head-

Beltex: £150, £140, £137, £136, £135, £134, £130 Craiglea, £134 Threepwood, £130 Woodhouse; Texel: £149 Corsbie, £148 Haltree, £146, £140 (2) Threepwood, £141.50 Haltree, £139.50 (2), £138.50 Fountainhall, £138 Brothershiels;  Suffolk: £144 Corsbie, £138.50, £137 (2), £135 Symington Mains, £131 Haltree, Chesters Brae, £130 Symington Mains; Blue Texel: £120 Firbank (G.Sharp); Charollais: £120 Marvingston; North Country Cheviot: £120 Nisbet Mill; Cheviot Mule: £113 Wester Ulston; Greyfaced: £112 Lauderhill

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 308p, 305.6p, 300p, 297.8p, 292.1p Craiglea; 297.8p Threepwood, 295.2p Lylestane; Texel: 300p Highfield Farming, Westerhouses, 295.7p Highfield Farming, 288.9p Wester Ulston, 280p (2)Threepwood, Blue Texel: 266.7p Firbank (G.Sharp); Greyfaced: 248.2p Lauderhill

CAST SHEEP

A mixed show, with large numbers of hill bred and lean sorts about.  Trade harder on the week

Sale top of £145 for a pair of Texels from June Scott, 6 Chesters Brae

EWES-

Texel: £145 Chesters Brae (J.Scott), £135 Firbank (G.Sharp), £129 Penicuik Estates, £127 Huntington, £123 Penicuik Estates, Marvingston, Elwartlaw; Beltex: £137, £115 Wester Ulston; Suffolk: £127 Marvingston, Symington Mains, £123 Huntington, £115 Penicuik Estates, Symington Mains, £113 Huntington; Cheviot Mule: £119 Muircleugh, £99 Saughtree; North Country Cheviot: £113 Symington Mains, £105, £101 Smiddy Hill, £91 Woodside, £89 Symington Mains, £83 Hexpath, £79 Saughtree; Greyfaced: £101, £95 Crosslaw, £95 Helmburn, £93 Glenburnie, £91 Symington Mains, Crosslaw; Romney: £97 Crookham Dairy; Hill Cheviot: £80 The Burrows; Blackface: £73 Burncastle

RAMS-

Texel: £130 Huntington; North Country Cheviot: £109 Nisbet Mill