St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 86 Clean Cattle, 51 Cast Cows, 1953 Prime Lambs and 345 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (46) averaged 287p per kg and sold to 312p

Heifers (40) averaged 299p per kg and sold to 332p

Cast Cows (49) averaged 196p per kg and sold to 263p

Top price £2214

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 153p per kg  and sold to 163p.Top price £1877

Lambs (1953) averaged 249p per kg (-5p on the week). £114 per head and sold to £149 for Blue Texel Lambs

Top price 307 p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (345) averaged £76.23 and sold to £143 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £115, light ewes sold to £93 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £68

PRIME CATTLE- Good to sell with all shapes and sizes easily sold

Bullock`s per head: Dunslaw £2067.84, £2014.20, £2003.22, Snawdon £2039.80, Bee  Edge £1975.68, Oldcastles £1960, Dunslaw £1950.14, Lurdenlaw £1943, Upper Nisbet £1942.96

Heifers per head: Mosstower £2089.40, Rumbletonlaw £2041.48, Mosstower £2018.56, £1990.40, Penston £1976.76, Mosstower £1974.56, £1944.88, Standhill £1907.40

Bullocks per kilo: Standhill 312p, Snawdon 311p, 310p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Oldcastles 308p, 307p, 306p, 304p, Faughhill 306p

Heifers per kilo: Mosstower 332p Denholm Meat Supplies, Standhill, Faughhill 330p, Bee Edge, Mosstower 328p, Lurdenlaw 326p, Penston 323p, Mosstower, Rumbletonlaw 322p, Mosstower 320p

CAST COWS - Flesh easily sold, leaner cows slightly harder work

Cast Cows per head: Humbie Mill £2214, Wedderlie £1912.68, Muircleugh £1887.42, Lamberton £1883.08, Ecclaw £1873.32, Birkenside £1867.30, Rumbleton £1845.36, Crookston £1831.50, Horsley Hill £1823.36, Rumbletonlaw £1809.19

Cast Cows per kilo: Birkenside 263p, Horsley Hill 259p, Muircleugh 249p, Lamberton 240p, Muircleugh 237p, Rumbleton, Crookston 233p, Horsley Hill 229p, Crookston, Humbie Mill 225p

Cast Bulls per head: Bankhouse £1877.76 (163p), Hassendean £1362.06(141p)

PRIME LAMBS- Returns easier on the week.  Average 249p, £114, 45.8kgs

Lambs per head- Blue Texel: £149 Sunnycroft; Texel: £146 Cortleferry, £144.50 Haltree, £144 Butterdean, £143 New Blainslie, South Common, £142 Redden, £142, £140 (2) Butterdean, £140 Corsbie; Suffolk: £145 Corsbie, £140 Threepwood, £140, £136 New Blainslie, £135 Corsbie, £134 Headshaw, Lauder, £132.50 Leetside, £131 Haltree, £130 Corsbie, Cortleferry; Beltex: £144, £141 Crookston, £141 Redden, £139 Headshaw, £138, £136 Redden, £136, £133 Wester Middleton, £133 Threepwood, Crookston; Greyfaced: £124 Cortleferry; Half Bred: £124 Headshaw, Lauder; North Country Cheviot: £114 Haltree; Cheviot Mule: £110 Adderstonshiels, Gospelhall

Lambs per kilo- Beltex: 307.1p Crookston, 300p Lylestane, 295.7p, 295.3p Redden, 293.9p Crookston, 292.7p Redden, 291.8p Lylestane, 290.5p Redden; Texel: 289.7p Broomiebank, 289.4p Redden, 288.5p Corsbie, 284.3p Brundeanlaws; Suffolk: 268p Headshaw, Lauder, 253.2p Earlston Mains, 251.9p New Blainslie, 250p Lanton Crag, Stoneypath, Trabroun; Blue Texel: 261.4p Sunnycroft; Charollais: 252.5p Broomiebank; Cheviot Mule: 250p Gospelhall

CAST SHEEP - All classes a similar trade on the week.

Sale top of £143 for a Texel cross bred Ewe from Fairnilee Farming, Fairnilee Farm

EWES- Texel: £143 Fairnilee, £137 Threepwood, £127 Brundeanlaws, Winkston, £119 Corsbie; Bluefaced Leicester: £133 Threepwood (D.Sandilands); Suffolk: £129 Bowland, £123 Corsbie, £121 Threepwood, £117 Bowland, £111 Haystoun; Beltex: £107 Lanton Crag,; Cheviot Mule: £107 Over Blainslie; Dorset: £105 The Granary, Duns; Greyfaced: £100 Corsbie, £99 Letham Farming, £97 Shotton, Lanton Crag, £91 Bowland; North Country Cheviot: £93 Earlston Road, Stow (S.Anderson), £89 Swinie; Jacob: £85 Threepwood; Blackface: £63 Hopes; Hebridean: £49 Westrigg

RAMS- Texel: £140 Lanton Crag; Easy Care: £97, £89, £81 Godscroft; Shetland: £73 Godscroft