St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  85 Clean Cattle, 89 Cast Cows, 1731 Prime Lambs and  714 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (24) averaged 288p per kg and sold to 316p

Heifers (57) averaged 282p per kg and sold to 338p

Young Bulls (4) averaged 244p per kg and sold to 264p

Cast Cows (84) averaged 167p per kg and sold to 247p

Top price £1808

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 142p per kg and sold to 149p.Top price £1542

Lambs (1731) averaged 268.6p per kg. (+20p on the week) £122.80 per head and sold to £163 for Texel Lambs

Top price 329p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (714) averaged £80.58 and sold to £187 for Texel Tups

Heavy Ewes averaged £117, light ewes sold to £115 for a North Country Cheviot Ewe, and averaged £71

PRIME CATTLE –

Plainer show forward with top end seeing a premium

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2199.36, £2011.32, £1984.48, Upper Nisbet £1946.16, £1926.76, £1902.60, £1902

Heifers per head: Mosstower £2020.48, Learielaw £2002.84, Mosstower £2000.80, Bee Edge £1994.20, Lurdenlaw £1984.32, Bee Edge £1944, Lurdenlaw £1940.52, Mosstower £1910.48

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 316p, 314p, Lurdenlaw 306p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Learielaw 302p, Upper Nisbet 306p,

302p (2), 300p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 338p Forsyths of Peebles, Mosstower 334p, 328p (3) Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 326p, Bee Edge 324p, 322p W.Kirkup & Sons Butchers, Learielaw, Mosstower 322p

Young Bulls per head: Wolfstar £2001.12, Wedderlie £1840.80, £1830

Young Bulls per kilo: Wolfstar 264p, Wedderlie 260p

CAST COWS and BULLS –

Trade less with more lean and weathered cows forward

Cast Cows per head: Whitrighill £1808.94, Wedderlie £1802.38, £1798.94, Hendersyde £1776.84, Rumbleton £1767.90, Whitrighill £1758.70, £1748.32, Wedderlie £1727.46, £1708

Cast Cows per kilo: Huntershall 247p, Whitrighill, Wedderlie 227p, Whitrighill 223p, Hendersyde 221p, Whitrighill 219p, 215p, Whitburgh, Rumbleton 213p

Cast Bulls per head: Upper Samieston £1542.90, Hyndlee £1341

Cast Bulls per kilo: Hyndlee 149p, Airhouse 147p(2)

PRIME LAMBS-

Fabulous trade for all types

Lambs per head-

Texel: £163, £158 DJ Texels, £155, £153 Huntington, £150 Belmont, North Synton; Suffolk: £150 Headshaw, Lauder, Haltree, £148 Mowhaugh, £146 Haltree, £143 Corsbie, £140 Sunnycroft, £139 Mowhaugh, Chesters Brae; Beltex: £148 Corsbie, £146 Threeburnford, £144 Buckholm, £141 Threepwood, £138 Craighouse, £137 Huntington, Craighouse; Blue Texel: £133 Sunnycroft, £132 Firbank, £130 Sunnycroft; North Country Cheviot: £129 North Synton, £116 Gospelhall, £115 Adderstonshiels, £113 Threeburnford, £112 Gospelhall; Cheviot Mule: £124 Mowhaugh; Greyfaced: £120, £114 Burncastle; Charollais: £120, £118 Hundalee, £117 Ladyflat; Blackface: £91 Buckholm Cottage (M.Stewart)

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 328.9p Craighouse, 308.1p Faughhill, 305.9p Threepwood, 304.8p Buckholm, 301.2p Threeburnford, 300p Craighouse; Texel: 309.1p, 298p Huntington, 294p North Synton, 292p Craigsford Mains, 291.8p Wester Ulston, 290p Corsbie;  Suffolk: 285.1p Highfield Farming, 278p Chesters Brae, 277.6p Oxmuir, 277.5p Saughtee, 275.6p Springfield, Penicuik; Blue Texel: 283p Sunnycroft, 281p Broomiebank, 276.6p Sunnycroft; Charollais: 278.6p Ladyflat, 274.4p Hundalee House; North Country Cheviot: 272p Buckholm, 268.8p North Synton, 261.4p Adderstonshiels, 261p Gospelhall; Greyfaced: 262.5p Hartside, 259.1p Burncastle; Cheviot Mule: 262p Gospelhall; Blackface: 224.7p Berryhill, 224.7p Buckholm Cottage (M.Stewart)

CAST SHEEP

EWES-

Ewes of all classes a similar trade on the week.  Numbers required for buyers requirements

Sale top of £187 for a Texel Tup from Huntington Farm Partnership, Huntington.  Ewes topped at £155 for a pair of Texels from James Anderson & Son, Headshaw, Lauder

Texel: £155 Headshaw, Lauder, £145 The Craggs, £139 North Synton, £123 New Blainslie, Woodhouse, £121 Langtonlees, Buskin, £120 Springfield, £119 Helmburn; Suffolk: £145 Mowhaugh, £141 Springfield, £123 Huntington, £121 Westruther Mains; Cheviot Mule: £123, £113 Newmains, North Berwick, £111 Saughtree, £101 Rochester House, £99 Halidean Mill; Half Bred: £115 Smailholm Mains; North Country Cheviot: £115 North Synton, £107 Adderstonshiels, £89 Friarshaw, £88 Saughtree, £87 Newmains, North Berwick, £85 Adderstonshiels; Zwartble: £115 Woodlands; Lleyn: £105, £79 Windshiel; Greyfaced: £104 Springfield, Penicuik, £97, £95 Woodhouse, £95 Westruther Mains, Mowhaugh, £93 Buskin, Hendersyde, Woodhouse, £91 Burncastle; Kerryhill: £73 New Channelkirk; Blackface: £73 Middlesknowes, £71 Hopes, Tollishill, £65 Hopes, Tollishill; Shetland: £41 Muirhouse

RAMS-

Texel: £187, £169, £131 Huntington, £127 Yarlside, £123 Huntington; Suffolk: £150 Belmont; Bluefaced Leicester: £145 Smiddy Hill; Hampshire: £145 Newmains, North Berwick; Beltex: £140 New Blainslie