St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 94 Clean Cattle, 102 Cast Cows, 3003 Prime Lambs and 583 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (36) averaged 288p per kg and sold to 324p

Heifers (54) averaged 287p per kg and sold to 338p

Young Bulls (4) averaged 220p per kg and sold to 236p

Cast Cows (99) averaged 164p per kg and sold to 245p

Top price £2014

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 145p per kg and sold to 149p.Top price £1498

Lambs (3003) averaged 264p per kg. (-4p on the week) £120 per head and sold to £154 for Texel Lambs

Top price 308p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (583) averaged £81.78 and sold to £185 for Suffolk Tup

Heavy Ewes averaged £118, light ewes sold to £95 for a North Country Cheviot Ewe, and averaged £72

PRIME CATTLE –

Best quality easily sold

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2170.80, Learielaw £2079.36, £2077.76, Bee Edge £2059.20, Learielaw £2057.44, £2031.84, Upper Nisbet £1971.84, Netherurd £1950.92

Heifers per head: Mosstower £2046.72, Learielaw £2034.72, Traprain £2016, Mosstower £2002.56, £2000.80, Bee Edge £1957.24, £1954.88, Penston £1953.64

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 324p Hugh Black &  Sons Ltd, Upper Nisbet 312p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 312p, Learielaw, Lurdenlaw, Bee Edge 308p, Learielaw, Faughhill 306p, Learielaw 304p, Humbie Mill 302p

Heifers per kilo: Penston 338p Forsyths of Peebles, Mosstower 336p, Bee Edge 334p Denholm Meat Supplies, Mosstower 332p, Penston 330p, Mosstower(2) 328p, Bee Edge 328p, Mosstower 326p, Learielaw 324p

Young Bulls per head: Kersknowe £2076.80, £2034.72

Young Bulls per kilo: Kersknowe 236p, 216p

CAST COWS and BULLS –

Harder work with time of year trade

Cast Cows per head: Humbie Mill £2014.50, £1891.76, Thorneydykes £1861.48, Rumbleton £1817.14, Whitrighill £1700.46, Humbie Mill £1692.12, Helmburn £1609.30, Whitrighill £1581.12, Vogrie Farms £1548.36, Whitrighill £1536.28

Cast Cows per kilo: Bowshiel 245p, Rumbleton 241p, Bowshiel 237p, Humbie Mil 237p, Bowshiel 233p, Upper Samieston 229p, Humbie Mill 221p, Bowshiel 217p, 213p

Cast Bulls per head: Angelrow £1498.94, Upper Samieston £1267.14, £1224.78

Cast Bulls per kilo: Angelrow 149p, Upper Samieston 147p

PRIME LAMBS-

Big show forward.  Trade slightly easier on the week.  2901 sold – average £120, 264p, 45.4kgs

Lambs per head-

Texel:   £154 Corsbie, £152 Greenhead, Reston, £150, £148 Stoneypath, £147 Corsbie, £145 Sunnycroft, Corsbie, Huntington, £144 Greenknowe, The Craggs; Beltex: £152, £149, £147 (2), £146 Crookston, £150, £148, £146(2) Craighouse, £147 Threeburnford; Suffolk: £146 Greenhead, Reston, Corsbie, £140 Brothershiels, Sunnycroft, Symington Mains, £138 Bonjedward, Corsbie, Broomielees; Half Bred: £130 Bonjedward, £126 Headshaw, Lauder, £124 Bonjedward; Cheviot Mule: £128 Blegbie; North Country Cheviot: £125.50, £122 Threeburnford, £122 Gospelhall, £121 Broomiebank, £120 Haltree; Greyfaced: £125 Helmburn, £123 Broomielees, £122.50 Lauderhill; Bluefaced Leicester: £124.50 Middlethird

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 307.7p The Craggs, 305.9p (2) Huntington, 305.9p, 304.9p Craighouse, 304.4p Applecross, 302.2p Crookston, 300p Wauchope; Texel: 300p, 296.4p Sunnycroft, 293.3p Westerhouses, 293.2p Threepwood, 290p Faughhill, 288.9p Sunnycroft, 287.5p Applecross, 287.4p New Blainslie, 286.4p (2) Threepwood; North Country Cheviot: 272p Applecross; Suffolk: 271.4p Brothershiels, 270.5p Trabroun, 269.80p, 269.6p Woodside, 268.6p Faughhill, 268.1p Sunnycroft, 268p Wester Middleton, Headshaw, Lauder; Charollais: 270.5p Trabroun; Half Bred: 268.3p Bonjedward; Cheviot Mule: 263.9p Broomiebank; Greyfaced: 259.1p Fairnilee

CAST SHEEP

EWES-

A mixed show forward saw all classes sell to a similar trade on the week.

Sale top of £185 for a Suffolk Tup from George Brown & Sons, Stoneypath

Texel: £147 Venchen, £141 New Blainslie, £133 Craighouse, £129 Venchen, Harelawside, £123 Threepwood, £121 Headshaw, Lauder, Cockburn; Suffolk: £135 Venchen, £127 Cockburn, £125 Mersington Mill, £113 Threepwood; Beltex: £135, £131 Craighouse; Charollais: £123 The Finches; Cheviot Mule: £113 Blegbie, £105 Craighouse; Half Bred: £103 Headshaw, Lauder;  Greyfaced: £98 Cockburn, £95 Byrecleugh, £93 Harelawside, £87 Brockielaw, £85 Helmburn, Burncastle; Blackface: £95 Stobbs Farm, Rochester, £75 Harelawside, £71 Burncastle; North Country Cheviot: £95 Craighouse, £91 Blegbie, Byrecleugh, £89 Craighouse, Headshaw, Lauder, £85, £83 Craighouse, £81 Byrecleugh; Hampshire: £85 Redpath East End; Easycare: £77 The Finches

RAMS-

Suffolk: £185 Stoneypath, £151 Corsbie