St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 112 Clean Cattle,  42 Cast Cows, 1687 Prime Lambs and 289 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (33) averaged 286p per kg and sold to 320p

Heifers (78) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 336p x 2

Cast Cows (41) averaged 193p per kg and sold to 253p

Top price £2312.80

Cast Bull (1) sold to £139 (£1242)

Lambs (1687) averaged 266p per kg. (+3p on the week) £122.50 per head and sold to £230 for Beltex Lambs

Top price 460p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (289) averaged £79.04 and sold to £157 for a Texel Tup

Heavy Ewes averaged £121, light ewes sold to £109 for a North Country Cheviot Ewe, and averaged £73

PRIME CATTLE-

Good show with trade buoyant throughout.

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2150.40, £2057.44, Learielaw £2047.28, £2041.56, £2016.12, Snawdon £1995.12, Learielaw £1959.36, Bee Edge £1959.20, Friday Hill £1947.68

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 320p, Learielaw 318p, 317p, Bee Edge 316p, Learielaw 314p(2), Snawdon 310p John Saunderson Ltd, Bee Edge 308p, Snawdon, Faughhill 306p

Heifers per head: Learielaw £2036.16, Mosstower £2031.84, Applecross £2006.60, Whitrighill £1986.60, Skilmafilly £1960.20, Lurdenlaw £1933.92, Bee Edge £1923.84, Lurdenlaw £1921.98, Bee Edge £1919.12, Mosstower £1913.60

Heifers per kilo: Learielaw, Skilmafilly 336p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 334p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Mosstower(2), Whitrighill 332p, Whitrighill, Skilmafilly 330p, Bee Edge 328p, Mosstower 326p

CAST COWS –

Trade dearer

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2312.80, Wester Middleton £2192.82, £2093.64, Kersknowe £2122.26, Wedderlie £1935, Venchen £1920.96, Rumbleton £1918.62

Cast Cows per kilo: Rumbleton 253p, Kersknowe 245p, Wester Middleton 239p, Craighouse, Wester Middleton 227p, Lamberton (M.Budge), Kersknowe 217p, Wedderlie 215p, Craighouse 211p

CAST BULLS-  Stobshiel Mains £1242.66(139p)

Christmas Show and Sale of Cast Cows- Good show of cows forward for this year’s show with Messrs Jeffrey, Kersknowe winning throughout.

PRIME LAMBS: 

Christmas Show & Sale of Prime Lambs at St Boswells Mart.  A fantastic show of 70 pairs of lambs were put forward.  The difficult task of judging was expertly undertaken by Mr Jimmy Bell, The Lamb Man, who awarded the Championship to Messrs Anderson, Headshaw, Lauder.  The Champion pair went on to realise £230 (50 kgs) to Briggsys Butchers, Jedburgh.  The Reserve Champion went to the Suffolk Cross Lambs from Broomilees selling for £164 (54kgs) to Martin Baird, Melrose

2023 Prime Sheep Champion - Messrs Anderson, Headshaw, Lauder with Joanna Howlett from Briggsys Butchers

This years show was kindly sponsored by Tarff Valley

Prize Winners –

Class 1 – Best Pair of Suffolk Cross Lambs

1^st           Broomilees                         56kgs                     £164                       Martin Baird(Butchers)  RESERVE CHAMPION

2^nd          Sunnycroft                          57kgs                     £170                       Hartshead Meats

3^rd           Headshaw, Lauder           53kgs                     £164                       Hartshead Meats

Class 2 – Best Pair of Texel Cross Lambs

1^st           Sunnycroft                          54kgs                     £172                       Hartshead Meats

2^nd          Leaston                                45kgs                     £140                       A.Atkinson Livestock Ltd              

3^rd           Sunnycroft                          60kgs                     £168                       Hartshead Meats

Class 3 – Best Pair of Continental Lambs

1^st           Headshaw, Lauder           50kgs                     £230                       Briggsys Butchers             (CHAMPION)    

2^nd          Belmont                               49kgs                     £165                       Hartshead Butchers

3^rd           Wester Middleton           48kgs                     £156                       Hartshead Butchers

Class 4 – Best Pair of Cheviot Lambs

1^st           Buchtrig                               46½ kgs                £131                       Briggsys Butchers            

2^nd          Blegbie                                 51kgs                     £127                       Delimart Ltd      

3^rd           North Synton                     53½ kgs                £130                       J.A Jewitt (Meat) Ltd

Class 5 – Best Pair of Blackface Lambs

1^st           Crookston                           42kgs                     £110                       Vivers Scotlamb Ltd

2^nd          Crookston                           46kgs                     £118                       A.Atkinson Livestock Ltd

3^rd           Birkhill                                   37kgs                     £  82                       Iveson Livestock Ltd

Class 6 – Best Pair of Native Bred Cross Lambs

1^st           Crookston                           48kgs                     £131                       Foston’s Butchery Ltd    

2^nd          Lauderhill                            44kgs                     £114                       Vivers Scotlamb Ltd

3^rd           Crookston                           55kgs                     £142                       Scottish Border Meats

Class 7 – Best Pair of Young Farmer Lambs

1^st           Sunnycroft                          55kgs                     £179                       Briggsys Butchers

2^nd          Headshaw, Lauder           42kgs                     £115                       Mr A.O Bell

3^rd           Wester Middleton           48kgs                     £150                       A.Atkinson Livestock Ltd

Good show forward.  Returns similar.  Average £122.50 (46kgs) 266p

Lambs per head –

Beltex: £230 Headshaw, Lauder,£170 Faughhill, £165 Wauchope, Belmont, £160 Wauchope, Belmont, £158 Crookston, £156, £150 Wester Middleton, Texel: £179, £172, £168 Sunnycroft, £160 Skilmafily, £157 Harelaw,  £154 Belmont, £153 Threepwood, Haltree, £151 Corsbie, £150 Leaston; Suffolk: £170 Sunnycroft, £164 Headshaw, Lauder, Broomilees, £162 Wester Middleton, £160, £159 Corsbie, £155 Broomilees, £150 Haltree, Belmont, Oxmuir; Blue Texel: £145 Sunnycroft; Greyfaced: £142, £131 (2)Crookston; Cheviot Mule: £136 Blegbie; Half Bred: £135 Bonjedward; North Country Cheviot: £131 Buchtrig, £130 North Synton; Blackface: £118 Crookston; Lleyn: £115 Trabroun

Lambs per kilo –

Beltex: 460p Headshaw, Lauder, 354.2p Faughhill, 340.2p Wauchope, 336.7p Belmont, 325.6p Leaston, 325p Wester Middleton, 321.4p Threepwood, 320p Wauchope, 312.5p Wester Middleton, 310.9p Threeburnford; Texel: 325.5p, 318.5p Sunnycroft, 312.5p Wester Middleton, 311.1p Leaston, 308.5p Sunnycroft, 300p Redden, Skilmafilly; Suffolk: 309.4p Headshaw, Lauder, 305.7p Wester Middleton, 298.2p Sunnycroft, 292.9p Broomilees, 284.1p Headshaw, Lauder; Blue Texel: 308p Sunnycroft; North Country Cheviot: 281.7p Buchtrig, 273.8p Headshaw, Lauder, 272.7p North Synton, 271.8p, 270p Saughtree; Lleyn: 280.5p Trabroun; Greyfaced: 272.9p Crookston; Cheviot Mule: 263.4p Gospelhall; Blackface: 261.9p, 261.4p Crookston

EWES:

A mixed show forward with all classes taking another lift on the week.  Numbers tightening

Sale top of £157 for a Texel Tup from S & G Sutherland, New Channelkirk.  Ewes topped at £155 for a Texel from David Logan, Leaston

Texel: £155 Leaston, £137, £131 Redden, £127 Upper Samieston, £125 East Gordon, £123(2) Upper Samieston, £119 Middlethird;  Suffolk: £133 East Gordon, £125 Bowershields, £121 Middlethird, £111 Leaston; Beltex: £125 Heriotsfield (A.Halliday); Cheviot Mule: £121, £89 Broomiebank;  Bluefaced Leicester: £113 Middlethird;  Greyfaced: £113 East Gordon, £111 Redden, £105 Burncastle, £105 Crailinghall, £103, £97 Gala Farms;  North Country Cheviot: £109 Bowershields, £107 Nisbet Mill, £97 Bowershields, £83 Middlethird; Blackface: £71 Burncastle, £69 Gala Farms, Lauderhill, £61 Burncastle; Swaledale: £61 Gala Farms

RAMS:

Texel: £157 New Channelkirk, £139 Hermiston, £130 Upper Samieston, £127 Broomiebank, £123(3) Upper Samieston;Blue Texel: £147 Broomiebank, £120 Hermiston; Suffolk: £140 Belmont; Bluefaced Leicester: £129, £117(2) Hyndhope, E; Beltex: £121 Hermiston; Blackface: £117 Elmscleugh, £93 Lauderhill, £91 Elmscleugh; North Country Cheviot: £111 Nisbet Mill; Jacob: £87 Justicehall