St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  63 Clean Cattle,   63 Cast Cows,  1999 Prime Lambs and  532 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (13) averaged 306p per kg and sold to 320p

Heifers (50) averaged 306p per kg and sold to 338p

Cast Cows (61) averaged 183p per kg and sold to 259p

Top price £2134

Cast Bull (2) averaged 157p per kg sold to £159.

Top price £1888

Lambs (1999) averaged 271p per kg. (+5p on the week) £120 per head and sold to £178 for Beltex Lambs

Top price 338p per kg for Beltex  Lambs

Cast Sheep (532) averaged £89.67 and sold to £220 for a Texel

Heavy Ewes averaged £122, light ewes sold to £103 for a North Country Cheviot Ewe, and averaged £73

PRIME CATTLE-

Buoyant trade throughout

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2161.44, £2150.40, Learielaw £2052.96, £2016.08, , Upper Nisbet £2008.16, £1964.16, Greenknowe £1959.20,  Upper Nisbet £1889.28, Learielaw £1884.80

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 320p, 316p, Greenknowe 316p, Learielaw 316p, 312p, 310p, Upper Nisbet 308p, Wester Ulston 306p

Heifers per head: Learielaw £2003.40, Wester Middeton £1984, Bee Edge £1980.68, Mosstower £1965.52, Lennoxlove £1963.92, £1958.40, Bee Edge £1944, Mosstower £1941.76, Learielaw £1920.72, Bee Edge £1916.88

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 338p Denholm Meat Supplies, Mosstower 336p, Lennoxlove 334p, 330p, Bee Edge, Mosstower 328p, Bee Edge, Shidlaw 326p, Bee Edge 324p, Mosstower 322p

CAST COWS –

Power and flesh easily sold

Cast Cows per head: Thorneydykes £2134.26, Grahamslaw £1867.98, Cockburn £1767.88, Shidlaw £1754.80, Rumbleton £1742.34, Wester Middleton £1723.80, Upper Nisbet £1723.50, Berryhill £1709.96

Cast Cows per kilo: Stoneypath 259p, 253p Oldcastles 255p, East Mains, Lauder 247p, Upper Nisbet 225p, Woodhouse 223p

CAST BULLS-  Marvingston £1888.04 (154p), Stoneypath £1885.74 (159p),

PRIME LAMBS: 

Good show forward.  All types sharper.  Average 271p (44.28kgs) £120

Lambs per head –

Beltex: £178, £170, £161 Crookston, £160(2) Faughhill, £159 (2)  Crookston, £159 Fountainhall, £158 Faughhill; Texel: £167 Crookston, £165 Symington Mains, £165, £164 Threepwood, £163 Huntington, £162 Threepwood, £158 (2) Corsbie; Suffolk: £154 Threepwood, £153 Symington Mains, £149 Cortleferry, £147 Smailholm Mains, £144 Stoneypath; £143 Lumsdaine, £142 Stoneypath, Cortleferry, £140 Hermiston; North Country Cheviot: £155 Symington Mains, £136, £128 North Synton, £127.50 Woodside, £122 North Synton, £120 Woodside, Symington Mains;  Greyfaced: £127 Lumsdaine; Cheviot Mule:£119 Wester Ulston

Lambs per kilo –

Beltex: 338.3p Crookston, 333.3p Faughhill, 331.7p, 323.8p Threeburnford, 323.7p Crookston, 322.4p Faughhill, 322p Crookston, 320p Faughhill; Texel: 326p Huntington, 322.7p Heriotsfield (A.Halliday), 318.6p Huntington, 312.2p Hawthornside, 302.5p Broom, 302p Crookston, 300p Westerhouses; Suffolk: 279.1p Wester Ulston, 275.6p Symington Mains, 275p Threepwood, Fairnilee, 274.4p Hermiston, 272.7p Wantonwalls, Bedrule; North Country Cheviot: 277.5p Holylee, 273.8p, 272.7p Symington Mains; Cheviot Mule: 276.7p Wester Ulston; Berrichon: 270p Springwood Lodge; Greyfaced: 266.7p Tollishill

EWES:

A strong trade with size and flesh fetching a premium.  Quality, pedigree sorts hitting the headlines.

Sale top of £220 for a pair of fantastic Texel Ewes from Huntington Farm Partnership

Tups topped at £171 for a strong Tup from J & J Campbell, Wedderlie Farmhouse

Texel: £220 Huntington, £200 Grey Peel, £165, 141 Duke Street, Hawick (N.Elliot), £163 Chesters Brae, £145 Huntington, £137 Butterdean. £135 Hermiston, Greenburn, Eyemouth; Blue Texel: £149 Hermiston; Suffolk: £141, £133 Butterdean, £131 Hermiston, Corsbie, £129 Runningburn; Greyfaced: £113 Butterdean, £107 Corsbie, £105 Blackburn, Lauder, Greenburn, Eyemouth, Letham Farming; North Country Cheviot: £103 Gospelhall, £99 Stagehall, £95 Millheugh, £87 Stagehall; Cheviot Mule: £89 Wedderlie; Jacob: £85 Torqhan; Blackface: £83 Tollishill, £73 Burncastle, Laings Hill Farm, £71 The Yett, £65 Tollishill; Swaledale: £65 Broomilees

RAMS:

Texel: £171 Wedderlie, £163 Chesters Brae, £155 Corsbie; North Country Cheviot:  £123 Wedderlie; Blackface: £111 Tollishill,