St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  93 Clean Cattle,  56  Cast Cows,  1950  Prime Lambs and 671  Cast Sheep

Bullocks (14) averaged 285p per kg and sold to 318p

Heifers (78) averaged 309p per kg and sold to 340p x 2

Young Bulls (1) sold to 242p

Cast Cows (52) averaged 182p per kg and sold to 237p

Top price £2158

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 127p per kg sold to £147.

Top price £1528

Lambs (1950) averaged 273p per kg. (+2p on the week) £123 per head and sold to £192 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 339p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (671) averaged £93.58 and sold to £214 for a Texel

Heavy Ewes averaged £124, light ewes sold to £111 for a North Country Cheviot Ewe, and averaged £75

PRIME CATTLE-

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2105.16, Bee Edge £2080.80, Learielaw £1953.12, Upper Nisbet £1876, Bee Edge £1869.84, Upper Nisbet £1843.68, £1843.20

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 318p, 312p, Faughhill 308p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 306p, 294p

Heifers per head: Whitsome West Newton £2149.68, £2127.72, £2028, £2007.84, Longnewton £2004.80, Learielaw £2001.78, Bee Edge £1987.68, £1985.36, Learielaw £1983.52, Longnewton £1977.60

Heifers per kilo: Lennoxlove, Faughhill 340p, Learielaw 337p, Mosstower 336p, 334p, Bee Edge, Lennoxlove, Mosstower(2) 332p, Lurdenlaw 330p

Young Bulls: Thrunton £1955.36(242p)

CAST COWS –

Cast Cows per head: Stuartslaw £2158.60, Rumbleton £1878.56, Kersknowe £1870.60, £1859.28, Upper Nisbet £1797.40, Rumbleton £1752.44, Wester Middleton £1732.50, £1728.60, Rumbleton £1707.42

Cast Cows per kilo: Gateshaw 237p, 227p, Sunlawshill 229p, Wester Middleton 225p, 215p, Stuartslaw, Upper Nisbet 215p, Ramrig 207p, Wester Middleton 203p

CAST BULLS-  Stobshiel Mains £1528.80 (147p), Upper Bolton £1471.86 (125p)

PRIME LAMBS: 

Good show forward once again.  All types wanted.  Average 273p (45kgs) £123

Lambs per head – Texel: £192, £182 Legars, £170 Sunnycroft, £164 Woodhouse(2), Threepwood (2), £163 Corsbie, £161 Huntington; Suffolk: £178 Belmont, £160 Symington Mains, £158 Ruletownhead, £155 Haltree, £151 Corsbie, £150 Falahill, £148 Symington Mains, £147.50 Haltree, £146 Corsbie; Charollais: £165 Clarilaw; Beltex: £165 Huntington, £158 Corsbie, £153, £151 Craighouse, £146 Threeburnford, £139 Craighouse, £138 The Craggs; Hampshire: £139 Bridgehaughmill; Greyfaced: £138 Burncastle; North Country Cheviot: £130, £124.50 Earlston Road, Stow (S.Anderson); LLeyn: £118 Over Whitlaw

Lambs per kilo – Beltex: 339.5p Threeburnford, 329.2p Corsbie, 328.8p, 324.3p (2) Newton, 321p, 320p Craighouse; Texel: 316.3p Leaston, 314.9p Corsbie, 310p Fountainhall, 308.9p Headshaw, Lauder, 308p Threepwood, 306.3p Sunnycroft, 301.3p Newton, 300p DJ Texels, Huntington, Faughhill; Suffolk: 290p Haltree, 287.7p, 281.9p Newton, 281p Haltree, 280.5p Wester Ulston; Charollais: 282.9p Clarilaw; Greyfaced: 272.6p Newton; North Country Cheviot: 270.7p Saughtree; Hampshire: 269.4p Bridgehaughmill; Lleyn: 268.2p Over Whitlaw

EWES: Trader dearer on the week with an improved show of numbers and flesh about.  Pedigree sorts hitting the high notes!!

Sale top of £214 for a Texel Ewe from A.J.E Calder Ltd, Bogend

Tups topped at £167 for a pen of 3 Suffolks from Messrs Jackson, Rugley Farm

Texel: £214, £213  Bogend, £210, £180 Roxburgh Mill, £180 Huntington, £171 Headshaw, Lauder, £161 Huntington, £160 Rugley, £150 Belmont, £145 Rugley; Beltex: £150 Rugley; Suffolk: £141 Mersington Mill, £135 Rugley, £133 Thornington, £131 Haltree, £127 Bogend, Mersington Mill, Thornington; Zwartble: £133 Roxburgh Mill; Lleyn: £121, £109 Ruchlaw Mains, Cheviot Mule: £115 Thornington, Nisbet Mill, £113 Blegbie; Charollais: £113 Berryhill; Greyfaced: £111 Langraw, Rugley, £111, £107 Halflawkiln (M.Reynolds), £107 Thornington, £105 Berryhill, Bettyfield, £103 Falahill, £101 Thornington; Half Bred: £105 Blackhill, Coldingham;  North Country Cheviot: £111, £106 Nisbet Mill, £105 Haltree, £91 Blegbie; Blackface: £95, £80 Rugley, £83 Top Cottage, Chatto, £77 Burncastle; Ryeland: £93 (2), £79 Broachrigg; Easycare: £79 Girrick; Shetland: £69 Ruchlaw Mains

RAMS: Suffolk: £161 Rugley; Texel: £155 Woodhouse, £147 Huntington, £140 Rugley, £135 Woodhouse, £135, £131 Huntington; Romney: £135 Collielaw; North Country Cheviot: £133 Blegbie; Bluefaced Leicester: £123 Rugley; £117 Wester Ulston; Beltex: £110 Collielaw; Lleyn: £93 Ruletownhead; Blackface: £87 Burncastle