St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 1578  Prime Lambs and 336 Cast Sheep

Lambs (1578) averaged 286p per kg.( +13p on the week) £130 per head and sold to £163 for Texel Lambs

Top price 341p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (336) averaged £81.84  and sold to £155 for a Suffolk Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £124, light ewes sold to £107 for a North Country Cheviot Ewe, and averaged £74

PRIME LAMBS: 

Great show forward, all types wanted and dear.  Average 286p (45.4kgs) £130

Lambs per head –

Texel: £163 Huntington, £161 Crookston, £160 Symington Mains, Threepwood, £159 Crookston, £158 Corsbie, £157 Threepwood, £155 (2)Corsbie, Fountainhall; Beltex: £163 (3) Crookston, £160 Huntington, £160, £159, £158 (2), £156 Crookston; Suffolk: £160 Oxmuir, £158 Corsbie, £152 Bonjedward, £147 (2) Symington Mains, £145 Headshaw, L, Faughhill, Corsbie; Dutch Spotted: £135 Newton; Kerryhill: £135 Crookston; Greyfaced: £128 Burncastle; Blackface: £125 Crookston; Blue Texel: £120 Broomiebank

Lambs per kilo –

Beltex: 347.8p Huntington, 340.9p, 337.3p Wester Ulston, 340p Newton, Crathie, 325.6p Halidean Mill, 324.7p Faughhill, 322p Wester Ulston, 321.4p Headshaw, L, Wester Ulston, 320.9p Newton, Crathie; Texel: 321.8p Crookston, 319.6p Huntington, 317.1p Fairnilee, 311.4p, 310p Newton, Crathie, 310.6p Traprain, 310p Corsbie, 309.5p Newton, Crathie; Suffolk: 307.1p Wester Ulston, 298.7p Newton, Crathie, 298.7p Huntington, 297.8p, 297.6p Oxmuir,  295.5p Faughhill, 291.7p Wester Ulston, North Country Cheviot: 297.6p Faughhill, 289.9p Newton, Crathie, 289.7p Broachrigg, 287p, 281.8p, 280.49p Faughhilll Dutch Spotted: 296.7p Newton, Crathie; Blue Texel: 292.7p Broomiebank; Greyfaced: 273.3p Burncastle; Blackface: 271.4p Crookston

EWES:

Cast sheep a strong trade with a large consignment of rare and ingenious bred ewes distorting the average.  Big, well fleshed ewes at a premium

Sale top of £155 for a Suffolk Ewe from R.G Laing & Son, Oxmuir

Suffolk: £155 Oxmuir, £141 Whitsome West Neton, £139, £137, £127 Thorington, £127 New Blainslie; Texel: £129 Aikeyside, £129, £125 Whitsome West Newton,  £120 New Blainslie; Blue Texel: £127 North Synton; Cheviot Mule: £121 Thornington, £115 Blegbie, £109 Rumbletonrig; Hampshire: £109 Eckford House; North Country Cheviot: £107 North Synton, £103 Blegbie; Greyfaced: £105 Thornington, £103 Burncastle, North Synton, £101 Whitsome West Newton; Ryeland: £80, £73 Eckford House; Shetland: £60 Eckford House

RAMS:

Ryeland: £74 Broachrigg