St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  108 Clean Cattle,  63 Cast Cows, 1330 Prime Hoggs and 571 Cast Sheep

 

Bullocks (29) averaged 292p per kg and sold to 324p

 

Heifers (75) averaged 293p per kg and sold to 334p

 

Young Bulls (4) averaged 220p and sold to 230p

 

Cast Cows (58) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 279p

Top price £2014

 

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 152p per kg and sold to 169p

Top price £1832

 

 

Hoggs (1330) averaged 276p per kg (-2p on the week). £119 per head and sold to £184 for Texels

Top price 350p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

 

Cast Sheep (571) averaged £93.46 and sold to £185 for Suffolk Tups

 

Heavy Ewes averaged £124, light ewes sold to £119 for North Country Cheviots, and averaged £79

 

 

PRIME CATTLE-

Trade slightly easier on the week with quality still in demand.

 

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2060.80, £2054.40, Lurdenlaw £2039.40, Upper Nisbet £2002, Humbie Mill £2000.96, Lurdenlaw £1964.52, Dunslaw £1926.60, Greenknowe £1924.56, Lurdenlaw £1914.36

 

Heifers per head: Whitsome West Newton £2108, £2092.80, Learielaw £2099.44, Penston £2067, Whitsome West Newton £2052.96, Learielaw £2050.76, Penston £2035.20, Wester Middleton £2015.52, Upper Nisbet £2007.36

Bullocks per kilo: Greenknowe 324p, Learielaw 320p (2), Lurdenlaw 318p J.A Waters & Sons, Greenknowe 314p, Gospelhall 311p

Heifers per kilo: Learielaw 334p, Upper Nisbet, Bee Edge 328p, Humbie Mill 326p, Penston, Wester Middleton, Learielaw 322p, Lennoxlove, Whitsome West Newton, Whitrighill 320p

Young Bulls per head: Allanbank £1963.12, Commonside £1931.40

Young Bulls per kilo: Commonside 230p, 222p

CAST COWS

Trade sharper

Cast Cows per head: Middlethird £2014.38, Whitfield £1947, Mosstower £1910.22, Huntington £1886.58, Stagehall £1881.22, Mosstower £1880.34, Easter Middleton £1848.42, Whitfield £1825.20, Hoselaw £1810.34

Cast Cows per kilo: Middlethird 279p, Stoneypth 241p, Mosstower 237p, 231p,  Swinewood Mill 233p, Cragside 225p, Hoselaw, Huntington, Cragside 223p

CAST BULLS
Cast Bulls per head: Corsbie £1832.94, Swinewood Mill £1777.88

Cast Bulls per kilo: Swinewood Mill 169p, Corsbie 153p, Stoneypath 149p

PRIME HOGGS- Less numbers forward with a mixed show.  All types dearer.  Average £119 276p 43.1kgs

Hoggs per head- Texel: £184 Blackadder Mains, £174 (2)Whitsome West Newton, £173, £170 Edrom Mains, £172 Threepwood, £167 Whitsome West Newton, £165 Bonjedward, £163 Holylee; Suffolk: £167, £165 Edrom Mains, £166 Bonjedward, £155 Mossilee, £153 South Dissington, £152 Bonjedward, Woodside, £150 Gattonside Mains; Beltex: £162, £153 Grange Moor, £150 Blackadder Mains, £150, £145 Grange Moor, £144 Newton of Crathie, £140 Grange Moor; Zwartble: £138 Newton of Crathie, £133 Whitlaw; Half Bred: £140, £130 Bonjedward;  Greyfaced: £130 The Lee; North Country Cheviot: £124 Birneyknowe; Blackface: £123 Holylee, The Lee; Cheviot Mule: £121 Bluecairn; Lleyn: £114 Over Whitlaw

Hoggs per kilo- Beltex: 350p, 337.2p, 330.6p, 330p Grange Moor, 327.3p Newton of Crathie, 324.3p South Dissington, 322p Newton of Crathie, 321.4p South Dissington, 320p Newton of Crathie; Texel: 332.6p, 327.7p, 325.8p, 312.8p Corsbie, 307.7p Middlethird, 304.3p South Dissington, 302.6p Hawthornside, 300p Threepwood, Traprain, Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: 309.3p Gattonside Mains, 297.9p Threepwood, 288.7p South Disssington, 286.4p Newton of Crathie, 285.4p Woodside, 281.5p Bonjedward, Woodside, 280.9p Threepwood; Cheviot Mule: 288.1p Bluecairn; Lleyn: 279p Over Whitlaw; Half Bred: 276.6p Bonjedward; North Country Cheviot: 276.2p Kirklands, A; Greyfaced: 265.9p Lauderhill

CAST SHEEP-

A strong trade witnessed for a very mixed show of Cast Sheep.  Numbers required for buyers requirments.

Sale top of £185 for a Suffolk Tup from J.M Elliot & Partners, Woodside Farm

Ewes topped at £181 for a pair of Texels from R.S Green, The Craggs

EWES- Texel: £181 The Craggs, £145 Greenriggs, Corsbie, £140 Middlethird, £135 Hyndsidehill (2), £133 Corsbie; Suffolk: £157 Philiphaugh, £149 Oxmuir, £141 Philiphaugh, £135 Greenriggs, £131 Corsbie, Bonjedward, £129 Corsbie, Hyndsidehill, £123 The Craggs; Bluefaced Leicester: £135 Corsbie Cottages; Blue Texel: £133 The Craggs; North Country Cheviot: £119, £113 Philiphaugh, £107, £99 Haltree, £87 Ruletownhead, £85 Ladylands, Selkirk; Cheviot Mule: £115 East Gordon, £111 Hyndsidehill, £109 Whitsome West Newton, £107 Northfield, St Abbs; Greyfaced: £115 Hopton, £111 Corsbie, £109 East Gordon, Hendersyde, £105 Thornington, £99 Kittyfield, Gala Farms; Lleyn: £109 Ruletownhead; Half Bred: £101 Bonjedward; Easycare: £99, £85 East Mains, Lauder; Blackface: £85 Whitehope, Innerleithen, £73 Gala Farms, £69 Blackcruik; Jacob: £83 Blackcruik; Swaledale: £61 Broomilees, Gala Farms 

RAMS- Suffolk: £185 Woodside; Texel: £145, £143 Over Blainslie, £123 Buxley Farm Steading;  North Country Cheviot: £115, £107 Birneyknowe, £97, £95 Saughtree; Kerryhill: £91 Wormerlaw; Ryeland: £91 Eckford House; Easycare: £87 Hillhouse