St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 104 Clean Cattle, 81 Cast Cows, 1843  Prime Hoggs and 486 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (30) averaged 304p per kg and sold to 330p

Heifers (71) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 340p

Young Bulls (3) averaged 240p per kg

Cast Cows (76) averaged 187p per kg and sold to 249p

Top price £2092

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 165p per kg and sold to 203p

Top price £1944

Hoggs (1843) averaged 310.5p per kg (+10.5p on the week). £134.62 per head and sold to £200 for Texels

Top price 393p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (486) averaged £109.18 and sold to £220 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £131, light ewes sold to £117 for North Country Cheviots, and averaged £83

PRIME CATTLE-

Cracking show, cracking trade

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2162.40, Penston £2128.92, Bee Edge £2067, £2038.96, Learielaw £2032.80, Upper Nisbet £1996.04, Shidlaw £1977.80

Heifers per head: Longnewton £2286.84, Kersknowe £2212.88, Whitsome West Newton £2166.48, £2135.88, £2115, £2073.36, Penston £2048, Longnewton £2035.20, Upper Nisbet £2007.36

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 330p, Greenknowe 324p, 318p(2) Bee Edge, Learielaw and West Garleton 318p, Faughhill, West Garleton and Greenknowe 316p

Heifers per kilo: Penston 340p, 334p, Bee Edge 334p Denholm Meat Supplies, Upper Nisbet 328p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Longnewton 328p Forsyths of Peebles, Learielaw 328p, Crookhouse, Penston 326p, Bee Edge 324p, Longnewton 323p

YOUNG BULLS

Per head: Standhill £1368.  Per Kilo: Standhill 244p, 240p

CAST COWS

Good numbers maintained same trade

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2092.80, Corsbie £1887.42, Huntington £1869.60, Headshaw, L £1784.82, Muircleugh £1771.92, Corsbie £1753.36, Ramrig £1696.44, Thorneydykes £1677.06, Corsbie £1633.80, Headshaw, L £1631.58

Cast Cows per kilo: Corsbie 249p, Hoselaw 238p, Thorneydykes 231p, Huntington 228p, Headshaw, L 222p, Woodhead, A 219p, Kersknowe 218p, Hamildean, Upper Nisbet and Corsbie 217p

CAST BULLS

Harwood on Teviot £1944.74 (203p), £1824 (190p)

PRIME HOGGS-

Great show of fed sheep forward.  All classes dearer.  Average £134.62, 310.5p, 43.3kgs

Hoggs per head- Texel: £200, £193, £187, £181 Crookston, £179 Lylestane, £178, £174, £171 Crookston, £170 Burncastle, Woodhouse; Beltex: £184, £180, £179, £173 Crookston, £160 Faughill, £157, £154 Crookston, £150 Blackburn, Lauder, Fountainhall; Suffolk: £179 Old Greenlaw, £168 Bonjedward, Blegbie, £164, £160 Old Greenlaw, £157 Blegbie, £154 Waterside, Hermiston; Bluefaced Leicster: £152 Crookston; Greyfaced: £150 Burncastle; North Country Cheviot: £149 Blegbie, Bonjedward, £141 Attonburn, £140 Waterside, £137 Satchels, £130.50 Attonburn; Cheviot Mule: £149 Blegbie; Charollais: £148 Faughhill, £144 Waterside; Half Bred: £141 Headshaw, L,; Blackface: £140.50 Hartside; Lleyn: £136 Thorneydykes; Hill Cheviot: £134.50 Broachrigg, £134 Waterside, £131 Headshaw, L; Hampshire: £133 Broachrigg; Jacob: £127 Langshaw Lodge; Blue Texel: £122 Hermiston

Hoggs per kilo- Beltex: 393.2p, 358p Crookston, 350p Newton of Crathie, Faughhill, 349.5p Crookston, 345p Newton of Crathie, 342.2p, 340.7p Crookston, Texel: 353.3p Crookston, 352.6p Waterside, 350p Traprain, 348.8p Threepwood, 337.5p Faughhill, 335.8p, 335.3p Crookston, 334.9p(2) Threepwood; Suffolk: 336.9p Broachrigg, 333.3p Old Greenlaw, 331p Broachrigg, 325p(2), 323.3p Sunnyside, 323.3p Old Greenlaw, 320.9p, 320.8p Waterside, 320p Fairnilee; Blue Texel: 329.7p Hermiston; Charollais: 328.8p, 320p Waterside; Hill Cheviot: 324.1p Broachrigg, 322.9p Waterside, 319.5p Headshaw, L; North Country Cheviot: 322.2p Attonburn, 317.5p Newton of Crathie, 311.4p Satchels, 311.1p Saughtree, Waterside, 310p Bonjedward; Lleyn: 327.7p Thorneydykes; Half Bred: 313.3p Headshaw, L; Hampshire: 312.9p Broachrigg; Blackface: 302.4p Broachrigg

CAST SHEEP-

A varied show of Cast Sheep met another lift in the trade as cast sheep go from strength to strength

Numbers needed to meet the growing demand.

Sale top for Texels at £220 from Rennie Livestock, Attonburn Farm Cottages.  Tups topped at £165 for a Texel from R & T Postlethwaite, Laings Hill

EWES- Texel: £220, £200 Attonburn, £200 Rawburn, £170(2) Attonburn, £165 Brockielaw, £163 Attonburn, £150 Hermiston, £149 Rawburn;  Suffolk: £157 Marvingston, £141 Hermiston, £139 Bluecairn, £137 Marvingston, £133 Cortleferry, £129 Bonjedward, £127 West Longridge; Cheviot Mule: £133 Bluecairn, £117 Blegbie, Adderstonshiels, £109 Ruchlaw Mains, Hampshire: £125 Beechbank (A.Black); North Country Cheviot: £117 South Riccalton, £115 Springwood, £111 Adderstonshiels, £105 Attonburn, £103 Bluecairn, Blackburn, Lauder, £103 Rawburn, £101(2) Hermiston, £99 South Riccalton; Greyfaced: £113 Hermiston, Letham Farming, £111 Greenhead, Selkirk, Rawburn, West Longridge; Lleyn: £117 Kilnknowe; Half Bred: £105 Berryhill, £103 Marvingston; Blackface: £79 Lumsdaine; Swaledale: £67 Broomilees

RAMS- Texel: £165 Marvingston, Laings Hill, £156, £155(2) Lylestane, £145 Ruchlaw Mains, £137 Lylestane, £135 Ruchlaw Mains Bluefaced Leicester: £147 Hartside, £141 Newbigging Walls; Suffolk: £143 Marvingston, £141, £123 Broomilees; Charollais: £135 Ruchlaw Mains, £127 Marvingston; North Country Cheviot: £133, £121 Lylestane; Beltex: £120 Lylestane, Blackface: £115 Hartside;