St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 109 Clean Cattle, 73 Cast Cows, 1666  Prime Hoggs and 445 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (31) averaged 310p per kg and sold to 328p

Heifers (78) averaged 302p per kg and sold to 362p

Cast Cows (69) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 295p

Top price £1997

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 145p per kg and sold to 151p(2)

Top price £1781

Hoggs (1666) averaged 329p per kg (+19p on the week). £139 per head and sold to £200 for Texel/ Beltex

Top price 408p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (445) averaged £112.11 and sold to £301 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £141, light ewes sold to £131 for North Country Cheviot, and averaged £85

PRIME CATTLE-

Splendid show met a great trade throughout.

Bullocks per head: Windywalls £2236.96, £2128.88, Bee Edge £2131.64, £2105.88 Learielaw £2121.60, £2066.12, Penston £2060.74, Crosshall £2041, Penston £2034.24

Heifers per head: Humbie Mill £2226.56, Whitsome West Newton £2186.80, £2124.24, Penston £2114.08, Whitsome West Newton £2086.92, Learielaw £2066.84, Penston £2047.92, Learielaw £2031.84, Penston £2019.60, Dunslaw £2017.36

Bullocks per kilo: Windywalls 328p, Learielaw 324p, Penston 323p , Bee Edge 322p (2), Greenknowe, West Garleton 318p, Crosshall 316p J.A Water & Sons, West Garleton 316p

Heifers per kilo: Penston 362p, Bee Edge, Greenknowe 338p, Humbie Mill 334p Forsyths of Peebles, Skilmafilly 334p, 332p, Learielaw 332p, Penston 330p, Skilmafilly 330p(2)

CAST COWS

Good trade

Cast Cows per head: Graden £1997.64, Buskin £1954.80, Hyndsidehill £1919.70, Huntington £1840.80, Leaderfoot £1794.52, Muircleugh £1771.60, Graden £1758.70, Whitrighill £1746.36, Buskin £1743.06, Upper Nisbet £1732.90

Cast Cows per kilo: Huntington 295p, Graden 279p, Buskin 270p, Hyndsidehill 237p, Whitrighill 231p, 223p, Huntington and Mossilee 217p, Muircleugh, Upper Nisbet 215p

CAST BULLS

Per Head: Hoprigshiels £1781.80, Allanshaws £1541.54, Pogbie £1531.14

Per Kilo: Pogbie, Hoprigshiels 151p

PRIME HOGGS- Fantastic show of hoggs selling to outstanding rates.  Average 329p, £139, 42.2kgs

Hoggs per head- Texel: £200 (2), £199 Wester Ulston, £199(2) Rennie Livestock, Attonburn, £195 Grange Moor, £193 Rennie Livestock, Attonburn, £192 Crailing Nook, £190 Threepwood;  Beltex: £200, £199(3), £198 Rennie Livestock, £197 Faughhill, £197, £196 Crookston; Suffolk: £187 New Blainslie, £176 Skilmafilly, £168 Buskin, £166 New Blainslie, £165 Headshaw, Lauder, £159, £158 (2) Langraw, £158 Longwood (Flockhart); Badger Face Texel: £180 Crookston; North Country Cheviot: £168 North Synton, £158 Blegbie, £157 North Synton, £155 Newton of Crathie, £154, £149.50 Gospelhall, £147 Nisbet Mill, £146.50 Adderstonshiels, Cheviot Mule: £158 Blegbie, £151 Adderstonshiels, £150 Potterton; Lleyn: £152, £150 Over Whitlaw; Blackface: £152 Yett Farm, £145, £134 Hethpool; Greyfaced: £147 West Longridge, £145 East Town Farm; Blue Texel: £140 Glenogle

Hoggs per kilo- Beltex: 408.2p Rennie Livestock, Attonburn, 402.1p Skilmafilly, 400p (2)Rennie Livestock, Attonburn, 391.5p Faughhill, 388p, 386.7p Skilmafilly, 386p Crookston; Texel: 368.2p Threepwood, 367.3p Whitrighill, 362.8p Leaston, 361.9p(2), 359.1p Newton of Crathie, 357.1p Headshaw, Lauder, 356p Woodhouse, 355.6p Grange Moor, 355.3p Newton of Crathie; Suffolk: 357.1p Saughtree, 352.4p Headshaw, Lauder, 352p Skilmafilly, 351.9p Newton of Crathie, 348.8p Glenogle, Newton of Crathie, 347.4p Headshaw, Lauder, 346.3p New Blainslie; Badger Face Texel: 356.4p Crookston; North Country Cheviot: 345.6p Headshaw, Lauder, 345.2p Saughtree, 340.7p Adderstonshiels, 337.2p Saughtree, 335p Bowmont Farming, Cheviot Mule: 343.2p Adderstonshiels; Blue Texel: 345.7p Glenogle; Lleyn: 336.4p, 330.4p Over Whitlaw; Greyfaced: 335p Newton of Crathie, 334.1p West Longridge; Blackface: 322.2p, 319p Hethpool

CAST SHEEP-

Cast sheep a scintillator of a trade with all classes taking another lift on the week.  Pedigrees taking the headlines!

Sale top of £301 at a new centre record for a fantastic Texel Ewe from local breeder Huntington Farm Partnership whilst the run of 36 Ewes from the same home averaged a grand total at £163.37 a head

Numbers required to meet buyer demand!

EWES- Texel: £301, £215, £207, £200 Huntington, £203 Collielaw, £200 DJ Texels, Lauder, £195 Standhill, £179 Skilmafilly, £171 Cockburn; Beltex: £211, £187, £180 Huntington; Suffolk: £181, £175, £167, £157, £155 Collins Crescent, Galashiels (G.Cockburn), £161 Skilmafilly, £151 Huntington, £149 Venchen, £141 Buskin; Blue Texel: £173, £147 Standhill; Zwartble:  £141 Cherrytrees; Cheviot Mule: £137 Millheugh, £123 Scott Road, Lauder (J.Ainslie), £123 Woodside, Cherrytrees; North Country Cheviot: £131 Nisbet Mill, £127 Potterton, £125 Gospelhall, £123 Saughtree, £119 Headshaw, Lauder, £117 Blegbie, £115 North Synton, Saughtree; Greyfaced: £129 Potterton, £117 Cockburn, £115 Venchen, £113 Headshaw, Lauder, Buskin, Easycare: £119, £107 Bankhouse, £109 Kidshielhaugh; Blackface: £113, £107 Tollishill, £75 Threeburnford; Hampshire: £119 Fairlaw, Reston; Romeny: £113 Bridgehall Mill; Jacob: £111 Standhill; Hill Cheviot: £107 Newton of Crathie; Lleyn: £109 Linton Burnfoot; Wensleydale: £91 Eckford House; Herdwick: £67 Standhill; Shetland: £43 Kidshielhaugh

RAMS- Texel: £155, £135 Brekkan, Linton (Fleming); Charollais: £150 Broom; Suffolk: £147 Trabroun; North Country Cheviot: £131 Woodside; Lleyn: £137 Over Whitlaw