St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 144 Clean Cattle, 39 Cast Cows,  2188 Prime Hoggs and  417 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (62) averaged 298p per kg and sold to 330p

Heifers (82) averaged 303p per kg and sold to 342p

Cast Cows (39) averaged 210p per kg and sold to 311p

Top price £2135

Hoggs (2188) averaged 345p per kg (+3p on the week). £150 per head and sold to £226  for Texels

Top price 434p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (417) averaged £101.79 and sold to £180 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £145, light ewes sold to £121 for Hill Cheviots, and averaged £85

PRIME CATTLE-

Great show forward with trade still as buoyant

Bullocks per head: Penston £2177.92, Whitrighill £2146.56, £2096.12, Penston £2086.40, East Learmouth £2080, Bee Edge £2028.84 (2), Whitrighill £2021.76, Smailholm Mains £2014.68

Heifers per head: Upper Nisbet £2099.20, Longnewton £2077, Bee Edge £2065.68, Penston £2028.60, £2019.60, Broom £1976.16, Whitrighill £1957.76, £1944, Smailholm Mains £1928.20, Broom £1923.72

Bullocks per kilo: Wester Ulston 330p, Penston 328p, 326p, Greenknowe 320p(2), Bee Edge 319p, 318p, Greenknowe 318p, Gospelhall 318p, Nisbet 316p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 342p Denholm Meats, Greenknowe, Bee Edge, Penston 330p, Bee Edge 328p Forsyths of Peebles, Smailholm Mains 327p, Whitrighill, Greenknowe, Nisbet 324p, West Garleton 324p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

CAST COWS

Tremendous show of cows met a great trade

Cast Cows per head: Mosstower £2135.60, £2102.36, Upper Nisbet £2036.58, Mosstower £2033.12, Rumbletonlaw £1926.60, Upper Nisbet £1872.24, Brothershiels £1847.56, Easter Middleton £1845.08, Upper Nisbet £1813.32

Cast Cows per kilo: Mosstower 311p, 281p, Upper Nisbet 273p, 269p, Mosstower 262p Rumbletonlaw 247p, Mosstower 229p, Carden Livestock 227p (2)