St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 121 Clean Cattle, 39 Cast Cows, 1557 Prime Hoggs and 273 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (60) averaged 290p per kg and sold to 330p(2)

 

Heifers (61) averaged 302p per kg and sold to 338p

Cast Cows (36) averaged 172p per kg and sold to 225p

Top price £1725

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 164p per kg

Top price £2004

Hoggs (1557) averaged 400p per kg (+39p on the week). £180 per head and sold to £250 for Suffolk.x

Top price 560p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (273) averaged £121.33 and sold to £300 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £152, light ewes sold to £141 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £101

PRIME CATTLE-

Top end a delight to sell, commercial types harder to cash

Bullocks per head: Penston £2145, Dunslaw £2117.20, Whitrighill £2107.96, Dunslaw £2090.88, Bee Edge £2072.40, Whitrighill £2058.40, Dunslaw £2049.52, Smailholm Mains £2028.84, Learielaw £2027.72, Bee Edge £2022.40

Heifers per head: Upper Nisbet £2137.52, Penston £2112, Lurdenlaw £2093.04, Whitrighill £2086.40, Longnewton £2080.12, Penston £2060.32, Mosstower £2040.36, Dunslaw £2034.72, Mosstower £2033.28

Bullocks per kilo: Whitrighill, Penston 330p, Learielaw 326p, Penston 320p, Whitrighill, Lennoxlove, Smailholm Mains 318p, Bee Edge, Lennoxlove 316p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 338p Denholm Meat Supplies, Whitrighill 330p, Bee Edge 328p W.Kirkup & Sons, Whitrighill 326p, Penston 326p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Dunslaw, Bee Edge 324p, Longnewton 322p, Whitrighill 320p

CAST COWS

Poorer show forward

Cast Cows per head: Honeyburn £1725.42, £1629, Hermiston £1625.06, Honeyburn £1603.60, Hyndsidehill £1482, Castlemains £1467.66, Thorneydykes £1464.22, Muircleugh £1442.04, Cockburn, Wester Ulston £1438.10

Cast Cows per kilo: Honeyburn 225p, 211p, Cockburn, Wester Ulston 197p, Hyndsidehill 195p, Hermiston, Greenhead, Selkirk, Honeyburn 193p

Cast Bulls per head: Upper Chatto £2004.12, Hermiston £1683.24

Cast Bulls per kilo: Upper Chatto 171p, Hermiston 169p

PRIME HOGGS-

A fantastic trade realised once again.  Average £180, 45kgs, 400p

Hoggs per head-

Suffolk: £250, £243, £239(2), £237, £236(2) Boghall, £238 Wester Ulston; Texel: £241 Boghall, £240 Threepwood, £236(2) £230 Duke Street, Hwk (N.Elliot), £235, £234, £232 Threepwood; Beltex: £240 Threepwood, £238 Newton, Crathie, £230 (2), £230 Faughhill, £229, £215 Newton, Crathie; North Country Cheviot: £219 Philiphaugh (James Cowens), £214 Philiphaugh, £210, £208 Thorlieshope (R.Walker), £208, £200 Saughtree, £204 Philiphaugh; Zwartble: £195 Newton, Crathie, £184 Wells Stables; Roussin: £188 Springwood Lodge; Greyfaced: £188, £186 Newton, Crathie, £188 Ballencrieff Mains, £182 Bhalu; Blue Texel: £186 Hermiston; Cheviot Mule: £185 Kilnknowe (J.Manderson); Half Bred: £179.50, £179 Stobshiel Mains; Blackface: £175, £140 Newton, Crathie; Berrichon: £173, £170 Springwood Lodge;  Rouge: £168 Hume Farming

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 560.6p Kittyfield, 465p, 454.1p Traprain, 446.3p Boghall, 444.4p Traprain; Beltex: 500p, 492.7p, 475p Newton, Crathie, 473.7p Grange Moor, 460p Glenogle, 458p, 457.4p, 451.2p Newton, Crathie; North Country Cheviot: 420p Newton, Crathie, 413.2p Ballencrieff Mains; Suffolk: 418.2p, 417.3p(2), 415.8p (2), 415.5p Boghall; Rouge: 420p Hume Farming; Blue Texel: 404.3p Hermiston; Blackface: 402.3p Newton, Crathie; Berrichon: 402.3p Springwood Lodge; Greyfaced: 404.4p Bhalu, 400p Ballencreiff Mains, 395.8p Newton, Crathie; Cheviot Mule: 402.2p Kilnknowe (J.Manderson)

CAST SHEEP-

An ordinary show of Cast Sheep forward sold to a sensation of a trade.  Many more could be sold to buyer demand.

Sale top of £300 for a Texel from R.S Green, The Craggs

Cast Tups topped at £191 for a Blue Texel from local breeder Joanna Forster, The Chapel (Hermiston)

EWES

Texel: £300, £287, £269 The Craggs, £180, £171(2), £165 Penston, £165 Fishwick;  Beltex: £197 The Craggs. £169, £161 Glenogle; Suffolk: £191 Philiphaugh, £185 4 Farm Cottage, £181 Philiphaugh, £179 4 Farm Cottage, £177, £171 Penston, £165 Fishwick, Penston, £160 The Craggs; Bluefaced Leicester: £165 Glenogle; Cheviot Mule: £155 Penston, £153 4 Farm Cottage; Lleyn: £149, £139 Over Langshaw; Greyfaced: £141 Satchels, £137 Greenriggs, £135 Kittyfield, Huntershall, £127 Penston, Satchels, £123 Huntershall; North Country Cheviot: £141 Newmains, North Berwick, £139 Craighouse, £137 Newmains, North Berwick; £127 4 Farm Cottage, £123, £119 Satchels; Blue Texel: £137 Hermiston; Herdwick: £119 The Finches; Easycare: £119, £117 Inchkeith; Blackface: £100 Byrecleugh, £91 The Finches, £87 Byrecleugh, £83 Huntershall

RAMS

Blue Texel: £191 Hermiston; Texel: £180 Huntershall, £149 4 Farm Cottage; North Country Cheviot: £177 Springwood Lodge, £155 Philiphaugh (James Cowens)£127 Halterburnhead; Charollais: £170 Gallows Hill, £151 Halterburnhead; Zwartble: £167 Hundalee (W.Sandilands); Lleyn: £127 Over Langshaw; Bluefaced Leicester: £149 Huntershall, £111 Ruletownhead