St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 146 Clean Cattle, 39 Cast Cows, 3 Prime Lambs, 1002 Prime Hoggs and 419 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (73) averaged 285p per kg and sold to 332p

Heifers (70) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 340p

Young Bulls (3) averaged 200p per kg and sold to 220p

Cast Cows (37) averaged 191p per kg and sold to 247p

Top price £1827

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 117p per kg and sold to 157p

Top price £1566

Lambs (3) averaged 387p and sold to £230 for a Charollais Lamb

Hoggs (1002) averaged 381p per kg (-19p on the week) £160 per head and sold to £240

Top price 466p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (419) averaged £111.73 and sold to £269 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £149, light ewes sold to £145 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £101

PRIME CATTLE-

A more commercial show forward with good butchers’ types still sought after.

Bullocks per head: Traprain £2118.60, Bee Edge £2111.52, £2098.80, £2079.72, Lurdenlaw £2059.20, Bee Edge £2054, West Garleton £2051.76, Smailholm Mains £2044.28, Dunslaw £2032.32, Learielaw £2022.48

Bullocks per kilo: West Garleton 332p, Traprain 330p, Penston 326p, West Garleton 322p, Bee Edge 318p(3), West Garleton, Learielaw 318p

Heifers per head: Longnewton £2184.84, Penston £2112.48, Whitsome West Newton £2112, Penston £2098.24, £2092.64, £2060.40, Learlielaw £2060.32, Whitsome West Newton £2028.72

Heifers per kilo: Penston 340p, Upper Nisbet 330p, Bee Edge 328p(2), Penston 328p, 326p, Learielaw, Bee Edge 326p

Young Bulls: Bowland £2076.80

CAST COWS

Cast Cows per head: Hexpath £1827.14, Bowland £1776.62, Kidshielhaugh £1706.10, Brothershiels £1611.94, £1606.02

Cast Cows per kilo: Gateshaw 247p, Kidshielhaugh 239p, 237p, 235p, 229p, Branxholm Braes 219p, Hexpath 217p

Cast Bulls: Huntlaw £1566.86

PRIME LAMBS-

Charollais: £230 Runningburn; Hampshire: £193 Bridgehaughmill

PRIME HOGGS-

Mixed show forward selling to extreme rates.  Average 381p £160 (42kgs)

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £240 The Craggs, £240, £226 Oxnam Neuk, £216 Threepwood, £214 Ballencrieff Mains, £186 K J S Farming, £180 Stoneypath; Texel: £224 Newton, Crathie, £223 Leaston, £220 Threepwood, £219 Greenhead, Reston, £216 Threepwood, £213 Greenhead, Reston, £211 Roxburgh Mill, £210 Swinnie, £203 Leaston; Suffolk: £218 Threepwood, £215 Brotherstone, £207 Stoneypath, £198(2) New Blainslie, Wantonwalls,  £191 Stoneypath, £190 New Blanslie; Greyfaced: £207 Newton, Crathie, £189 Treaty Park, £185 Stoneypath; Blackface: £200 Longcroft, £175 Newton, Crathie, £170 Roxburgh Mill; Jacob: £195 Upper Nisbet; North Country Cheviot: £191, £185 Soutra, £184 Kaimridge, Earlston Road (S.Anderson); Lleyn: £190 Morridgehall; Cheviot Mule: £180 Stoneypath; Hampshire: £179 Bridgehaughmill; Bluefaced Leicester: £175 Threepwood Cottage (D.Sandilands)

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 465.8p, 426.8p, 425p, 424.4p, 420p, 419.5p Newton, Crathie, 455.3p Broachrigg, 418.2p Wantonwalls, 416p New Blainslie; Beltex: 461.2p Oxnam Neuk, 447.4p Threepwood, 447.2p Newton, Crathie, 436.7p Ballencreiff Mains, 433.3p, 428.6p Newton, Crathie, 424p Craighouse, 423.1p Newton, Crathie, 414.6p Threepwood, K J S Farming; Suffolk: 457.4p Brotherstone, 404.8p Threepwood, 402.6p Newton, Crathie, 398.1p Stoneypath, 396p Wantonwalls, 391.3p Broachrigg; North Country Cheviot: 412.3p Newton, Crathie, 404.4p (4)Kaimridge; Greyfaced: 414p, 400p Newton, Crathie, 390p New Blainslie; Blackface: 397.7p Newton, Crathie, 393p Leithenhope Cottage, 390.2p Roxburgh Mill; Lleyn: 390.9p Morridgehall; Bluefaced Leicester: 388.9p Threepwood Cottage

CAST SHEEP-

Trade electric for what was a very mixed show.  Numbers required to supply buyer demand.

Sale top of £269 for a Texel from C.B Strang-Steel, Threepwood.

Tups topped at £183 for a Texel from A.H & M.A MacTaggart, Wells Stables

EWES

Texel: £269 Threepwood, £237 Greenhead, Reston, £220 Upper Bolton, £180 Greenhead, Reston, £179 Leaston, £177 Redden, Elwartlaw, Traprain, Leaston; Charollais: £201 Runningburn, £168 Whitemire; Beltex: £197 The Craggs, £177 Craighouse; Suffolk: £169, £167 Ballencrieff Mains, £165 Leaston, £163 Traprain, £141 Elwartlaw; Cheviot Mule: £151, £145 Stoneypath, £141 Lumsdaine, Wedderlie;  Greyfaced: £151 Lee Farm, £145 Kaeside, £141 Crosslaw, Whitemire, £135 Traprain, £133 Lumsdaine, £129 Elwartlaw, Traprain; Blackface: £111 Holylee, £107 Middlesknowes, £100 Leithenhope, £97 Stoneypath, Longcroft, £95 Yett, Middlesknowes; North Country Cheviot: £145 Soutra, £110 Craighouse, £107 Wedderlie, £103 Middlesknowes; Bluefaced Leicester: £149 Middlethird; South Country Cheviot: £113, £111 Chatto; Hebridean: £73, £71 Rhodes Holdings

RAMS

Texel: £183 Wells Stables; Bluefaced Leicester: £175 Middlethird;  North Country Cheviot: £145, £141, £139, £133 Middlesknowes; Zwartble: £155 Wells Stables; Kerryhill: £145 Newbigging Bush Farm; Blackface: £115 Middlesknowes, Burncastle