St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 157 Clean Cattle, 24 Cast Cows,  2 Prime Lambs, 1309 Prime Hoggs and  221 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (67) averaged 285p per kg and sold to 336p

Heifers (90) averaged 297p per kg and sold to 334p

Cast Cows (24) averaged 204p per kg and sold to 271p

Top price £1897

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 162p per kg and sold to 165p

Top price £1818

Lambs (2) averaged 420.5p and sold to £185 for a Suffolk Lamb

Hoggs (1309) averaged 406p per kg (+25p on the week) £176 per head and sold to £240 for Beltex Hoggs

Top price 448p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (221) averaged £123.79 and sold to £280 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £159, light ewes sold to £161 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £111

PRIME CATTLE-

Well fleshed show forward with more native types on offer.  Quality easily sold.

Bullocks per head: Penston £2471.60, Friday Hill £2397.60, Penston £2327.64, Whitrighill £2301.12, Learielaw £2177.28, Whitrighill £2088.24, Dunslaw £2068.96, Bee Edge £2064.60, Lurdenlaw £2055.68, Whitrhill £2041.56

Heifers per head: Whitrighill £2191.20, Whitsome West Newton £2156, Whitrighill £2150.40, Penston £2119, Learielaw £2111.52, Upper Nisbet £2079.72, Penston £2073.36, Whitsome West Newton

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 336p, Penston 334p, 326p, Crosshall, Friday Hill 324p,  Whitrihill(2), Crosshall (2) 318p

Heifers per kilo: Longnewton 334p, Bee Edge 34p, Penston, Learielaw, Longnewton, Whitrihill 332p, Learielaw, Whitrighill, Bee Edge 330p

CAST COWS-

Cast Cows per head: Pogbie £1897, Wedderlie £1886.34, Angelrow £1563.30, Faughhill £1533.40, Corsbie £1523.52, Faughhill £1508.42

Cast Cows per kilo: Pogbie 271p, 243p, 229p, Kidshielhaugh 247p, 227p, Wester Ulston 215p, Wedderlie 211p

Cast Bulls: Burnhouse Mains £1818.30 (165p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Suffolk: £185 Blackcruik (420.45p)

PRIME HOGGS-

More flesh forward.  Returns sharper.  Average 406p, £176 (43.3kgs)

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £240 Faughhill, £224, £220, £216 Blackadder Mains, £200 New Blainslie; Texel: £224, £220(3), £216(2), £215, £212 Newton, Crathie, £216 Blackadder Mains; Suffolk: £216 (5), £212, £209(2) Newton, Crathie, £210 New Blainslie; North Country Cheviot: £216, £206 Saughtree, £216 Thorlieshope, £205(2), £200 Woodside; Greyfaced: £212 Newton, Crathie, £181 Longcroft; Blackface: £201, £190 Newton, Crathie; £190(2) Longcroft; Cheviot Mule: £200 Saughtree; Easycare: £182 Kidshielhaugh

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 448.8p, 446.2p, 440p(2), 439.6p, 434.8p, 434.1p, 433.7p, 432.4p Newton, Crathie; Beltex: 444.4p New Blainslie, 432p Blackadder Mains, 421.4p New Blainslie, 421.1p Faughhill, 414.8p Blackadder Mains; North Country Cheviot: 428.8p Faughhill, 425p(2), 419.8p Saughtree, 418.2p, 415.4p, 414.5p Newton, Crathie, 414p Saughtree; Suffolk: 425p, 418p, 413.8p, 412p Newton, Crathie; Blackface: 411.6p Faughhill

CAST SHEEP-

Cast Sheep sold at unprecedented rates for a very mixed show as numbers well short of buyer demand.  Numbers required to meet demand!

Sale top of £280 for a Beltex Ewe from Huntington Farm Partnership, Huntington

EWES

Beltex: £280 Huntington; Blue Texel: £215 Standhill;  Texel: £190 Cavers Lea, £185 Legars, £181 Huntington, £177 Cavers Lea, £171 Arniston Home Farm, £163 Huntington, £160 Cavers Lea, £151 West Lodge South, £151 A & S Livestock; Suffolk: £197 Legars £191 Huntington, Belford, £190 Legars, £187 Bonjedward, £185 (2), £183 Huntington, £180 Woodside; Bluefaced Leicester: £180 Howden (S.Mabon)Cheviot Mule: £175 Nisbet Mill, £139 Arniston Home Farm; North Country Cheviot: £161, £155 Nisbet Mill, £141 Dryden, £133 Woodside, £127 Bowershields; Greyfaced: £163 Legars, £153 West Lodge South, £151 Treaty Park, £141 West Lodge South, £139, £131 Nether Tofts; Lleyn: £150 AR Hume Farming; Romney: £155, £139 Arniston Home Farm; Easycare: £139 AR Hume Farming Ltd; Blackface: £120 Scott Street, Hwk (P.Jackson), £110 Stobbs Farm, Rochester, Laings Hill, £101 Ellemford Cottages (R.Hume), £95 Scott Street, Hwk; South Country Cheviot: £125 The Burrows, £117 Langhope; Shetland: £115, £85 AR Hume Farming; Jacob: £107 Standhill, £95 AR Hume Farming; Herdwick: £85 Ellemford Cottages

RAMS

South Country Cheviot: £129 Langhope