St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold Clean 142 Cattle,  8 Cast Cows,    1110  Prime Hoggs and  78  Cast Sheep

Bullocks (52) averaged 292p per kg and sold to 322p x 2

Heifers (88) averaged 295p per kg and sold to 334p x 2

2 Young Bulls sold to 214p x 2

Cast Cows (8) averaged 200p per kg and sold to 232p  

Top price £1879

Hoggs (1110) averaged 390p per kg ( - 16p on the week) £180 per head and sold to £225 for  Suff x Hoggs

Top price 466p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (78) averaged £142.95 and sold to £240 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £159, light ewes sold to £119 for NCC Ewes, and averaged £111

PRIME CATTLE-

Super show forward, best quality very easily sold with commercial types in line with national trend.

Bullocks per head: Whitrighill £2310, Penston £2144.52, Greenknowe £2136.16, Whitrighill £2122.64, Learielaw £2080.12, Dunslaw £1920.52, Dunslaw £1909.20, Broachrigg £1758.40

Heifers per head: Wester Middleton £2175.40, Whitrighill £2138.50, Learielaw £2072.40, Whitrighill £2062.44, Whitsome West Newton £2028.72, £2028.60, Penston £2024.04, Longnewton £1973.92, Bee Edge £1884.28, Dunslaw £1882.32, £1874.40, £1865, Vogrie Farms £1852.60, Whitrighill £1810.56, Dunslaw £1800.96, Dunslaw £1794.00, Butchercote £1760.80, Traprain £1687.80, Butchercote £1686.96

Young Bull per head: Blinkbonny £2097.20

Bullocks per kilo: Penston, Learielaw 322p, Learielaw 318p, Penston, Greenknowe 316p, Whitrighill 314p, 310p, 306p, Meikle Harelaw 286p, 284p

Heifers per kilo: Penston 334p, Bee Edge 332p, Learielaw, Bee Edge, Greenknowe, Whitsome West Newton 330p, Whitrighill 329p, Whitsome West Newton, Whitrighill 328p, Learielaw, Whitrighill, Bee Edge 326p, Vogrie Farms 314p, Traprain 291p

Young Bulls per kilo: Blinkbonny, Tushielaw 214p

CAST COWS-

Small show forward

Cast Cows per head: Greenhead £1614.48, Greenriggs £1408.92

Cast Cows per kilo: Wester Middleton 232p, Leaderfoot 219p, Greenhead 217p, Greenriggs 199p, Greenhead 191p

PRIME HOGGS-

Mixed show, all classes harder work. Average £180, 390p, 46.1kg

Hoggs per head-

Suffolk: £225, £220 (5), £216 Boghall, £215 (2) Newton, Crathie, £214 (2), £212, £210 (3) Boghall Texel: £222, £221 Newton, Crathie, £220 Boghall, £218 Boghall, Newton, Crathie, £214, £213 Boghall, £212 Newton, Crathie, £210 (2) Boghall Beltex: £208, £200 Rose Farm, £196, £188 Faughhill, £186 Rose Farm North Country Cheviot: £206 Newton, Crathie, £187 Saughtree, £184 Newton, Crathie, £182 Saughtree, £180 Boghall Greyface: £200 Boghall, £195 Newton, Crathie, £193 Boghall, £190 Faughhill, Mowhaugh Schoolhouse Bluefaced Leicester: £185 Corsbie Cottages (PW Hedley) Dutch Spotted: £184 The Anvil Blackface: £177, £164 Newton, Crathie

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 466.7p Newton, Crathie, 450.6p Faughhill, 444.4p, 433.3p, 427.6p Rose Farm, 427.3p, 426.1p Faughhill Texel: 454.5p, 444.4p, 444p, 442.5p, 441.7p, 440p, 437.5 Newton, Crathie, 431.1p, 430p, 428p Boghall, 424.4p The Anvil, 420p Boghall, Rose Farm (2) North Country Cheviot: 415p, 412p Newton, Crathie, 409p Saughtree, 408.9p Newton, Crathie, 404.5p Boghall, 400p Saughtree, Newton, Crathie Suffolk: 411.6p, 411.1p Boghall, 407p Rose Farm, 406.5p, 403.8p Boghall, 402.1p (2), 400p Rose Farm Greyface: 378.9p Boghall Blackface: 376.6p Newton, Crathie

CAST SHEEP-

A small but varied show saw all classes from Icelandics to Texels, with all sections selling to flying rates.

Sale top of £240 for a Texel ewe from N. Elliot, 2 Duke Street.

EWES

Texel: £240, £235, £215 2 Duke Street, £209 Pallinsburn Estates, £201, £179 Crailing Nook, £177 Corsbie Suffolk: £173, £159 Pallinsburn Estates, £157 Langraw, £155, £147 Corsbie Bluefaced Leicester: £161 Corsbie Cottages (PW Hedley) Greyface: £157, £145 Langraw, £131 Yarrow Farmhouse Cheviot Mule: £155 Pallinsburn Estates, £143 Broomiebank Lleyn: £145, £133 Bonnyrigg North Country Cheviot: Broomiebank Blackface: £107 Ashcraig, Yarrow Farmhouse Icelandic: £57 The Knowe, Ancrum

RAMS

Easycare: £127 Harwood on Teviot Jacob: £93 The Knowe, Ancrum Icelandic: £65 The Knowe, Ancrum