St Boswells Store Cattle Sale

A smaller show forward with cattle still in great demand.

Topping the day’s trading was Messrs Budge, Lamberton with an Aberdeen Angus.x Bullock at £1390

Grazing Cattle met another great response with pence per kilo topping at 305.7p for a pen of smashing Charolais.x Bullocks from Messrs Connon, Greenknowe.

Bullocks per head – Aberdeen Angus: £1390 Lamberton, £1090, £1050, £1020 Easter Middleton, Hereford: £1100 Buskin, Limousin: £1310 Outerston, £1300 Trows, £1290, £1225, £1185, £1155 (2) Outerston, Luing: £1080 Upper Chatto, Simmental: £1040 Orchard, Greenknowe, £1030 Symington Mains, £1020 Orchard, £1005 Greenknowe, Saler: £900 Nisbet Mill, Charolais: £1210, £1190 Brothershiels, £1130 North Synton, £1110 Brothershiels, £1105, £1100 North Synton

Bullocks per kilo – Aberdeen Angus: 269.4p, 268.4p, 259.5p, 256.1p, 252.5p Easter Middleton, Hereford: 241.8p, 234.1p Buskin, Limousin: 257.1p Symington Mains, 233.3p, 232.4p, 228.7p, 225.9p, 224.8p Outerston, Luing: 216.7p Symington Mains, Simmental: 275.3p Greenknowe, 267.6p, 264p South Common, 263.3p Greenknowe, Saler: 228p Nisbet Mill, Charolais: 305.7p, 291.2p Greenknowe, 281.8p, 281.3p Brothershiels, 279.5p, 275.3p Greenknowe

Bullocks averaged 249.29p per kilo

Heifers per head – Aberdeen Angus: £1360 Lamberton, Limousin: £1190 Trows, £1180 Parkhill, Luing: £1000 Upper Chatto, Simmental: £985 Parkhill, Charolais: £1200 North Synton, £1140, £1110 Brothershiels

Heifers per kilo – Limousin: 252.6p Orchard, 230.8p, 229.1p, 228.9p Parkhill, Simmental: 243.2p Orchard, Charolais: 249.4p, 235.6p, 230.3p Brothershiels

Heifers averaged 230.66p per kilo