St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 136  Clean Cattle, 22 Cast Cows, 2  Prime Lambs, 1190  Prime Hoggs and 178 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (59) averaged 291p per kg and sold to 328p

Heifers (72) averaged 294p per kg and sold to 334p

Young Bulls (5) averaged 311p per kg and sold to 326p

Cast Cows (22) averaged 186p per kg and sold to 215p

Top price £1899

Lambs (2) averaged 428p, £192.50 per head and sold to £200 for a Charollais Lamb

Top price 430p per kg for Texels

Hoggs (1190) averaged 393p per kg (+3p on the week) £186 per head and sold to £240 for Suffolk Hoggs

Top price 483p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (178) averaged £107.14 and sold to £217 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £154, light ewes sold to £155 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £111

PRIME CATTLE-

A larger show of Native cattle forward with all types keenly bid for.

Bullocks per head: Dunslaw £2082.08, Lurdenlaw £2049.84, Learielaw £2048, Penston £2047.68, Whitrighill £2047.56, Penston £2022.16, Whitrighill £2018.72, Dunslaw £2018.28, Lurdenlaw £2009.76, Dunslaw £2002

Heifers per head: Longnewton £2268.88, Elwick £2105.76, Longnewton £2092.92, Penston £2027.04, Bee Edge £2006.40, Elwick £2003.12, Whitsome West Newton £1964.20, Bee Edge £1963.92, £1952.52, £1944

Young Bulls per head: Fowberry Moor £2386.32, £2316.80, £2224.64

Young Bulls per kilo: Fowberry Moor 326p, 320p, 316p, 310p

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 328p, Penston 324p, Learielaw 320p, 318p, Lurdenlaw 316p, Wester Ulston, Whitrighill, Penston 314p, Whitrighill 312p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 334p Denholm Meat Supplies, Penston 330p Coq & Bull, Bee Edge 330p, Elwick and Penston328p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Learielaw and Longnewton 326p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 324p, 322p W.Kirkup & Sons Butchers, Whitsome West Newton 322p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

CAST COWS-

Mixed show forward

Cast Cows per head: Middlethird £1899.12, East Loanhead £1637.36, Smailholm Mains £1550.92, Blinkbonny £1485.44, Firth £1453.40, Sundhope £1387.14, Blinkbonny £1349.22, Corsbie £1341.60

Cast Cows per kilo: Firth 215p, East Loanend 211p, Blinkbonny 211p, 199p, Greenknowe 197p, Corsbie 197p, 195p, Middlethird 193p, Tushielaw, Smailholm Mains 191p

PRIME HOGGS-

Well fleshed hoggs easy sold. Plenty weight forward.  Average £186, 47.3kgs, 393p

Hoggs per head-

Suffolk: £240, £230(7) Boghall; Texel: £230 North Synton, £226, £220(2), £217, £215 Boghall, £220 Hermiston, £216 Elwartlaw, £214 Faughhill; Beltex: £230, £224, £220(2) Boghall, £230, £208 Faughhill, £200 (2) Grange Moor; Greyfaced: £216, £197 Boghall, £189 Ballencrieff Mains; North Country Cheviot: £210 North Synton, £205 Bowmont Farming, £200 Saughtree, Bowmont Farming, £195 Thorlieshope, £190 North Synton, Kaimridge; Easycare: £196 Thorneydykes; Cheviot Mule: £181 West Lodge South; Blackface: £164, £144 Faughhill

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 483.7p Faughhill, 475p, 466.7p Grange Moor, 462.5p Broombank, 461p, 460p Faughhill, 460p, 454.5p, 448.2p Grange Moor; Texel: 458.5p Broachrigg, 451.2p Grange Moor, 445.8p, 432.2p, 431.8p Faughhill, 431.7p Ballencrieff Mains, 428.2p, 427.5p, 425p Broachrigg, 427.9p Ballencrieff Mains; North Country Cheviot: 422.5p Faughhill, 420.5p, 420p Kaimridge, 420p Kirklands, Ancrum, 418.3p Saughtree, 416.5p Faughhill, 413p Kaimridge, 411.6p Ballencreiff Mains; Suffolk: 416p(3), 408.2p, 403.8p, 403.6p(2), 403.5p, 400p Boghall;  Cheviot Mule: 417.1p, 414.6p Broachrigg; Easycare: 412.6p Thorneydykes; Greyfaced: 410.9p Ballencrieff Mains; Dutch Spotted: 410.8p Wormerlaw; Blackface: 400p Faughhill

CAST SHEEP-

A varied show of Cast Sheep forward saw all classes sell to a scintillator of a trade.  Numbers well short of buyers requirements.

Sale top of £217 for a Texel from J.Pate & Sons, Mossilee

EWES

Texel: £217 Mossilee, £201 Hermiston, £184 Fairnilee, £181 Mossilee, £170 Bellfield (Anderson), £169 Treaty Park, £161 Faughhill, £159 Gallowshill; Suffolk: £201, £191 Ruletownhead, £190 Hermiston, £173 Runningburn, £169 Meigle, Greenriggs, £165 Ruletownhead; North Country Cheviot: £155 Saughtree, £135 Buchtrig, £131 Millheugh, £129 Ruletownhead, Meigle, £127 Hermiston, £125 Ruletownhead; Greyfaced: £155 Greenriggs, £153 Kittyfield, £147 Brothershiels, £141 Longfaugh, £139 Mossilee, £129 Fairnilee; Cheviot Mule: £129 Bellfield (Anderson), £127 Saughtree; Easycare: £129, £105 Bairnkine, £119 Millheugh; Lleyn: £123 Broombank; Blackface: £103 Faughhill, £93 West Lodge; Swaledale: £53 Broombank; Shetland: £53 West Lodge South;Hebridean: £29 Faughhill

RAMS

Texel: £154 Symington Mains; Suffolk: £147 Old Melrose Lodge; North Country Cheviot: £137 Saughtree, £131 Bowmont Farming