St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 121 Clean Cattle, 12 Cast Cows, 1 Prime Lamb, 1107 Prime Hoggs and 377 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (45) averaged 298p per kg and sold to 332p

Heifers (76) averaged 295p per kg and sold to 342p

Cast Cows (12) averaged 191p per kg and sold to 250p

Top price £1883

Lambs (1) sold to 391p per kg  £231 for a Charollais Lamb

Hoggs (1107) averaged 380p per kg (-13p on the week) £182.64 per head and sold to £251 for Beltex Hoggs

Top price 465p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (377) averaged £127.69 and sold to £228 for a Charollais Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £155, light ewes sold to £190 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £114

PRIME CATTLE-

Great demand for all shapes and sizes.

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2230, £2144 Penston £2144.72, Lurdenlaw £2143.04, Dunslaw £2127.84, £2076.40, £2046.60, Greenknowe £2033.94, Lennoxlove £2027.72

Heifers per head: Whitsome West Newton £2120.40, Bee Edge £2086.20, Humbie Mill £2077, £2066.12, Greenknowe £2048, Shidlaw £2041.36, Penston £2032.80, Dunslaw £2007.72, Bee Edge £2007.36

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 332p, Bee Edge 328p, Greenknowe 327p, Lennoxlove 326p, 322p, Smailholm Mains, Bee Edge 320p, Humbie Mill 318p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 342p, Penston 330p, 328p, Humbie Mill, Bee Edge(2) 328p, Smailholm Mains 326p, Bee Edge 324p, Longnewton 322p, Greenknowe 320p

CAST COWS-

Mixed show forward

Cast Cows per head: Upper Nisbet £1883.40, £1657.14, £1560, Pogbie £1517.34, Upper Nisbet £1439.88

Cast Cows per kilo: Upper Nisbet 250p, 219p, 213p(2)

PRIME HOGGS-

Returns easier on the week.  Topped by an outstanding Beltex Hogg for J.R Walton, Grangemoor at £251 to Briggsys Butchers. Fleshed hoggs still easy sold.

Average 380p (48kgs) £182.64

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £251 Grange Moor, £240, £230 (2) Crookston, £226(2), £210 Grange Moor, £200 Wester Ulston; Suffolk: £240 Maidenhall, £230(2) Boghall, £218 Newton, Crathie, £217, £215, £205, £202 Boghall; Texel: £232 Bettyfield, £223 Boghall, £220 (2), £219 Bettyfield, £216 (2), £213 Newton, Crathie, £212, £210 Bettyfield; Greyfaced: £214 Boghall, £175 Stoneypath; North Country Cheviot: £210 Saughtree, £185 Greenhead, Selkirk, £183 (2) Cocklawfoot; Romney: £210, £208, £204 Towford; Bluefaced Leicester: £200 Hartside; Hampshire: £200 Cocklawfoot; Blackface: £193 Hartside; Jacob: £170 Park Terrace, Hawick (M.Harper); Norfolk: £161 Crumstane; Dutch Spotted: £160 New Blainslie

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 465p Grange Moor, 452.4p, 444.7p Newton, Crathie, 438.6p New Blainslie, 426.1p Stoneypath, 423.9p (2), 423.5p(2); Texel: 447.6p, 443.5p Newton, Crathie, 432.2p (2) Newton, Crathie, 431.5p, 428.6p Newton, Crathie, 424.4p Boghall, 422.7p, 422.5p Newton, Crathie, 422.5p New Blainslie; North Country Cheviot: 407.6p, 404.9p Saughtree, Adderstonshiels, 402.3p Boghall; Suffolk: 400p (2) Boghall, 393.4p New Blainslie, 389.8 (2) Boghall; Dutch Spotted: 400p New Blainslie; Hampshire: 385.4p Boghall; Greyfaced: 378.6p New Blainslie; Blackface: 369.8p Stoneypath

CAST SHEEP-

Trade continuing to soar with a mixed show achieving extreme rates.  Again, numbers well short of buyers requirements.

Sale top of £228 for a Charollais Ewe from local breeder James Neill & Son, Runningburn

Tups topped at £200 for Texels from R.W & C Flintoff, Cocklawfoot

EWES: Charollais: £228, £215 Runningburn; Texel: £221 Threepwood, £190 Redden, £187 Rochester, £185 Stoneypath, £180 Wester Ulston, £175 New Blainslie, £171 Firbank, Threepwood; North Country Cheviot: £190, £180, £151 Philiphaugh, £151 Langlee Mains, £145, £140 Philiphuagh; Suffolk: £185 Howahill, £180 Gospelhall, £167 Threepwood, £161 New Blainslie, £160 Helmburn, £155 Lauder Barns, £151 Helmburn; Blue Texel: £180 East Mains, Lauder, £175 Crookston, £145 Dunorran; Bluefaced Leicester: £180 Threepwood, £155 Crookston; Cheviot Mule: £175, £165 Philiphaugh, £155 Blackhill, Coldingham, £147 Blegbie, £139 Stoneypath, £135 Philiphaugh; Half Bred: £171, £150 Blackhill, Coldingham; Berrichon: £177 Springwood Lodge; Beltex: £160 Wester Ulston, £151 Crookston; Zwartble: £157 Lauder Barns; Romnay: £155 Towford; Dorset: £153 Dunorran; Greyfaced: £153 Bettyfield, £149 Hartside, £147 Howahill, Crookston; £143 West Lodge South, £139 Rochester House, Hartside; Ryeland: £115 Halflawkiln; Blackface: £111, £107 Pirntaton Cottage (Logan), £105 Halflawkiln, £100 Pirntaton, £99 Hartside, £87 Stoneypath, Newton, Crathie; Hebridean: £55 Rhodes Holdings

RAMS: Texel: £200, £180 Cocklawfoot; Blue Texel: £177 Dunorran; Berrichon: £171 Springwood Lodge; Suffolk: £159 Halflawkiln, £155 Blackhill, Coldingham; Hampshire: £157 Cocklawfoot; North Country Cheviot: £155 Cocklawfoot, £143 Langlee Mains