St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 138 Clean Cattle, 40 Cast Cows, 49  Prime Lambs, 1380  Prime Hoggs and 302 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (58) averaged 285p per kg and sold to 322p

Heifers (77) averaged 294p per kg and sold to 334p

Young Bulls (3) averaged 230p per kg

Cast Cows (38) averaged 205p per kg and sold to 239p

Top price £2547

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 142p and sold to 145p per kg. 

Top price £1316

Lambs (49) averaged 457p per kg (+37p on the week) £209 per head and sold to £233 for a Charolais.

Top price 500p per kg for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (1380) averaged 381p per kg (+16p on the week) £190 per head and sold to £250 for Beltex Hoggs

Top price 440p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (302) averaged £134.84 and sold to £250 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £164, light ewes sold to £154 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £119

PRIME CATTLE-

Plainer show forward with all types keenly bid for.

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2167.76, Dunslaw £2158.40, Caverton Mill £2124, Dunslaw £2121.76, £2113.92, Penston £2101.92, Learielaw £2063.60, Dunslaw £2062.08

Heifers per head: Whitrighill £2283.24, £2115.36, Whitsome West Newton £2101.80, Whitrighill £2060.32, Learielaw £2028.60, Bee Edge £2024.04, £2020.48, Whitrighill £2007.04

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 322p, 318p, Wester Ulston 317p, Learielaw 316p, Smailholm Mains, Bee Edge 312p, Learielaw 310p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 334p Denholm Meat Supplies, Penston 332p, Bee Edge 328p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Learielaw, Bee Edge (3), Broachrigg 326p, Penston 326p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Young Bulls per head: Standhill £1166.20, £1127.76

Young Bulls per kilo: Standhill 238p, 228p

CAST COWS-

Buoyant Trade

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2545.66, £2104.90, Wolfstar £1974.90, Thorneydykes £1883.30, Whitrighill £1854, Ramrig £1773, Wester Middleton £1755.52, Philiphaugh £1717.98, Bonjedward £1713.80

Cast Cows per kilo: Wester Middleton 239p, Wolfstar 227p, Whitrighill, Ramrig 225p, Wester Middleton, Kersknowe 223p, Sunlawshill 221p

Cast Bulls: Kersknowe £1316.60 (145p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Lambs per head-

Charollais: £233 Runningburn; Suffolk: £233, £211 Belmont; Texel: £229 Lochside, £220 Logie Dunro, £214 (2) Lochside, £210 New Channelkirk, Belmont

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 500p New Channelkirk, Belmont, 465.2p, 462.6p, 458.4p, 455.3p Lochside; Suffolk: 476.7p, 475.5p, 463.7p Belmont; Charollais: 364.1p Runningburn

PRIME HOGGS-

Superb show of hoggs forward.  Average 381p, £190, 50kgs

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £250, £220 Logie Durno, £196 (3) Grange Moor; Texel: £240 (3), £230 Logie Durno, £235 Parkhill, £226 Boghall, £225 The Anvil, Parkhill, £221 Boghall; Suffolk: £224(3), £221, £220(2), £219(2)Boghall; North Country Cheviot: £218, £212 North Synton, £204 Parkhill, £202 The Anvil; Romney: £210, £208, £200 Towford; Greyfaced: £208 The Anvil, Boghall, £206 Hopes, £200 Boghall; LLeyn: £198 Over Whitlaw; Blackface: £196 Hartside, £192 Hopes; Kerryhill: £190 The Anvil; Cheviot Mule: £190 Blegbie, £180 Kilnknowe; Swaledale: £173 Gala Farms; Easycare: £170 Pilmuir

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 440p, 483.2p Boghall, 427.5p Threepwood, 425.5p Butterdean, 425p Grange Moor, 423.8p, 422p The Anvil, 418.6p New Blainslie; Beltex: 431.7p New Blainslie, 430.8p Grange Moor, 419p New Blainslie, 409.8p Logie Durno, 400p (2) Grange Moor; North Country Cheviot: 436.1p, 433.3p Boghall, 426.8p Saughtree, 416.9p Newton, Crathie, 415.7p Saughtree, 405.1p Kaimridge, 404p The Anvil, 400p Boghall; Suffolk: 421.5p Boghall, 416.8p The Anvil, 412.8p Boghall, 409.8p Newton, Crathie, 402p The Anvil, 400p Boghall; Cheviot Mule: 414.6p Northfield, St Abbs, 409.1p Kilnknowe; Easycare: 404.8p Pilmuir; Greyfaced: 400p, 396p, 391.3p Gala Farms; Blackface: 390.2p Faughhill; Romney: 388.2p Towford; Kerryhill: 387.8p The Anvil

CAST SHEEP-

A superb trade for all classes as numbers continue to be short of buyer demands.

Sale top of £250 for a Texel from W.Arnott & Co, Butterdean.  Tups peaked at £225 for a pen of Texels from P.M & A.C Gordon, Northfield, St Abbs

EWES

Texel: £250 Butterdean, £199 Lochside, £191 Sunnycroft, £189 Lee, £180 Threepwood, £177 Lochside; Suffolk: £201 Butterdean, £191 New Channelkirk, £184 Gilston, £181 Nether Howden, £179 Butterdean, £175 Grange Moor; Hampshire: £194, £187 West Meikle Pinkerton; Zwartble: £177 West Meikle Pinkerton; Bluefaced Leicester: £175 Clarilaw; Greyfaced: £171 Hartside, £167 New Channelkirk, £159 Glenogle, £154 Lee, West Meikle Pinkerton; Beltex: £167, £164 Glenogle, £155 West Lodge South, Grange Moor, £141 Glenogle; Cheviot Mule: £164 Lochside, £151 Kilnknowe,  Wedderlie, £149 Butterdean, £147 Northfield, St Abbs; North Country Cheviot: £154 North Synton, £137 Blegbie, Gilston, £129 Wedderlie, Bondjedward; Lleyn: £147 Over Whitlaw; Easycare: £115 Pilmuir; Blackface: £109 Lee; Jacob: £101 The Square, Haddington (K.Dockins); Shetland: £94 West Meikle Pinkerton

RAMS

Texel: £225 Northfield, St Abbs; Valais Blacknose: £161 Kaimridge; Suffolk: £149 Gayfield; North Country Cheviot: £147 Saughtree; Easycare: £120 Pilmuir