St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 114 Clean Cattle, 34 Cast Cows,   301 Prime Lambs, 872  Prime Hoggs and 378 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (47) averaged 285p per kg and sold to 308p(2)

Heifers (64) averaged 293p per kg and sold to 322p

Young Bulls (3) averaged 278p per kg and sold to 296p

Cast Cows (33) averaged 204p per kg and sold to 265p

Top price £1947

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 165p per kg. 

Top price £1689

Lambs (301) averaged 400p per kg (-57p on the week) £182 per head and sold to £222.50 for Texels

Top price 450p per kg for Blue Texel Lambs

Hoggs (872) averaged 371p per kg (-10p on the week) £178 per head and sold to £240 for Beltex Hoggs

Top price 424p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (378) averaged £122.63 and sold to £230 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £159, light ewes sold to £164 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £114

PRIME CATTLE-

In line with national trend

Bullocks per head: Penston £2139.64, Dunslaw £2084.40, Bee Edge £2062.44, Lennoxlove £2032.36, Upper Nisbet £2031.84, Dunslaw £2020.72, £2006.92, Lennoxlove £2005.08

Heifers per head: Whitrighill £2057.44, Learielaw £2028.60, Penston £1989, Bee Edge £1978.16, Learielaw £1954.88, Whitrighill, Bee Edge £1952

Bullocks per kilo: Penston, Learielaw 308p, Bee Edge, Upper Nisbet 306p, Upper Nisbet 306p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Learielaw, Wester Ulston, Faughhill 302p

Heifers per kilo: Learielaw 322p, Whitrighill(2), Bee Edge 320p, Bee Edge 318p W.Kirkup & Sons, Whitrighill 318p, Bee Edge 316p, Whitsome West Newton 316p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Young Bulls per head: Upper Nisbet £2326.56, Northfield £2003.40

Young Bulls per kilo: Upper Nisbet 296p, Northfield 270p

 

CAST COWS-

Good straight trade

Cast Cows per head: Whitrighill £1947.88, £1805.94, Whitburgh £1805.44, Hyndsidehill £1753.30, £1727.32, Leaston £1707.42, Corsbie £1705.20, Mosstower £1701.68

Cast Cows per kilo: Whitburgh 265p, Whitrighill 241p, Mosstower 239p, Corsbie 238p, Whitrighill 237p, 233p, Bemersyde 231p, The Fens 227p

Cast Bulls: Corsbie £1689.60(165p)

PRIME LAMBS-

More numbers forward.  Returns less on the week

Lambs per head- Texel: £222.50, £220(2), £218, £215(2), £210(3) Ballencreiff Mains; Beltex: £212, £200(2) Lochside; Suffolk: £200(2) Howden, £190 Blakehope; Blue Texel: £190, £180 Lochside; Hampshire: £190 West Meikle Pinkerton, Bridgehaugh Mill

Lambs per kilo-

Blue Texel: 450p, 431.8p Lochside; Beltex: 434.8p, 424p, 416.7p Lochside; Texel: 437.2p(2) Lochside, 428.9p Coltcrooks, 428.6p, 425p, 420p West Meikle Pinkerton; Suffolk: 416.7p(2) Howden, 411.1p Lochside; Hampshire: 412.3p, 409.6p West Meikle Pinkerton

PRIME HOGGS-

Mixed show.  Returns still reaching strong levels

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £240 Faughhill, £221 New Blainslie; Texel: £214 Bettyfield, £209 Boghall, £208 Elwartlaw, Bettyfield, £207 Boghall, £205 Elwartlaw, £204, £203 Boghall, £202 Elwartlaw; Suffolk: £211, £207, £203, £202, £200, £198, £196(2) Boghall; North Country Cheviot: £200 Hardacres, £194 The Anvil, £182, £180 Boghall; Greyfaced: £191 Justice Park, £189 Lauderhill, £188 Whitelaw Cottages; Easycare: £196, £186 Muircleugh; Blackface: £189, £184 Lauderhill

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 424.4p, 423p The Anvil, 408.9p, 407p(2) Boghall, 406.5p, 404.3p The Anvil, 400p Boghall; Suffolk: 423.3p The Anvil, 406.8p Boghall, 400p The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: 420p, 414.3p, 404p Boghall, 400p West Lodge South, Saughtree; Greyfaced: 408.9p The Anvil; Easycare: 379.6p Muircleugh; Cheviot Mule: 375.6p West Lodge South

CAST SHEEP-

Trade continues to fly with numbers short of buyers requirements.  More hill bred sorts about

Sale peak of £230 for a Texel from Huntington Farm Partnership, Huntington

EWES

Texel: £230, £201, £200 Huntington, £197(2) Lochside, £190, £189 Huntington, £177 Lanton Crag  Suffolk: £191 Riddell Cottage, £181 West Meikle Pinkerton, £177 Ladyflat, £174 Huntington, £164 Thistleknowe, Riddell Cottage, Huntington; Hampshire: £177, £167 West Meikle Pinkerton; Blue Texel: £174 Standhill, £171 The Burrows; North Country Cheviot: £164, £149 Gospelhall, £144 Hardacres, £141, £129 Gospelhall; Cheviot Mule: £151 Saughtree; Dorset: £147 Windshiel; Greyfaced: £147 Kirk O’Er, £144 Burncastle, £137 Lanton Crag, £124 Berryhill, £119 Stottencleugh, West Meikle Pinkerton; Blackface: £135, £124, £114 Burncastle, £105 Stottencleugh, £101 Burncastle, £99 Middle Monynut, £97 Berryhill; Jacob: £119 Standhill; Herdwick: £79 Standhill; Shetland: £57 West Meikle Pinkerton

RAMS

Dorset: £141 Windshiel; Texel: £141 West Meikle Pinkerton; Valais: £129 Bridgehaugh Mill