St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 89 Clean Cattle,  50 Cast Cows,  360  Prime Lambs, 541  Prime Hoggs and  265 Cast Sheep

 

Bullocks (43) averaged 289p per kg and sold to 318p (x2)

 

Heifers (44) averaged 302p per kg and sold to 325p

 

Young Bulls (2) averaged 291p per kg and sold to 296p

 

Cast Cows (46) averaged 198p per kg and sold to 239p(x2)

Top price £1964

 

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 162p per kg and sold to  167p (x3)

Top price £2237

 

 

Lambs (360) averaged 407.5p per kg (+7.5p on the week) £183 per head and sold to £233 for  Texels

Top price 482p per kg for Texel Lambs

 

Hoggs (541) averaged 355p per kg (-15p on the week) £160 per head and sold to £212 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 400p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

 

Cast Sheep (265) averaged £119.50 and sold to £211 for Texel Ewes

 

Heavy Ewes averaged £156, light ewes sold to £139 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £115

 

PRIME CATTLE-

Very easily sold

Bullocks per head: Wellheads £2288.64, £2257.80, £2178, £2154.96, Dunslaw £2138.64, Learielaw £2105.16, Dunslaw £2088, Lennoxlove £2040.48, Learielaw £2036.80, £2032.80

Heifers per head: Penston £2003.40, Bee Edge £1996.40, Dunslaw £1990.20, Bee Edge £1982.50, Penston £1951.32, Dunslaw £1937.52, Upper Nisbet £1933.92, Bee Edge £1924.56, £1920

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw, Wellheads 318p, Lennoxlove 312p, 310p, 308p, Learielaw 308p, 306p, 304p, Smailholm Mains 302p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 325p, 324p, Dunslaw 324p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 322p, Penston 322p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Whitrighill, Penston, Bee Edge 320p, Gospelhall, Penston 318p

Young Bulls per head: Whitrighill £2214.08

Young Bulls per kilo: Whitrighill 296p, 284p

CAST COWS-

Solid trade

Cast Cows per head: Headshaw, Lauder £1964.58, Rumbleton £1827.26, Headshaw, Lauder £1789.20, Hyndsidehill £1686.30, New Blainslie £1681, Rumbleton £1635.40, Crookston £1586.78, Hyndsidehill £1582.40, £1560.78

Cast Cows per kilo: Headshaw, Lauder, Greenknowe 239p, Rumbleton, Crookston 221p, Hyndsidehill 219p, Commonside 217p, Lamberton, Hyndsidehill 215p

Cast Bulls per head: Middlethird £2237.80, Cockburn £1553.10, Venchen £1459.58

Cast Bulls per kilo: Middlethird, Cockburn, Venchen 167p

PRIME LAMBS-

Better show forward.  Average 407.5p (44.9kgs) £183

Lambs per head-

Texel: £233, £229, £225, £224 (3)Ballencrieff Mains, £223 Edrom Mains, £220 The Knock,  Ballencreiff Mains; Suffolk: £220, £210, £209 The Knock, £207, £205 Belmont; Beltex: £200 Collielaw; Greyfaced: £180 Redpath East End; Hampshire: £172 Redpath East End; Charollais: £172 Redpath East End

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 482.2p Belmont, 431.4p The Knock, 430.1p Edrom Mains, 429.5p, 423.8p Belmont, 422.2p Edrom Mains, 420p(2) Ballencrieff Mains; Suffolk: 431.3p, 413.3p(3), 410.4p, 410p Belmont; Beltex: 465.1p Collielaw; Charollais: 400p Redpath East End; Hampshire: 378p Redpath East End

PRIME HOGGS-

Mixed end of season show.  Average 355p (45kgs) £160

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £212, £200 Corsbie, £200 Phiiphaugh, £190, £185 The Anvil, £183 Unthank, £180 The Anvil; Suffolk: £210 Birkenside, £198 The Anvil, £190 Birkenside, £175 (2) The Anvil; Beltex: £200 (2) Newton, Crathie; North Country Cheviot: £183, £180 Bonjedward, £175 Adderstonshiels, £174 (2)The Anvil; Blackface: £174 Crookston, £170 The Anvil

Hoggs per kilo-

Beltex: 400p(2) Newton; Texel: 395.6p, 395.5p, 395.2p, 388.9p The Anvil, 382.9p Lauder Barns, 379.5 Broachrigg, 375p The Anvil, Broachrigg; Suffolk: 396p, 388.9p, 372.p, 371.1p The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: 395.3p Saughtree, 386.7p, 386p, 378.3p The Anvil, 375p Broachrigg; Blackface: 361p Newton, Crathie

CAST SHEEP-

Cast sheep of all classes again a soaring trade with numbers well short of buyers requirements.

Sale peak of £211 for Texels from L.L Macvie & Co, Langtonlees.  Catching the eye was a penful of strapping Suffolk ewes from A.W & B.T Taylor, Belmont

EWES

Texel: £211, £190 Langtonlees, £189 Corsbie, £184, £174, £170 Langtonlees, £170 Crookston; Cheviot Mule: £151 Broomiebank, £139 Easter Whitmuir;  Suffolk: £200 Belmont, £180 Spott, £164 Corsbie, £157 Middlethird; Half Bred: £181 Bonjedward; Greyfaced: £149 Crookston, £134 Corsbie, Spott, £131 Crookston, £124 Lamberton; Bluefaced Leicester: £149 Langtonlees; Beltex: £140 Glenogle; North Country Cheviot: £139 Mavisbank(2), Middlethird, £134 Philiphaugh; Blackface: £131 Aikengall, £127 Tollishill, £115, £104 Aikengall, £97 Tollishill; South Country Cheviot: £125 Chatto

RAMS

Dutch Spotted: £161 Myreside