St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  76 Clean Cattle, 16 Cast Cows,  547 Prime Lambs, 300 Prime Hoggs and 404 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (20) averaged 283p per kg and sold to 312p

Heifers (56) averaged 294p per kg and sold to 328p(x3)

Cast Cows (14) averaged 201p per kg and sold to 229p(x2)

Top price £1784

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 151p per kg and sold to 159p

Top price £1661

Lambs (547) averaged 400p per kg (-7.5p on the week) £176 per head and sold to £220 for Texels

Top price 456p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Hoggs (300) averaged 300p per kg (n/a on the week) £130 per head and sold to £211 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 378p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (404) averaged £146.25 and sold to £222  for Rouge  Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £166, light ewes sold to £140 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £121

PRIME CATTLE-

Larger show of Native cattle forward.  All meeting a keen response.

Bullocks per head: Lennoxlove £2135.88, Learielaw £2102.88, Bee Edge £2079.36, Dunslaw £2026.08, Learielaw £2007.36, £1994.24, £1958.10

Heifers per head: Wellheads £2207.20, £2196.48, £2144, £2124.24, £2079.28, Penston £1990.56, Bee Edge £1969.92, £1961.44 (2)

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 312p, Wester Ulston 308p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Learielaw, Lennoxlove 306p, Learielaw 305p, 304p, Bee Edge 304p(2)

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 328p(3), 324p(2) Hugh Black & Sons Ltd,  W.Kirkup & Son, Penston 324p Forsyths of Peebles, Wellheads 320p, Penston 320p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Wellheads 318p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Wellheads 316p

CAST COWS-

Good show, good trade

Cast Cows per head: Falsidehill £1784.94, £1708.34, Low Middleton £1722.08, Priesthaugh £1676.18, Wolfstar £1655.68, Priesthaugh £1602.18

Cast Cows per kilo: Falsidehill, Low Middleton 229p, Falsidehill 213p, Priesthaugh 209p, 207p, Wolfstar 199p, Falsidehill 197p, Falsidehill, Low Middleton, Whitrighill 195p

Cast Bulls per head: Bastleridge £1661.71

Cast Bulls per kilo: Priesthaugh 159p

PRIME LAMBS-

Good show of lambs forward.  Returns as expected.  Average £176, 400p, 44kgs

Lambs per head-

Texel: £220 (2), £217, £216 Ballencrieff Mains, £217, £210 Lochside, £209 The Knock, £207 Belmont, Ballencrieff Mains; Suffolk: £204 The Knock, £202 Edrom Mains, Belmont, £201 The Knock, £200 Whitemire; Dorset: £180 Fairlaw, Reston; Beltex: £179 Lochside

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 456.5p Lochside, 452.3p The Knock, 452.1p Lochside, 447.7p, 446.7p The Knock, 441.3p Belmont, 435.9p Lochside, 433.3p Marvingston, 432.6p Lochside, 431.9p Traprain; Suffolk: 432.3p, 425p, 416.3p, 408.7p(3), 408p The Knock; Beltex: 416.3p Lochside, 405.4p Linton Burnfoot

PRIME HOGGS-

Mixed show.  Average 300p, £130 (43kgs)

Hoggs per head-

Beltex: £211 Roundabouts, £180 Sunnycroft; Texel: £211 (2) Roundabouts, £209 Hawthornside, £190 Hexpath, , £187 Upper Huntlywood, £184 The Anvil; Suffolk: £211 Gospelhall, £200 Falsidehill, £191 Upper Huntlywood, £190 Falsidehill, £189, £185 The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: £190 Nisbet Mill, £180 The Anvil; Greyfaced: £175 The Anvil, £169 Newton, Crathie, £168, £162 The Anvil; Blackface: £150, £149 Borthwickshiels

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 377.8p, 370.8p, 368p, 357p The Anvil, 354p Cockburn; Suffolk: 370p, 360p, 354.2p The Anvil; Greyfaced: 352.2p, 350p The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: 346.2p The Anvil; Beltex: 335.9p Newton, Crathie

CAST SHEEP-

Cast sheep go from strength to strength following the national average and seeking new heights!

Sale top of £222 for a Rouge Ewe from M.M Stewart, Brotherstone

A run of 57 commercial bred Texel and Suffolk cross ewes averaged an incredible £179.49 from regular consignors Huntington Farm Partnership, Huntington Farm

EWES

Rouge: £222 Brotherstone; Texel: £212, £208 Roundabouts, £205 Greenhead, Reston, £200 Hyndsidehill, £197 Hexpath, £188 Huntington, £185 Cockburn, £182 Hyndsidehill, £180 Threepwood, Greenburn, Eyemouth, Old Melrose Lodge; Suffolk: £195 Huntington, £190 Venchen, Greenhead, Reston, £185 Thornington, £178 Huntington, £174 Venchen, £172 Cockburn; Charollais: £192 Falsidehill, Bluefaced Leicester: £188 Woodhall; Cheviot Mule: £174 Manortoun, Peebles, £172, £155, £145 Greenburn, Eyemouth, £145 Craigsford Mains; Greyfaced: £170 Hartside, £168 Mowhaugh, £161 Cockburn, £155 Haystoun, £148 Woodhall, £147 Venchen, £145 Lochside; Dutch Spotted: £165 Myreside; Zwartble: £157 Lauder Barns, £154 Traprain; North Country Cheviot: £140 Borthwickshies, £128 Craigsford Mains, £111 Boreland; Dorset: £135 Fairlaw, Reston; Blackface: £122, £120 Woodhall, Innerwick, Stobs, £110 Hartside, Haystoun, £100 The Lee; Shetland: £62 Fairlaw, Reston

RAMS

Blackface: £142 Borthwickshiels