St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 61 Clean Cattle, 40 Cast Cows, 830 Prime Lambs, 272 Prime Hoggs and 729 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (14) averaged 282p per kg and sold to 306p

Heifers (46) averaged 285p per kg and sold to 330p

Young Bulls (1) sold to 200p per kg

Cast Cows (40) averaged 202p per kg and sold to 276p

Top price £2109

Lambs (830) averaged 421.4p per kg (+21.4p on the week) £178 per head and sold to £235 for Texel Lambs

Top price 479.6p per kg for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (272) averaged 309p per kg (+9p on the week) and sold to £212 for Texel Hoggs

Top price 395p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (729) averaged £140 and sold to £213  for Suffolk Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £167, light ewes sold to £147 for Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £122

PRIME CATTLE-

Trade easier on the week with a large show of natives.

Bullocks per head: Upper Nisbet £2071.72, Penston £2044.08, Bee Edge £2004.12, Wester Ulston £1740.32, Upper Nisbet £1722.60, Bee Edge £1687.76

Heifers per head: Penston £1997.12, Bee Edge £1982.88, £1973.40, Lennoxlove £1968.36, Penston £1957.76, Bee Edge £1928.08, Penston £1897.10, Lennoxlove £1893.12

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 306p, Upper Nisbet 302p, Bee Edge 293p, Wester Ulston(2), Bee Edge 292p, Upper Nisbet 290p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 330p Denholm Meat Supplies, Bee Edge 325p, 324p W.Kirkup & Sons, Butchers, Penston 316p Hugh Black & Sons, Penston 311p, Bee Edge 308p Forsyths of Peebles

Young Bulls: Tushielaw £1140(200p)

CAST COWS-

Good trade

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2109.58, £2006.46, Crookhouse £1915.44, Burnhouse Mains £1722.16, £1711.40, Upper Nisbet £1701.28,

Cast Cows per kilo: Crookhouse 276p, Kersknowe 231p, Greenknowe, Kersknowe 223p, Rumbleton 221p, Kirktonhill, Upper Nisbet 217p, Fishwick, Burnhouse Mains 215p

PRIME LAMBS-

Great show forward.  All classes sharper.  Average 421.4p (42.2kgs) £178

Lambs per head-

Texel: £235 Fishwick, £232, £229, £228, £226 Ballencrieff Mains, £226 East Gordon, £225 Whitsome West Newton £224, £223 Ballencrieff Mains; Suffolk: £221 Belmont, £204 Northfield St Abbs, Thornington, £199 Edrom Mains, £194 Whitemire, The Knock, £193 Thornington, £190 (2) Whitemire; Vendeen: £206 Redpath East End; Charollais: £181 Myreside; North Country Cheviot: £175 Fairnilee; Beltex: £174 Brockielaw

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 479.6p Fishwick, 470.1p, 469.5p, 467.3p Ballencrieff Mains, 465.8p Huntington, 464p Ballencrieff Mains, 463.7p Whitsome West Newton, 461.9p, 461.2p Ballencreiff Mains; Suffolk: 451p Belmont, 438.6p, 425p Thornington, 421.7p The Knock, 419p (2) Belmont, 418.6p The Knock, 416.3p Northfield St Abbs; Vendeen: 438.3p Redpath East End; Charollais: 420.9p Myreside

PRIME HOGGS-

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £212, £200, £190(3) The Anvil, £190 Wauchope; Suffolk: £210 Oxmuir, £171 Byrewalls, £167 Meigle; North Country Cheviot: £170 The Anvil, £157 Harehead, £155 Smiddy Hill; Charollais: £159 Ellemford Cottages; Easycare: £153 Kidshielhaugh; Blackface: £130 Harehead

Hoggs per kilo-

Texel: 395.8p, 386.7p, 382p, 380.9p, 380.4p (2) The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: 386.4p The Anvil, 329.8p Smiddy Hill; Suffolk: 361.4p Byrewalls, 352.3p Fairnilee; Charollais: 331.3p Ellemford Cottages

CAST SHEEP-

Good show.  Small ewes in high demand.  All classes sharper

EWES

Suffolk: £213, £207 Oxmuir, £203, £195 Huntington, £193 Oxmuir, £181 Huntington, £180 Belmont; Texel: £183 (2) Huntington, Marvingston, £180 Wauchope; Bluefaced Leicester: £165 Smiddy Hill; Greyfaced: £161 Legars, £154 Leaston, £149 Lauder Barns, £147 Gala Farms, £141 Over Newton, Fairnilee, Bowden Moor; Beltex: £157 Wauchope; Cheviot Mule: £147 Kidshielhaugh, £140 Smiddy Hill; Half Bred: £157, £143 Marvingston; Easycare: £141 Kidshielhaugh; North Country Cheviot: £147 Headshaw, Lauder, £139 West Lodge South, Smiddy Hill, £137 Harehead(2), £135 Headshaw, Lauder, £133 West Lodge South; Blackface: £135 Harehead, Over Newton, £131 Gala Farms, £125 West Lodge South

RAMS

Bluefaced Leicester: £180 Hermiston; Texel: £180 Fairnilee, £177 Harehead; Bluefaced Leicester: £169 Harehead; Hampshire: £155 AR Hume Farming; Suffolk: £140 Harwood on Teviot