St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  86  Clean Cattle, 28  Cast Cows, 862 Prime Lambs, 55 Prime Hoggs and 151 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (31) averaged 291p per kg and sold to 316p 

Heifers (55) averaged 295p per kg and sold to 334p

Cast Cows (23) averaged 213p per kg and sold to 247p

Top price £1931

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 173p per kg and sold to 215p.

Top price £2235

Lambs (862) averaged 363p per kg (-30p p on the week) £157 per head and sold to £213 for Texel Lambs

Top price 430p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Hoggs (55) averaged 250p per kg £122 per head and sold to £185 for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (151) averaged £134.50 and sold to £207 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £159

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade.  All types well bid for

Bullocks per head: Elwick £2156.82, £2147.76, Lennoxlove £2112.20, Wellheads £2103.08, Lennoxlove £2090.88, Wellheads £2073.88, Learielaw £2036.80, Wellheads £2036.48, Penston £2024.76

Heifers per head: Wellheads £2201.68, £2168.32, Learielaw £2024.04, Wellheads £2012.60, Penston £2007.78, Broachrigg £1989.40, Bee Edge £1982.08, £1969.04

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 316p, Elwick 314p, Whitrighill 312p, Elwick, Crookhouse 309p, Learielaw 304p

Heifers per kilo: Learielaw 334p, Bee Edge 330p, Penston 327p, Bee Edge 326p Hugh Black & Sons, 326p, 324p(2) Denholm Meat Supplies, Learielaw 322p, Penston 321p

CAST COWS-

Good show, good trade

Cast Cows per head: Mosstower £1931.16, Upper Blainslie £1927.12, Kersknowe £1922.70, £1834.16, Wester Middleton £1815.66, Fishwick £1759.16, Huntington £1749.02, Upper Nisbet £1732.64

Cast Cows per kilo: Venchen 247p, Wester Middleton, Mosstower, Huntington 231p, Kersknowe, Shidlaw 227p, Mosstower 223p, Upper Blainslie, Kersknowe, Upper Nisbet 221p

CAST BULLS-

Cast Bulls per head: Burnhouse Mains £2235, Upper Nisbet £1896.30, Hutlerburn £1874.16

Cast Bulls per kilo: Upper Nisbet 215p, Shidlaw 197p, Hutlerburn 171p

PRIME LAMBS-

Another good show forward.  All types easier again.  Average 363p, £157, 43.2kg

Lambs per head-

Suffolk: £213 Huntington, £206 Belmont, £185 Marvingston, £182 Leetside; Texel: £209, £203 Whitsome West Newton, £201 Lochside, £200 Leaston, Redden, Huntington (2), £196 Huntington, £195 (2) Whitsome West Newton; Beltex: £207 Rennie Livestock, £206, £189, £188.50 Whitsome West Newton, £186 Craiglea, £176 Lochside, £175 Craiglea; Hampshire: £165 Huntington

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 429.2p, 418.9p Whitsome West Newton, 414p Rennie Livestock, 410.9p Whitsome West Newton, 409.3p Lochside, 404.3p Craiglea, 395.1p Lochside, 390.2p Rennie Livestock; Texel: 426.5p, 423.9p Whitsome West Netwon, 417p, 416.7p (2) Huntington, 414.3p, 411.1p (2) Whitsome West Newton, 407p Lochside, 406.4p Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: 409.6p Huntuington, 383.2p Leetside, 381.5p Belmont, 370p Marvingston

PRIME HOGGS-

Hoggs per head-

Texel: £185, £149 Lochside; Beltex: £175 Craiglea; Suffolk: £171 Willowford, £121 Lamberton; Zwartble: £161, £147 Huntlaw; Easycare: £147 Bankhouse

CAST SHEEP-

More weight forward.  Returns similar.

EWES

Texel: £207 Wester Ulston, £191, £189, £185 Lochside, £175 Rink, £171 Leaston; Zwartble: £179 South Common, £139, £131 Oxnam Neuk; Suffolk: £178, £171 Willowford, £171 Trabroun, £155 Broomilees, £153 Gayfield; Cheviot Mule: £177, £151 South Common; Dutch Texel: £159 Ladylands; Beltex: £153 Craiglea, £151 Wester Ulston, £140 Browns Cottage, Hundalee (N.Sandilands); Hampshire: £147 Bridgehaughmill; Greyfaced: £137 Brockielaw, £129 Gayfield, £119 Broomilees, £117 Oxnam Neuk; Easycare: £133 Bankhouse;  North Country Cheviot: £81 Broomilees; Swaledale: £71 Broomilees; Blackface: £63 Gayfield

RAMS

Suffolk: £175 Browns Cottage, Hundalee (N.Sandilands); Dutch Texel: £151 Ladylands Drive (G.Hislop); Easycare: £149 Bankhouse