St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 89 Clean Cattle, 33 Cast Cows, 1563 Prime Lambs, and 583 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (39) averaged 284p per kg and sold to 318p 

Heifers (47) averaged 297p per kg and sold to 332p

Young Bulls (3) averaged 307p per kg and sold to 312p

Cast Cows (30) averaged 205p per kg and sold to 247p

Top price £2076

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 172p per kg and sold to 185p.

Top price £2131

Lambs (1563) averaged 302p per kg (-10p on the week) £133 per head and sold to £188 for Texel Lambs

Top price 393.7p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (583) averaged £119 and sold to £240 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £152, Light Ewes sold to £148 for Cheviot Ewes and averaged £104

PRIME CATTLE-

Good show of clean forward with a trade slightly sharper

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2251.80, £2213.64, £2210.88, £2197.60, Bee Edge 2134.08, Learielaw £2069.79, £2060.64, Wellheads £2027.88, Penston £2001

Heifers per head:

Penston £2115.36, £2073.60, Bee Edge £2073.36, Learielaw £2060.32, Penston £2035.20, Bee Edge £1993.20, Penston £1992, Learielaw £1975.56

Bullocks per kilo:

Learielaw 318p, Dunslaw 312p, Learielaw 308p, Lurdenlaw, Learielaw 306p, Nisbet, Bee Edge 304p

Heifers per kilo:

Penston 332p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 330p(2) David Comrie Butchers, Bee Edge 326p(2)Learielaw 326p (2) Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, David Comrie Butchers, Penston 324p(2)

YOUNG BULLS-

Young Bulls per head: South Ord £2134.08, £2037.96, £1939.52

Young Bulls per kilo: South Ord 312p, 306p, 304p

CAST COWS-

Good trade once again

Cast Cows per head:

Hexpath £2076.12, £1978.92, Thrunton £1965.10, Branxholm Braes £1952.20, Stagehall £1933.38, £1839.60, Cragside £1827.80, Branxholm Braes £1827.574

Cast Cows per kilo:

Cragside 247p, Hexpath 239p, Middlethird 223p, Hexpath, Howahill, Stagehall 219p, Hexpath 217p(2)

 

CAST BULLS-

Cast Bulls per head: Oldcastles £2131.80, Gateshaw £1770

Cast Bulls per kilo: Oldcastles 187p, Gateshaw 181p

PRIME LAMBS-

Mixed show with all classes slightly easier on the week.  Average £133, 302p per kg, 44 kgs

Lambs per head-

Texel: £188 Haltree, £183 Whitsome West Newton, £181 Sunnycroft, £180 Fishwick, £179 Corsbie, £176 Greenhead, Selkirk, £176 Huntington, Fishwick, £175 Ballencrieff Mains; Beltex: £187, £174, £169 Whitsome West Newton, £143 Falsidehill; Charollais: £170 Falsidehill; Suffolk: £167, £164 Belmont, £162 Symington Mains, £161 East Gordon, £160 Symington Mains, Belmont; Blue Texel: £150 Hermiston

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 393.7p, 355.8p, 351.5p Whitsome West Newton, 334.1p Redden, 320.9p Falsidehill, 320.5p Redden, 310.9p Falsidehill; Texel: 366p Whitsome West Newton, 358p Corsbie, 357.4p (2) Haltree, 355.1p Whitsome West Newton, 354.7p Haltree, 352.6p Whitsome West Newton, 352p Huntington, Fishwick; Suffolk: 328.6p East Gordon, 326.5p, 324p Symington Mains, 321.6p, 320p Belmont, 316.7p Symington Mains; Blue Texel: 315.8p Hermiston

CAST SHEEP-

EWES

Texel: £240, £220 Huntington, £213 (2), £205 Bogend, £201 Lochside; Blue Texel: £183 Oxnam Neuk, £151 The Craggs, £139 Hermiston, East Mains, Lauder; Suffolk: £173 Bogend, £169 Greenhead, Reston, Huntington, £165 Ballencrieff Mains, Cavers Lea, £163 Thornington, £161 Helmburn; Charollais: £165 Lauder Barns; Beltex: £167 West Lodge South, £151, £127 Huntington; Hill Cheviot: £157 West Lodge South, £121 Ruletownhead; North Country Cheviot: £148, £135, £129 Haltree, £127 Hermiston, £125 Gilston; Cheviot Mule: £145 Northfield, St Abbs, H & A Farms, £141 Thornington, £137 Blegbie, £131 Northfield St Abbs, Halidean Mill; Greyfaced: £143 Ecclaw, £135 West Lodge South, Thornington, £131 Lochside; Berrichon: £139 Springwood; Blackface: £113 Elmscleugh, £95 Calaburn, £89 Bedrule, Middle Moneynut; Easycare: £95 Bankhouse

RAMS

Beltex: £179 Oxnam Neuk; Texel: £174 Bogend, Gilston, £141 Gilston; Blue Texel: £139 Gilston; North Country Cheviot: £133 Gilston, £121 Wedderlie