St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 103 Clean Cattle, 45 Cast Cows, 1606 Prime Lambs, and 431 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (58) averaged 290p per kg and sold to 318p 

Heifers (39) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 322p

Young Bulls (5) averaged 262p per kg and sold to 294p

Cast Cows (42) averaged 203p per kg and sold to 270p

Top price £1955

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 165p per kg and sold to 173p.

Top price £1930

Lambs (1606) averaged 308p per kg (+6p on the week) £135 per head and sold to £185 for Beltex Lambs

Top price 397.7p per kg for Texel Lambs

Cast Sheep (431) averaged £130.50 and sold to £245 for Charollais Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £155, Light Ewes sold to £127 for Cheviot Ewes and averaged £109

PRIME CATTLE-

Good show forward with a large consignment of heavy weight cattle. All types keenly bid for.

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2365.50, £2312, £2307.20, Elwick £2194.56, Broachrigg £2117.50, Elwick £2086, Wellheads £2082.20, Dunslaw £2078.08, Wellheads £2070.60, Penston £2065.44

Heifers per head:

Muircleugh £2071.72, £2050.48, Wellheads £2011.44, £1983.60, Dunslaw £1980, Bee Edge £1932, £1918.08, Penston £1912.32, Learielaw £1906.74, Penston £1900.80

Bullocks per kilo:

West Garleton 318p, Penston 316p, 312p, Whitrighill 312p, Greenknowe 310p, West Garleton 308p, Learielaw 306p, Elwick 304p, Fowberry Moor, Whitrighill 302p

Heifers per kilo:

Penston 332p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lurdenlaw 330p, West Garleton 328p, Bee Edge 328p Forsyths of Peebles, 324p Hugh Black & Sons, 322p W.Kirkup & Sons, Butchers, Learielaw 321p, Penston 320p

YOUNG BULLS-

Young Bulls per head: Kersknowe £2051.90, Fowberry Moor £1916.88, Kersknowe £1814.40

Young Bulls per kilo: Fowberry Moor 294p, Kersknowe 289p, 280p

CAST COWS-

Strong trade with a good show forward

Cast Cows per head:

Upper Nisbet £1955.10, Hyndsidehill £1917.80, £1879.80, Broachrigg £1867.56, Corsbie £1825.96, Burnhouse Mains £1795.80, Corsbie £1792.42, Easter Middleton £1788.80, Corsbie £1753.80

Cast Cows per kilo:

Middlethird 270p, 253p, Upper Nisbet 245p, Corsbie 239p, Broachrigg, Corsbie 237p, Hyndsidehill 227p, Corsbie, Broomiebank, Muircleugh 225p

CAST BULLS-

Cast Bulls per head: Over Whitlaw £1930.68, Falsidehill £1672.38

Cast Bulls per kilo: Over Whitlaw 173p, Falsidehill 163p

PRIME LAMBS-

Good show forward, returns similar.

Average 308p, £135, 43.8kgs

Lambs per head-

Beltex: £185, £179(2), £177, £176, £175(2) Whitsome West Newton, £170 Redden; Texel: £180 Brotherstone, £178, £174 Roxburgh Mill, £174 Haltree, £172 Greenhead, Reston, £171 Whitsome West Newton, Brothershiels, Corsbie, Brotherstone; Suffolk: £170(2) The Anvil, £166 Headshaw, Lauder, Blegbie, £165 Huntington, £164 Earlston Mains, £162 Huntington, £160 Corsbie; Half Bred: £158 Stobshiel Mains, £130 Headshaw, Lauder; Charollais: £144 Brotherstone; Cheviot Mule: £138 Nisbet Mill; Hampshire: £134 St Clements Wells

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 397.7p, 360p Brotherstone,351.5p Haltree, 350p Whitsome West Newton, 349p Corsbie, 349p, 348.5p Whitsome West Newton, 348.5p, 348p Roxburgh Mill; Beltex: 389.1p, 376.8p, 376.6p, 359.2p, 357.4p, 353.7p, 350.5p Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: 340p (2) The Anvil, 336.7p Huntington, 326.5p Corsbie, 326.4p Earlston Mains, 325.5p Headshaw, Lauder, 324p Huntington, 315.9p Leetside; Charollais: 342.9p Brotherstone;  Hampshire: 308p St Clements Wells; Cheviot Mule: 293.3p Rochester House

CAST SHEEP-

Trade similar on the week

EWES: Charollais: £245 Runningburn, Suffolk: £181 Headshaw, Lauder, £167 Woodside, £161 Belmont, Thornington; Texel: £240, £215, £191 Huntington, £191 Headshaw, Lauder, Huntington, Upper Bolton; Beltex: £159, £147 Huntington; Cheviot Mule: £157, £153, £151, £144 Nisbet Mill, £143 Blegbie, £141 Threepwood; Greyfaced: £157 Huntington, £145 Whitemire, £139 Hermiston, £137 Whitsome West Newton; Hampshire: £162, £145 East Fortune; Bluefaced Leicester: £145 Howden, Jedburgh; Berrichon: £129 Springwood; North Country Cheviot: £127 Blegbie; Ryeland: £125 Bruce Court, Hawick; Lleyn: £117 Craiglea, £101 Ruletownhead; Hill Cheviot: £117 Dunslaw, £95 Woodside; Roussin: £115 Springwood; Zwartble: £101 Craigsford(R.Douglas), ; Jacob: £107 Standhill