St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 62 Clean Cattle,  33 Cast Cows,  1280 Prime Lambs, and 637 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (25) averaged 293p per kg and sold to 320p 

Heifers (37) averaged 303p per kg and sold to 338p

Cast Cows (32) averaged 197p per kg and sold to 245p

Top price £1786

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 167p(£1703)

Lambs (1280) averaged 318p per kg (+10p on the week) £144 per head and sold to £185 for  Blue Texel Lambs

Top price 375p per kg for Texel Lambs

Cast Sheep (637) averaged £135 and sold to £285 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £161, Light Ewes sold to £176 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £125

PRIME CATTLE-

Numbers less, trade red hot!

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2181.04, Penston £2106, £2092.44, Wellheads £2088.58, Penston £2054.40, Dunslaw £2052, Penston £2028.44, Greenknowe £2015(2)

Heifers per head:

Wellheads £2202, £2162.16, Penston £2121.60, Wellheads £2112.20, Penston £2085.86, Bee Edge £2050.76, £2041.52, Crookhouse £2040.76, Bee Edge £2009.28

Bullocks per kilo:

Penston 320p, 318p, 314p(2), Greenknowe 310p (2), Wester Ulston, Lurdenlaw 306p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 338p, 336p Forsyths of Peebles, 334p Hugh Black & Sons, Penston 330p, 329p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Crookhouse 326p, Bee Edge 326p W.Kirkup Butchers, Greenknowe 324p

CAST COWS-

More grazing type cows forward

Cast Cows per head:

Woodhouse £1786.50, Greenhead, Selkirk £1754.20, Woodhouse £1683, Nether Falla £1631.16, Woodhouse £1611, Pirnie Hall £1602.18, Thorneydykes £1598.04

Cast Cows per kilo:

Greenhead, Selkirk 245p, Woodhouse 225p (3)Greenhead, Selkirk 221p, Woodhouse 219p, 217p, Thorneydykes 216p

CAST BULLS-

Cast Bulls per head: Gateshaw £1703.40 (167p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Show and Sale of Texel Prime Lambs at St Boswells Mart kindly sponsored by the Texel Sheep Society. Judge this year was Mr Jimmy Curle who awarded the Champion pen to Messrs Dixon, Whitsome West Newton – 48kgs £180 to J.A Waters & Son, Selkirk

Texel (ex Suffolk.x Ewe)

1st          Helmburn                                            49kgs                     £164

2^nd          Helmburn                                            40kgs                     £124

3^rd           Corsbie                                                 46kgs                     £149

Texel (ex Continental Ewe)

1st          Whitsome West Newton              48kgs                     £180 CHAMPION

2^nd          Greenhead, Reston                         53kgs                     £183

3^rd           Haltree                                                 47kgs                     £164

Texel (ex.Mule Ewe)

1^st           Crookston                                           50kgs                     £171 RESERVE CHAMPION

2^nd          Crookston                                           46kgs                     £146

Well fleshed lambs easily sold again.

 Average 318p (45.2kgs) £144

Lambs per head-

Blue Texel: £185 Whitsome West Newton (R.Hamilton); Texel: £183 Greenhead, Reston, £181 Cortleferry, Crookston, £180 Whitsome West Newton(4), Greenhead, Reston; Suffolk: £172 Greenknowe, £165 Adderstonshiels, Bonjedward, £164 Greenknowe, Threepwood, £160 Belmont(2), Greenknowe; Charollais: £157 Ladyflat; Beltex: £140 Threeburnford; Kerryhill: £129 Nether Falla; Bluefaced Leicester: £122 Greenriggs

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: .375p(4) Whitsome West Newton, 360.5p Huntington, 359.6 (2), 352.1p, 352p, 351.1p Whitsome West Newton; Blue Texel: 370p Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: 330.4p Headshaw, Lauder, 330p Adderstonshiels, 327.7p Greenknowe, 327.3p Headshaw, Laudder, 326.5p (2)Belmont, 325p Nether Falla, Greenknowe; Beltex: 333.3p Threeburnford; Charollais: 319p Ladyflat

CAST SHEEP-

All classes in high demand.  Returns increased again

EWES

Texel: £285 Legars, £210 Huntington, £193 Greenhead, Reston, £191 Huntington, £187, £185 Lochside, £182 Huntington; Cheviot Mule: £200 Wester Ulston, £169 Lochside, £155 Muircleugh, £147 Lochside; Bluefaced Leicester: £195 Corsbie Cottages (W.Hedley); Suffolk: £185 Hermiston, £181 Huntington, £176 Muircleugh, £176 Greenhead, Reston, £171 Corsbie, Greenhead, Selkirk; North Country Cheviot: £176, £169, £155, £151 Philiphaugh, £141 Dunslaw; Lleyn: £169 Middle Moneynut; Greyfaced: £157 Corsbie, Burncastle, £155 Gateshaw, £153 Lochside, £149 Hermiston; Beltex: £143 Huntington; Hill Cheviot: £131 Blegbie, £107 Dunslaw; Blackface: £111 Burncastle, Laings HIll

RAMS

Beltex: £194 Threeburnford (A.Halliday); Suffolk: £189 Lochside, £163 Philiphaugh; Blackface: £147 Laings Hill; North Country Cheviot: £123 Philiphaugh