St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 89 Clean Cattle, 46 Cast Cows, 1961 Prime Lambs, and 1009 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (39) averaged 297.24p per kg and sold to 330p 

Heifers (45) averaged 292.66p per kg and sold to 344p

Young Bulls (5) averaged 250.73p per kg and sold to 278p

Cast Cows (43) averaged 218.93p per kg and sold to 275p

Top price £2192.40

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 162.07p per kg and sold to 171p

Top price £1973.34

Lambs (1961) averaged 310p per kg (-10p on the week) £138 per head and sold to £199 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 376p per kg for Texel Lambs

Cast Sheep (1009) averaged £120 and sold to £198 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £152, Light Ewes sold to £157 for Cheviot Ewes and averaged £118

PRIME CATTLE-

Good show with all types dearer

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2362.08, £2322.32, £2290.08, Elwick £2250.60, Wellheads £2221.40, £2206.92, Penston £2200.56, £2171.40, £2149.84, Elwick £2129.84

Heifers per head:

Mosstower £2425.20, Kersknowe £2173.60, Oldcastles £2170.80, Penston £2090.84, Mosstower £2079.44, Bee Edge £2070.88, Oldcastles £2046.60, Penston £1987.68

Bullocks per kilo:

Penston 330p J.A Waters & Sons, Learielaw 324p, 319p, Wellheads, Penston, Learielaw 318p, Elwick 316p, Wellheads, Learielaw 312p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 344p Denholm Meats, Penston 336p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 334p, Bee Edge 330p W.Kirkup & Sons, Penston 328p Hugh Black & Sons, Bee Edge 326p W.Kirkup & Sons, Lurdenlaw 316p, Crookhouse 316p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

YOUNG BULLS –

Young Bull: Bee Edge £1706.92(278p)

CAST COWS-

Good show of cows.  Very dear

Cast Cows per head:

New Blainslie £2192.40, Kersknowe £2047.26, Buskin £2042.04, Headshaw, Lauder £1989.18, Oldcastles £1913.86, Over Whitlaw £1895.40, Oldcastles £1894.20, Birkenside £1878.54

Cast Cows per kilo:

New Blainslie 275p, Oldcastles 267p, Gospelhall 263p, New Blainslie 261p, Oldcastles 259p, Headshaw, Lauder 257p, Birkenside 239p, Calaburn 237p, Oldcastles 235p

CAST BULLS-

Cast Bulls per head: Buskin £1973.34, Hermiston £1788

Cast Bulls per kilo: Buskin 171p, Broomhill 169p

PRIME LAMBS-

Lambs less on average.  Fleshed lambs easily sold.  Average 310p (44.5kg) £138

Lambs per head-

Texel: £199, £190, £184 The Knock, £180 The Lee, £176.50, £176 Greenhead, Reston, £173 Whitsome West Newton, Penicuik Estates; Beltex: £177, £163 Whitsome West Newton, £161 Lylestane, £160, £153 Whitsome West Newton, £150 Threeburnford, £148 Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: £173 The Knock, £170 Marvingston, £169 Belmont, £166, £164 Edrom Mains, £163.50 Blegbie, £163 Fairnilee, Douglas Square, Newcastleon (W.Ferrie), £162 Marvingston; North Country Cheviot: £172, £164 Symington Mains; Charollais: £162 Ladyflat, £145 Fairlaw, Reston; Greyfaced: £144 Hethpool; Cheviot Mule: £141 Douglas Square, Newcastleon (W.Ferrie); Hampshire: £139 Boggs Holdings, £133.50 St Clements Wells

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 376.6p Whitsome West Newton, 356.1p Fairnilee, 350.5p Whitsome West Newton, 350p AR Hume Farming, 340.4p, 336.3p Whitsome West Newton, 333.3p, 332.5p Threeburnford; Texel: 349.5p Whitsome West Newton, 349p The Knock, 344.1p, 343.8p Whitsome West Newton, 340p Symington Mains, Crookston, 339.3p The Knock, 338.3p Roxburgh Mill, 336.2p, 335.3p Greenhead, Reston; Suffolk: 332.7p The Knock, Fairnilee, 326.8p Marvingston, 326p Douglas Square, Newcastleton (W.A Ferrie), 323.8p Marvingston, 322.6p The Knock; North Country Cheviot: 328p, 324.5p, 307.3p Symington Mains; Hampshire: 315.9p Boggs Holdings; Charollais: 309.3p Fairlaw, Reston; Cheviot Mule: 302.4p Borthwickshiels; Greyfaced: 302.3p Borthwickshiels

CAST SHEEP-

A large show of ewes at St Boswells!  1004 head forward to average £120.10.

Ewes lacking meat on the week with more lighter ewes on offer

Heavy ewes averaged £154.  Light ewes averaged £114.  Top of £198.  Light ewes to £165

EWES

Texel: £198 Lylestane, £194, £187 Edrom Mains, £187 Traprain, £184 Pikestane; Suffolk: £189 Ballencrieff Mains, £184 Muircleugh, £173 Headshaw, Lauder, Gospelhall, £171 Trabroun; Half Bred: £161 Blackhill, Coldingham; Bluefaced Leicester: £167, £131 Burnhead, Peebles; Greyfaced: £165 Corsbie, £157 Whitehill, £153 (2) Lochside, £151 The Lee, £149 Whitehill; Hill Cheviot: £157 Gospelhall, £149 Whitehill, £141, £137 Nisbet Mill, £100 Whitehill; North Country Cheviot: £157, £141 South Riccalton, £147 Gilston, £141 Lylstane, £139 South Riccalton, Hermiston; Cheviot Mule: £167 Lochside, £165 Hyndsidehill, Whitehill, £159 Blegbie, £157 Meigle, Upper Samieston, Lochside, Penicuik Estates, £155 Lylestane, £152 Hyndsidehill; Blackface: £151, £149 Threeburnford, £97 Elmscleugh, £95 Bedrule; Zwartble; £143 Nisbet Mill; Lleyn: £141, £127, £100 Trabroun; Romney: £139, £123 Over Newton; Jacob: £84 Standhill; Swaledale: £83 The Lee; Shetland: £57 Kidshielhaugh; Easycare: £45 Kidshielhaugh