St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 106 Clean Cattle, 24 Cast Cows, 2066 Prime Lambs, and 711 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (23) averaged 302p per kg and sold to 319p 

Heifers (55) averaged 296p per kg and sold to 338p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 258p per kg and sold to 312p

Cast Cows (24) averaged 215p per kg and sold to 241p

Top price £1853.34

Cast Bulls (2) averaged 164p per kg and sold to 171p

Top price £1812.60

Lambs (2066) averaged 311p per kg (+1p on the week) £137.29 per head and sold to £190 for  Texel Lambs

Top price 408.7p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (711) averaged £125.40 and sold to £219 for a Texel  Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £162, Light Ewes sold to £159 and averaged £121

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade throughout

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2418.60, £2376.18, £2313.36, £2228.76, £2197.08, Bee Edge £2169.44, Penston £2168.76, £2086.26, Bee Edge £2047.68

Heifers per head:

Rumbleton £2261.56, £2148.96, Penston £2086.40, Bee Edge £2034.76, £1987.68, Rumbleton £1986.04, £1959.20

Bullocks per kilo:

Penston 319p, 318p, Bee Edge 316p J.A Waters & Son, Nisbet 312p John Saunderson Ltd, Penston 310p, Oldcastles 308p, Wellheads 307p, 306p(2)

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 338p, 328p W.Kirkup & Sons, Penston 326p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Nisbet 324p, 318p, Rumbleton 316p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Upper Nisbet, Oldcastles 310p

YOUNG BULLS –

Young Bull: £2346.24(312p)

CAST COWS-

Buoyant trade

Cast Cows per head:

Honeyburn £1853.34, £1826.78, Craiglea £1787.94, Honeyburn £1728, £1663.20, Gateshaw £1648.80, Honeyburn £1638, £1633.50

Cast Cows per kilo:

Honeyburn 241p, 237p, Gateshaw 235p, 231p, Honeyburn, Craiglea 231p, Gateshaw 229p, 227p, Honeyburn 225p(2)

CAST BULLS-

Cast Bulls per head: Falsidehill £1812.60(171p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Show and Sale of Beltex Prime Lambs. Many thanks to the judge, Mr Morgan Reynolds from Scotbeef, who awarded the Champion pen to Messrs Dixon, Whitsome West Newton

Kindly sponored by The Beltex Sheep Society

Beltex (ex Continental Ewe)
1^st           Whitsome West Newton              46kgs                     £188                       CHAMPION
2^nd          Whitsome West Newton              46kgs                     £186
3^rd           Crookston                                           49kgs                     £174      

Returns similar on the week.  Average £137.29 (44.1kgs) 311p

Lambs per head-

Texel: £190, £183 Legars, £182 Haltree, £180 Huntington, £179 South Common, £176 Holylee, South Common, £174 Huntington; Beltex: £188, £186 Whitsome West Newton, £174, £170 Crookston, £168, £165, £162 Whitsome West Newton, £161 Wester Ulston, £160 Whitsome West Newton, Crookston;  Suffolk: £176 Butterdean, £172, £170 Haltree, £167 Fairnilee, £166(2) Haltree, £165 Headshaw, Lauder, £163, £161 Blegbie, Headshaw, Lauder;  Cheviot Mule: £162, £146 Wester Ulston;  North Country Cheviot: £145, £142 Symington Mains, £135 Threeburnford; Half Bred: £137 Headshaw, Lauder;  Lleyn: £135 Trabroun; Hampshire: £134 West Meikle Pinkerton; Jacob: £136 Park Terrace, Hawick (M.Harper); Romney: £134 Buckholm; Charollais: £130, £127 Ladyflat; Zwartble: £132 Whitlaw Cottage; Blackface: £126 Ashcraig; Border Leicester: £126 Greenriggs; Dorset: £120 Gayfield; Greyfaced: £120 Gayfield

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 408.7p, 404.3p  Whitsome West Newton, 360.5p Pikiestane, 355.6p Whitsome West Newton, 355.1p, 352.3p Crookston, 351.1p, 350p Whitsome West Newton, 350p Redden; Texel: 358.3p Buckholm, 351.1p Hermiston, 350p Buckholm, 342.2p Scott Rd, Lauder (J.Ainslie), 341p, 336.7, 336p South Common, 334.8p(2), 334.6p Huntington; Suffolk: 344p Haltree, 336.7p, 328.6p Headshaw, Lauder, 327.5p Fairnilee, 323.8p, 322.3p(2) Haltree, 320.9p Greenriggs; North Country Cheviot: 310p Langlee Mains, 308.7p Symington Mains; Cheviot Mule: 306p Pirntation (J.Marwick, R.Coney); Lleyn: 306.8p Trabroun; Hampshire: 305.9p Gayfield, 304.9p AR Hume Ltd, 304.5p West Meikle Pinkerton

CAST SHEEP-

Ewes shown to be a better trade on the week with a very similar show.  Meat again easier sold.

EWES

Texel: £219 Headshaw, Lauder, £197 Fairnilee, £185 Threepwood, £181 Langtonlees, £178 Harelawside, £177 Headshaw, Lauder, £173 Threepwood, £171 Middlethird; Suffolk: £189 Trabroun, £187 Headshaw, Lauder. £181 Corsbie, £177 Leaston, £174 Adderstonshiels (S.Hunter), £173 Threepwood, £169 Cockburn; Hampshire: £181, £147 Langtonlees; North Country Cheviot: £159, £155 Haltree, £147 Saughtree, £145 Adderstonshiels, £143 Middlethird, £137 Haltree, Langlee Mains, £135 Blackhill, Coldingham, £125 Lylestane, Middlethird; Romney: £157, £127 Buckholm, £125 Bowland, £110 Buckholm; Bluefaced Leicester: £155 Middlethird, £143 Threepwood Cottages; Cheviot Mule: £151 Langtonlees, £149 Craigsford Mains, Stickle Heaton, £141 Adderstonshiels, Craigsford Mains, £140 Langtonlees; Zwartble: £151 West Meikle Pinkerton; Greyfaced: £149 Fallhills, £143 Kittyfield, £139 Cockburn, £137 West Meikle Pinkerton, £133 Harelawside, £131 Fallhills, Meigle; Charollais: £149 Bankhouse, £137 Whitemire; Half Bred: £147 Blackhill, Coldingham; Dutch Spotted Texel: £145 Myreside; Lleyn: £134 Trabroun; Easycare: £111 Hillhouse, £109 Bankhouse; Blackface: £87 Threeburnford, £77 Bedrule

RAMS

Texel: £197, £159 West Meikle Pinkerton; Hampshire: £185 West Meikle Pinkerton; Suffolk: £157 Bowland; Zwartble: £135 Whitlaw Cottage; Easycare: £97 Hillhouse