St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  57 Clean Cattle, 48 Cast Cows, 1807 Prime Lambs, and 456 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (20) averaged 307p per kg and sold to 326p 

Heifers (37) averaged 303p per kg and sold to 340p

Young Bulls (1) sold to 278p

Cast Cows (44) averaged 211p per kg and sold to 247p

Top price £2029.50

Cast Bulls (4) averaged 161.51p per kg and sold to 165p

Top price £2009.70

Lambs (1807) averaged 295p per kg £137.50 per head and sold to £184 for Texel Lambs

Top price 350p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (456) averaged £115.20 and sold to £209 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy Ewes averaged £158, Light Ewes sold to £139 and averaged £111

PRIME CATTLE-

Slightly sharper on the week.

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2547.52, £2486.04, £2442.92, £2439.04, Bee Edge £2240.16, Wellheads £2178.72, Bee Edge £2174.62, Learielaw £2138.56, £2131.64, £2130.60

Heifers per head:

Wellheads £2296.32, £2180.40, Penston £2125.44, Traprain £2019.60, Greenknowe £2018.56, £2016, Penston £2015.88, Bee Edge £1965.20, Penston £1963.92, £1956

Bullocks per kilo:

Learielaw 326p, 322p, Lurdenlaw 320p, Learielaw 318p(2), Bee Edge 317p, Lurdenlaw 316p(2) J.A Waters & Sons, Learielaw 316p, Wellheads 314p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 340p, Greenknowe 336p, Penston 334p, Greenknowe 332p, Rumbleton 328p, Penston 328p, 326p, Bee Edge 325p W.Kirkup & Sons, Penston, Lurdenlaw 320p

Young Bulls: Harden Mains £1601.28(278p)

CAST COWS-

Returns similar

Cast Cows per head:

Birkenside £2029.50, £2020.30, Muircleugh £1952.52, Corsbie £1922.26, Birkenside £1908.06, Muircleugh 1867.50, Corsbie £1844.70, Outerston £1827.14

Cast Cows per kilo:

Horsleyhill 247p, Birkenside 231p, 227p, 225p, Muircleugh, Inchkeith, Headshaw, Lauder 225p, Corsbie 223p

Cast Bulls per head-

New Blainslie £2009.70, Mountbenger £1952.52, Muircleugh £1930.50

Cast Bulls per kilo-

Muircleugh, New Blainslie 165p

PRIME SHEEP

Returns similar on the week.  Average 295p (46.6kgs) £137.50

Lambs per head-

Texel: £184 Crookston, £180 The Knock, £176 Rumbletonrig, £175.50 Corsbie, £171 Crookston, £170 Haltree; Suffolk: £170 Haltree, £164 Symington Mains, £162 Haltree, £157 Blegbie, £156 The Knock, £155 Threepwood, £153 Belmont, £150 The Lee, The Knock; Beltex: £150, £145 Buckholm, £140, £139 Lylestane, £139 Threeburnford, Buckholm, £138 Threeburnford (3); North Country Cheviot: £141 Stagehall, £140 Symington Mains; Hampshire: £139 Trabroun House; Greyfaced: £137 Burncastle; Lleyn: £127 Trabroun

Lambs per kio-

Beltex: 350p Lylestane, 333.3p Buckholm, 328.6p(2), 317.2p Threeburnford, 315.9p Lylestane, 315.2p Buckholm, 312.6p(2) Lylestane; Texel: 333.3p Pikiestane, 326.9p The Knock, 324p Corsbie, 320.8p Haltree, 320.4p, 320p Corsbie, 318.3p Belmont, 316p, 315.8p The Knock; Suffolk: 309.1p Hallrule Mill, 306.7p Hethpool, 304.3p The Knock, Stoneypath, 303.6p Haltree, 302.2p Elmbank, 302p The Knock; North Country Cheviot: 302.3p, 302.2p, 300p Symington Mains; Lleyn: 295.3p Trabroun

CAST SHEEP-

A lesser show in quality

Topping the sale at £209 was a cracking Texel Ewe from Messrs Bell, Langraw following her at £175 was a Suffolk from the same good home.  Also reaching £175 was a Texel Ewe this time from Messrs Sanderson, Greenhead

EWES

Texel: £209 Langraw, £175 Greenhead, Reston, £171 Broomielaw, £169 The Lee, £167 Threepwood, Corsbie, £161 Headshaw, Lauder; Suffolk: £175 Langraw, £159 Greenhead, Reston, The Lee, £157 Langraw (2), Headshaw, Lauder, Bonjedward, £155 Langraw; Greyfaced: £157 Blackburn, Lauder, £127, £125 Langraw, £121 Shotton, £115 Hassington Mains, £113 Blackburnrigg; Cheviot Mule: £155 Blegbie, £149 Broomiebank, £147 Adderstonshiels, £141 Smiddy Hill, £141, £121 Broomiebank, £113 Ecclaw, Easter Whitmuir; Half Bred: £145 Bonjedward, £129 Ecclaw; North Country Cheviot: £139 Broomiebank, £132 Blegbie, £125 Adderstonshiels, £119 Headshaw, Lauder, Broomiebank, £111 Smiddy Hill; Hampshire: £133 Wester Ulston; Jacob: £111 Broomilees; Blackface: £89 Threeburnford, East Threeburnford, £80 Lee; Swaledale: £67 Broomilees

RAMS

5 Tups averaged £122.80.

Again a lesser show in quality and numbers.

Topping at £194 was a Texel from Easter Whitmuir

Texel: £194, £123 Easter Whitmuir, £139 Smiddy Hill, Suffolk: £85 Smiddy Hill