St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 88 Clean Cattle, 38 Cast Cows, 1866 Prime Lambs, and 491 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (44) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 325p(2) 

Heifers (43) averaged 301p per kg and sold to 334p

Young Bulls (1) sold to £1554

Cast Cows (35) averaged 219p per kg and sold to 263p

Top price £1879

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 160p per kg and sold to 165p

Top price £1841

Lambs (1866) averaged 284p per kg (-11p on the week) £130 per head and sold to £175 for Texel/Beltex Lambs

Top price 400p per kg for Texel/Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (491) averaged £101.40 and sold to £252

Heavy Ewes averaged £146, Light Ewes sold to £167 and averaged £94.40

PRIME CATTLE-

Marvellous trade

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2574.72, £2355, £2313.12, £2251.50; Bee Edge £2223, Penston £2202.72, Wellheads £2187.84, £2156.80, Bee Edge £2132.80, Learielaw £2106

Heifers per head:

Wellheads £2321.28, Huntington £2211.28, Wellheads £2151.60, Bee Edge £2085.60, Mosstower £2054.36, Wellheads £2047.68, £2036.48, Penston £2022.30

Bullocks per kilo:

Learielaw 325p, Bee Edge 325p, Learielaw 324p, 321p, Wellheads 320p, Penston(2), Wellheads,  Learielaw (2) 318p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 334p Denholm Meat Supplies, Penston 331p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 330p Hugh Black & Sons, Mosstower 330p W.Kirkup & Sons, Bee Edge 330p David Comrie & Son, Wellheads 330p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Mosstower 328p W.Kirkup & Sons, Penston 326p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 324p Forsyths of Peebles

Young Bulls: Allanbank £1554.96

CAST COWS-

Dearer on the week

Cast Cows per head:

Upper Blainslie £1879.02, Muircleugh £1864, Kirktonhill £1836, £1827.54, Muircleugh £1821.04, Woodhouse £1820.54, Corsbie £1809.10

Cast Cows per kilo:

Huntington 263p, Symington Mains 257p, Woodhouse 247p, Stoneypath 241p, Mosstower 239p, Muircleugh 233p, Corsbie 229p, Woodhouse 227p

Cast Bulls per head-

Sunnycroft £1841.90, Stoneypath £1494.90

Cast Bulls per kilo-

Stoneypath 165p, Sunnycroft 163p

PRIME SHEEP

All classes harder work.  Flesh needed.  Average 284p, £130, 45.7kgs

Lambs per head-

Beltex: £175, £161.50(2), £160 Huntington, £155 Whitsome West Newton, £150 Butterdean, Whitsome West Newton, Huntington, Butterdean; Texel: £175 Huntington, £170 Haltree, £168 Huntington, £165 Threepwood, £160 Huntington, £159 Corsbie, £156, £150 (2)Huntington, Hermiston, Greenhead, Reston; Suffolk; £153 Threepwood, £146 Haltree, £145 Marvingston, Penicuik Estates, £144 Corsbie; Charollais: £142 Whitemire, Marvingston; Cheviot Mule: £137 Blegbie, £133 Penicuik Estates, £131 Upper Chatto; Easycare: £132 Over Newton, £130 Girrick; Romeny: £132 Marvingston; Blue Texel: £132 East Mains, Lauder; Greyfaced: £131 Hethpool; North Country Cheviot: £130 Bonjedward, Upper Chatto; Lleyn: £123 Trabroun

Lambs per kilo-

Texel: 400p, 373.3p, 353.7, 348.8p, 346.5p, 337.2p Huntington; 333.3p Hermiston, 329.3p, 325p Huntington; Beltex: 400p Huntington, 341.5p AR Hume Farming, 340.9p, 337p Whitsome West Newton, 333.3p Butterdean, 326.7p Threepwood, 326.1p Butterdean, 318.2p Huntington, 317.1p New Channelkirk, 314p Whitsome West Newton; Suffolk: 306p Threepwood, 297.8p Brothershiels, 294.4p Adderstonshiels, 290.7p Trabroun, 290.2p Brothershiels; Blue Texel: 293.3p East Mains, Lauder; Cheviot Mule: 291.9p Upper Chatto, 285.7p Hadden Farm Cottage, 282.2p Upper Chatto; Charollais: 284p Marvingston; Lleyn: 286p Trabroun; Hampshire: 281p Gayfield; Easycare: 281p Girrick

CAST SHEEP-

Bigger show forward on the week with a much plainer show of ewes forward.  The majority being light hill ewes.

Topping the sale at £252 was an outstanding Texel ewe from Messrs Runciman, Huntington following her at £209 was again a Texel from the same good farm.

Texel: £252, £209 Huntington, £181 North Synton, £165 Brundeanlaws, £161 Inchkeith, £151 Headshaw, Lauder, Elmbank, £145 Corsbie; Blue Texel: £171, £154 Hermiston; North Country Cheviot: £167, £165 Soutra, £145 Dryden, Earlston Rd, Stow (S.Anderson), Lylestane, £143 North Synton, £139 Torsonce Mains; Cheviot Mule: £147, £127 Galadean; Suffolk: £159 Huntington, £157 Corsbie, £147 Headshaw, Lauder, Elmbank, Huntington, £130 Inchkeith; Greyfaced: £141 Hartside, £132 Rochester House, £128 Newhouses, £114 Rochester House, £110 Newhouses, Hartside, £101 Woodhouse; Easycare: £113, £77 Inchkeith; Hampshire: £120 AR Hume Farming; Ryeland: £124 Salters Ford Farming; LLeyn: £123 Mount Ulston, £100 Pearsbyhall; Blackface: £110, £95 Hethpool, £90 Laings Hill, £64, £62 Hethpool, £61 Threeburnford, £60 Hethpool; Valias: £103 Torsonce Mains; Zwartble: £79 Wells Stables

RAMS-

Similar show in both numbers and quality

Charollais: £158 Runningburn; North Country Cheviot: £139 Torsonce Mains, £120 Hethpool; Blackface:  £129 Hartside; Jacob: £78 Fordswell, Galashiels; Suffolk: £65 Newhouses