St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 69 Clean Cattle, 17 Cast Cows,1835 Prime Lambs, and 862 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (35) averaged 312p per kg and sold to 330p x 2

Heifers (26) averaged 321p per kg and sold to 350p

Young Bulls (8).  Averaged 277p per kg and sold to 306p x 2

Cast Cows (17) averaged 202p per kg and sold to 237p

Top price £1962

Lambs (1835) averaged 295p per kg (+5p on the week) £135.50 per head and sold to £177 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 341.7p per kg for Beltex  Lambs

Cast Sheep (862) averaged £101 and sold to £ 178

Heavy Ewes averaged £155, Light Ewes sold to £160 and averaged £97

PRIME CATTLE-

Fair trade for a good selection of native cattle.

Bullocks per head:

Oldcastles £2184.20, Learielaw £2158.24, Bee Edge £2142.92, Penston £2118.88(2), Learielaw £2105.88

Heifers per head:

Penston £2107, Bee Edge £2088, £2052, Fowberry Moor £2048.32, Bee Edge £2038.32, £2036.16

Bullocks per kilo:

Penston 330p, Learielaw 330p, Penston(2), Learielaw 328p, Oldcastles 327p, 326p(2), Learielaw 326p

Heifers per kilo:

Penston 350p, Bee Edge 348p Denholm Meats, Fowberry Moor 346p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 346p, Greenknowe 344p, Bee Edge 342p, Bee Edge 342p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Fowberry Moor 336p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Nisbet 334p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Young Bulls per head: Wolfstar £2280.04, Fowberry Moor £2113.12, £2099.16, £2073.20, £2013.48

Young Bulls per kilo: Fowberry Moor 306p (2), 292p, 290p

CAST COWS-

Good demand

Cast Cows per head:

Headshaw, Lauder £1962.36, Muircleugh £1912.50, Fowberry Moor £1776.60, Honeyburn £1575.52, £1569.10, Fowberry Moor £1566, Honeyburn £1563.22, Bankhouse £1509.30

Cast Cows per kilo:

Headshaw, Lauder 237p, Fowberry Moor 235p, Honeyburn 229p, Fowberry Moor, Muircleugh 225p, Honeyburn 221p

PRIME SHEEP

Lambs per head-

Texel: £177, £175 Muircleugh, £173 North Synton, £172 Greenhead, Reston, Corsbie, £170 Haltree, Corsbie, £169 Haltree, £168 Sunnycroft; Suffolk: £168 Haltree, Headshaw, Lauder, £166 Holylee, £163 Haltree, £161 Greenhead, Reston, £160 Letham Farming, Sunnycroft, Cortleferry, £158 Holylee, £156 Corsbie; Beltex: £161 North Synton, £150, £144, £140 Whitsome West Newton, £140 Sunnycroft(2); Blue Texel: £164 Whitsome West Newton; North Country Cheviot: £157 Symington Mains, £144 Haltree; Charollais: £154 Marvingston; Cheviot Mule: £140 Blegbie, £132 Blackhill, Coldingham, £132 Threeburnford(2); Greyfaced: £140 Burncastle; Hampshire: £136 Bridgehaugh Mill, £135 Springhouse; Romney: £134 Bowland; Rouge: £131 Springwood

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 340.9p Whitsome West Newton, 325.6p Sunnycroft, 325.3p Threeburnford, 323.8p Addersotnshiels, 318.2p Whitsome West Newton, Sunnycroft, 318.1p Threeburnford, 317.1p Rhodes Holdings; Texel: 328p Corsbie, 322.4p Symington Mains, 322p Marvingston, 318.9p Haltree, 318.5p Greenhead, Reston, Corsbie, 318.2p Whitsome West Newton, 317.3p Marvingston, 316p Corsbie; Blue Texel: 341.7p Whitsome West Newton, 300p(2) East Mains, Lauder; Suffolk: 320p Headshaw, Lauder, 307.5p Haltree, 306.7p Symington Mains, 304.4p Holylee, 300p Headshaw, Lauder, Threepwood, Stoneypath, Haltree; Charollais: 308p Marvingston; North Country Cheviot: 302.6p Winkston, 302.3p Saughtree, 300p Winkston, Springwood; Romney: 300p Coltcrooks; Hampshire: 296.5p Boggs Holdings; Cheviot Mule: 293.3p Blackhill, Coldingham; Rouge: 292p Springwood; Greyfaced: 289.1p Stoneypath

CAST SHEEP-

Rise in numbers this week but a lot more light hill ewes with 70% of the sale showing to be North Country Cheviots and Blackfaces

Topping the sale at £178 was a Suffolk from Messrs Pate, Marvington following her at £174 was a pen of four Suffolk Ewes this time from Messrs Sanderson, Greenhead

Suffolk: £178 Marvingston, £174, £170 Greenhead, Reston, £160 Corsbie, £158 Oxmuir, Symington Mains, £150 Brothershiels, Hermiston; Texel: £160 Letham Farming(2), Corsbie, £152 Corsbie, £150 Elmbank, £148 Pennyhill, £145 Sunnycroft, Oxmuir, Marvingston; North Country Cheviot: £160, £130, £120 Dryden, £142, £122 North Synton, £118 West Lodge South;  Greyfaced: £135 Cockburn, £132 Symington Mains, £128 Burncastle, £124 Craigend, £122 Hermiston, £120 Letham Farming, Brothershiels; Half Bred: £122 Blackhill, Coldingham, Headshaw, Lauder, £115, £110 Over Blainslie; Lleyn: £120, £105 Trabroun, Cheviot Mule: £115 Saughtree; Blackface: £112 Burncastle, £108 Hopes, £98 Burncastle, £94 Hopes, £92 Meigle, £90 Marvingston, West Lodge South; Beltex: £108 Pennyhill; Berrichon: £100 Greenriggs; Hebridean: £95 Springhill; Jacob: £90 Boggs Holdings; Zwartble: £65 Pennyhill; Dorset: £60 Collielaw; Swaledale: £42 Broomilees

RAMS-

A larger show of tups forward but still a lesser show

Texel: £155 Grey Peel;North Country Cheviot: £152 Collielaw; Lleyn: £130 Trabroun; Blackface: £115 Elmscleugh, £110 Burncastle; Dorset: £58 Springhill, Coldingham; Hebridean: £51 Springhill, Coldingham; Jacob: £50 Standhill; Suffolk: £50 Collielaw