St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 72 Clean Cattle, 33 Cast Cows, 2023 Prime Lambs, and 672 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (38) averaged 303p per kg and sold to 334p

Heifers (34) averaged 304p per kg and sold to 344p

Cast Cows (30) averaged 216p per kg and sold to 285p

Top price £2072

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 162p per kg and sold to 209p

Top price £1765

Lambs (2023) averaged 271p per kg (-24p on the week) £127 per head and sold to £161 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 311p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (672) averaged £100.32 and sold to £250

Heavy Ewes averaged £156, Light Ewes sold to £135 and averaged £92.40

PRIME CATTLE-

Met a good demand with a large section of native and big bullocks

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2390.40, £2369.92, £2368, £2322.32, Learielaw £2234.68, Wellheads £2229.04, £2188.80, Bee Edge £2149.68

Heifers per head:

Linton £2334.64, Kersknowe £2318.40, Wellheads £2252.92, £2234.68, £2203.20, Bee Edge £2162.40, £2036.48, Kersknowe £2017.40

Bullocks per kilo:

Learielaw 334p, Wellheads, Learielaw 322p,Wellheads(2), Learielaw 320p, Lurdenlaw 318p, Bee Edge 318p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 344p Forsyths of Peebles, 340p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, 336p W.Kirkup & Sons, Lurdenlaw 324p W.Kirkup & Sons, Wellheads 324p, 322p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 318p

CAST COWS-

Strong demand

Cast Cows per head:

Ecclaw £2072.60, Low Middleton £1977.90, £1921.56, Easter Middleton £1952.16, Muircleugh £1841.16, The Lee £1833.72, Muircleugh £1793.30, Commonside £1760.76, Ecclaw £1750.10

Cast Cows per kilo:

Low Middleton 285p, The Lee 259p, Ecclaw 251p, Easter Middleton 249p, Low Middleton 239p, Muircleugh 229p, Easter Middleton, Muircleugh(2) 227p

CAST BULLS-

Sandyknowe £1765.50(165p), Ecclaw £1701.26(209p)

PRIME SHEEP

Mixed show forward.  A lot of lean types forward with plenty weight.  Averaged £127, 271p, 46.8kgs

Lambs per head-

Texel: £161 Symington Mains, £160 Corsbie, South Common, £159 Fountainhall, Symington Mains, £157(2) South Common, £156 The Anvil; Suffolk: £154(2) Haltree, £150 Anvil, £146 Cortleferry, £145 Symington, Blegbie, £142 The Anvil, Cortleferry, Corsbie, Blegbie; Beltex: £152 The Anvil, £150 Headshaw, Lauder, £142 Belmont, £140(2) Threeburnford; Greyfaced : £141 The Anvil, £139 South Common, £133 Burncastle; Cheviot Mule: £137 Threeburnford, £132.50 Blegbie, Gospelhall; North Country Cheviot: £135 Philiphaugh(2), Symington Mains, £130 Gospelhall; Blue Texel: £135 East Mains, Lauder; Easycare: £122 Inchkeith

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 311p Threeburnford, 304p The Anvil, 300p Threeburnford, Headshaw, Lauder; Texel: 307.8p South Common, 302p The Anvil, 301.9p South Common, 300p Gallowshill, AR Hume Farming, Wester Ulston; Charollais: 287.5p, 281.5p Ladyflat; Suffolk: 285p Ladyflat, 283.3p Symington Mains, 282.5p Stickle Heaton; Cheviot Mule: 285.7p Threeburnford; North Country Cheviot: 282.5p Cheeklaw, 281p Langlee Mains; Blue Texel: 281.3p East Mains, Lauder; Greyfaced: 267.7p Burncastle; Easycare: 265.2p Inchkeith

CAST SHEEP-

Very similar show on the week with meat showing to be lacking for the lighter ewes.

Topping the sale at £250 was a cracking Texel Ewe from Wester Ulston following her at £235 was again a Texel from Buchanan, South Common

672 head to average £100.32

Texel: £250 Wester Ulston, £235 South Common, £178 East Gordon, Headshaw, Lauder, £175 Corsbie, £170 East Gordon, £168 Headshaw, Lauder, £160 Lauder Barns, £152 Corsbie, Leaston; Suffolk: £175 Symington Mains, £155 Cortleferry, £152 Corsbie, £148 Headshaw, Lauder, £140 Bowland, £138 Cortleferry; Cheviot Mule: £158 Whitehill, £155 East Gordon, £150 South Common, £148 Blegbie, £145 Nisbet Mill, £140 East Gordon, £132 Wester Ulston, £128 Galadean; Blue Texel: £132 The Burrows, £128 East Mains, Lauder, £125 The Burrows; Beltex: £162 Bowmont Farming, £104(2) Winkston, Wester Ulston; Greyfaced: £140 East Gordon, £130 Corsbie, Crailinghall, £128 Corsbie, £120 Crailinghall, £114 Cortleferry, £110 Leaston; North Country Cheviot: £135, £124 Earlston Road, Stow (S.Anderson), £118 Headshaw, Lauder, £116 Hethpool, £108 Winkston, Broomiebank, £105 Adderstonshiels, Whitehill; Half Bred: £130 Headshaw, Lauder; Blackface: £108, £103 Hopes, £88 Tollishill, Burncastle, £80 Hopes, £70 Burncastle; Norfolk: £102 Crumstane; Zwartble: £100 Harden Mains, £92 Kings Croft; Romney: £98 Bowland, £95 Friarshaw, £90 Bowland, £86 Friarshaw; Easycare: £90, £75 Bankhouse, £70 Inchkeith; Dorset: £85 Cheeklaw; Bluefaced Leicester: £86 Bowland; Herdwick: £68 AR Hume Farming; Hebridean: £50 Halflawkiln

RAMS-

Again a very similar show in numbers and quality.

Topping the rams at £170 was a Beltex from Bowmont Farming him at £138 was a North Country Cheviot from Nisbet Mill

Beltex: £170 Bowmont Farming; North Country Cheviot: £138 Nisbet Mill; Romney: £130, £90 Bowmont Farming, Whitefaced Woodland: £112 Craigsford, Suffolk: £98, £84, £82 Bowland; Radnor:£92 Craigsford; Zwartble: £92 Craigsford; Blackface: £72 Bowland