St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 88 Clean Cattle, 54 Cast Cows, 1994  Prime Lambs, and 486  Cast Sheep

Bullocks (29) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 332p

Heifers (54) averaged 305p per kg and sold to 344p x 2

Young Bulls (5) averaged 318p per kilo and sold to 328p

Cast Cows (54) averaged 195p per kg and sold to 259p

Top price £2070

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 199p per kg.

Top price £1866

Lambs (1994) averaged 285p per kg (+5p on the week) £133.51 per head and sold to £185 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 363p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (486) averaged £112.72 and sold to £255

Heavy Ewes averaged £162, Light Ewes sold to £122 for Romney Ewes and averaged £98

PRIME CATTLE-

Bullocks per head:

Learielaw £2427.20, Wellheads £2421.12, £2319.84, £2269.44. £2250.36; Learielaw £2184.60, £2104.88, £2072.96, £2059.84, Dunslaw £2038.16

Heifers per head:

Wellheads £2514, £2512.20, Mosstower £2134.08, Penston £2098.80, Mosstower £2094.40, Fowberry Moor £2092.80, Bee Edge £2065.04

Bullocks per kilo:

Learielaw 332p, 330p, 328p (2) Learielaw, Wellheads 324p, Learielaw 314p, Wellheads 312p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 344p Forsyths of Peebles, Fowberry Moor 344p, Mosstower 342p, 340p, Bee Edge, Penston 340p

Young Bulls per head: Fowberry Moor £2317.32, £2289.44, £2266.88, £2008.80

Young Bulls per kilo: Fowberry Moor 328p, 324p, 322p

CAST COWS-

Cast Cows per head:

Upper Blainslie £2070.50, Kersknowe £1935, Horsleyhill £1899.08, Harehead £1827.54, Upper Blainslie £1818.06, Brothershiels £1814.88, Kersknowe £1809.94

Cast Cows per kilo:

Huntershall 259p, Horsleyhill 241p, Huntington, Headshaw, Lauder, Corsbie 229p, Pirntaton, Harehead 221p, Hamildean 219p(2)

CAST BULLS: Fowberry Moor £1866.62 (199p)

PRIME SHEEP

Returns similar.  Average £133.51, 46.8kgs, 285p per kilo

Lambs per head-

Beltex: £185 Crookston, £180 Corsbie, £160(2) Huntington, £159 Corsbie, £150 Pikestane (G.Dun), Buckholm, Huntington; Texel: £181, £180 (2) Crookston, £178 Corsbie, £172 Hermiston, £170 Sunnycroft, £166 Corsbie, Fountainhall, £165 Huntington; Suffolk: £168 (2) Headshaw, Lauder, £166 Threepwood, £161 Huntington, £152 Haltree, £151 Blegbie; Blue Texel: £161 Hermiston; Charollais: £140, £131 Pirnie;  Greyfaced: £140, £137, £134 Lauderhill; Cheviot Mule: £135 Wedderlie, £134 Adderstonshiels; Lleyn: £135, £132 Trabroun; North Country Cheviot: £134 Adderstonshiels, £130 Over Whitlaw; Blackface: £120 Lauderhill

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 363.6p, 355.6p, 352.9p Huntington, 348.8p Pikiestane(G.Dun), 337.3p Wauchope, 333.3p Buckholm, 327.3p Corsbie, 317.1p Adderstonshiels; Suffolk: 311.1p (2) Headshaw, Lauder, 304.3p Blackhill, Coldingham, 301.2p Galadean; Texel: 310.9p Wauchope, 308p Crookston, 307.5p, 306.8p Huntington, 306p Crookston, Edrom Mains, 304.5p (2) Broom, 303.9p Corsbie; North Country Cheviot: 288.4p Adderstonshiels, 282.6p, 280p Over Whitlaw, 280p(2) Adderstonshiels; Blue Texel: 287.5p Hermiston; Charollais: 286.6p, 285.4p Ladyflat, 280.4p, 280p Pirnie; Blackface: 285.7p Lauderhill; Cheviot Mule: 280.5p Galadean, 280.4p Adderstonshiels; Hampshire: 280p Ladyflat; Lleyn: 277.8p (2) Over Whitlaw; Greyfaced: 275.3p Lauderhill, 274.7p Holylee

CAST SHEEP-

A better show of sheep with a £20 per head increase on the week.

486 head forward to average £112.72

Messrs Dagg, Craighouse once again stole the top spot at £255 for an outstanding Beltex Ewe.  Following her at £235 was again from Messrs Dagg, Craighouse.  Craighouse also reached £235 for a pen of 3 Beltex Ewes.

Beltex: £255, £235(2), £230, £225 Craighouse, £185(3) Huntington,  Texel: £175, £172 Craighouse, £160 (2)Corsbie, £159 Woodhouse, £158 Craighouse, Overfield, £155 Lauder Barns, Corsbie, Craighouse;  Suffolk: £162 Edrom Mains, £158 Overfield, Huntington, £152 Corsbie, £150, £148, £145 Edrom Mains, £140 Blackburnrigg; Cheviot Mule: £145 Craighouse, £142 Blegbie, £122, £108 Craighouse; Lleyn: £140, £112, £100, £95 Firth; Zwartble: £136, £82 Cakemuir; Bluefaced Leicester: £132 Stoneypath; Greyfaced: £132 Hopton, £130 Brockielaw, Holylee, £118 Brockielaw, Gala Farms, £112 Holylee, £110 Stoneypath, £108 Crailing Nook, £100 Laings Hill; Berrichon: £130 Springwood Lodge; Romney: £122 Springwood; Half Bred: £121 Blackhill, Coldingham, North Country Cheviot: £120 Springwood, £114 Monklaw, £110 Blackhill, Coldingham, £105 Blegbie, £68 Douglas Square (Ferrie); Jacob: £100 Brockielaw; Easycare: £90, £80 Bairnkine; Blackface: £85 Laings Hill, £70 Stoneypath, £60 Laings Hill

RAMS

A smaller show of tups but once again a better trade.

Texel: £200 Corsbie; Blue Texel: £170 Hermiston; Shetland: £60 Manse Road, Edinburgh (J.Fraser)