St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 86 Clean Cattle, 46 Cast Cows, 1957 Prime Lambs, and 752 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (34) averaged 309p per kg and sold to 334p

Heifers (45) averaged 304p per kg and sold to 342p

Young Bulls (7) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 320p

Cast Cows (43) averaged 200p per kg and sold to 272p

Top price £1842

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 165p and sold to 179p per kg

Top price £2219

Lambs (1957) averaged 290p per kg,  (+12p on the week) £135 per head and sold to £181 for Texel Lambs

Top price 350p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (752) averaged £105.42 and sold to £245

Heavy Ewes averaged £162, Light Ewes sold to £165 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £96.80

PRIME CATTLE-

All types sharper

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2482.48, £2431.68, £2398.12, £2395.68, £2392.84, £2363.76, £2340.68, £2308.64, £2201.60, Learielaw £2244

Heifers per head:

Wellheads £2394.40, £2314.60, £2177.92, Bee Edge £2127.24, Nisbet £2122.80, Learielaw £2101.20, Bee Edge £2057.44, Muircleugh £2046.60, Whitrighill £2032.80, Lurdenlaw £2016.12

Bullocks per kilo:

Wellheads 334p, Learielaw 330p, 328p (2), Wellheads(2), Lurdenlaw, Wester Ulston(3) 326p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 342p Denholm Meat Supplies, Learielaw 340p Hugh Black & Sons, Bee Edge 338p Hugh Black & Sons, 336p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 334p, 332p(2), Whitrighill 332p, 330p

Young Bulls per head: Ramrig £2378.04, Fowberry Moor £2169.60, £2152.32, £2059.20, £2013.48

Young Bulls per kilo: Fowberry Moor 320p, 312p, 306p, 304p

CAST COWS-

Nice trade

Cast Cows per head:

Wedderlie £1842.80, £1814.20, Cragside £1792.62, Rumbleton £1767.10, Wedderlie £1733.60, £1727.70, Woodhead, Ancrum £1715.18, Rumbleton £1693.26, £1672.52

Cast Cows per kilo:

Bow 272p, Wedderlie 271p, 263p, Tinnis 257p, Bow 230p, Whitrighill 227p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Muircleugh £2219.60, Hagbrae £1170

Cast Bulls per kilo: Muircleugh 179p, Hagbrae 163p

PRIME SHEEP

Good show forward.  Handy weights seeing an increased demand.  Average 290p, £135, 46.5kgs

Messrs Sinclair, Crookston kindly donated a lamb to the St Andrews Day School campaign.

Messrs Douglas, Saughtree also kindly donated a Tup to the Sepsis UK Charity.

Lambs per head- Texel: £181 Legars, £174 Huntington, £173 Crookston, £170, £168 Legars, £167 The Knock, £165 Symington Mains, £164 Crookston; Beltex: £161, £160 Crookston, £160 Corsbie, £159, £155 Crookston, £155 Corsbie, £154 Huntington, Crookston; Suffolk: £160 Woodside, Headshaw, Lauder, £159 Symington Mains, £154 Threepwood, £152 Symington Mains, Headshaw, Lauder; North Country Cheviot: £150, £145 Laidlawstiel, £145 Woodside; Half Bred: £135 Headshaw, Lauder; Charollais: £134 Trabroun; Lleyn: £134 Trabroun, £132, £130 Over Whitlaw; Blackface: £134 Yett Farm; Cheviot Mule: £132.50 Broomiebank, £131, £130 Gospelhall; Hampshire: £132 Lauder Herdwicks, £130 Thistleknowe

Lambs per kilo- Beltex: 350p, 327.1p Huntington, 325p Upper Chatto, 322p Crookston, 319.5p Huntington, 318.6p Upper Chatto, 317.4p Venchen, 317.1p Threeburnford, 315.6p Huntington; Texel: 320.5p Dryden, 317.8p Middlethird, 317.4p Brothershiels, 317.2p Treaty Park, 315.9p Dryden, 315.2p Crookston, The Knock, 314.9p Pogbie; Suffolk: 312.9p Wester Ulston, 302.3p Birneyknowe, 300p Wester Ulston, Adderstonshiels, 296p The Knock, 294p Saughtree, 293.3p Yett Farm, 292.3p New Blainslie, 292.2p Symington Mains; North Country Cheviot: 307.1p Dryden, 300p Adderstonshiels, 295.5p Woodside; Hampshire: 296.6p Lauder Herdwicks, 292.1p Thistleknowe; Lleyn: 295.5p, 294.3p Over Whitlaw, 288.2p Trabroun; Charmoise: 293p Whitfield; Cheviot Mule: 288.6p Adderstonshiels

CAST SHEEP-

All classes pounds dearer on the week.  Another massive show of 752 Ewes forward and £6.40 per head dearer on the week. Again, 75% of the sale light ewes.

Topping the sale at £245 was 3 Texels from Messrs Elliot, 2 Duke Street, Hawick.  Following them at £200 was a Charollais from Messrs Neil, Runningburn.  Suffolks to £172 from Strang-Steel, Threepwood.  Cheviot Mules also topped at £172 this time from Messrs Hamilton, Hyndsidehill

Texel: £245 (3), £192 Duke Street, Hawick, £195 Letham Farming, £180 Quality Street (A.Cucchi), £178 Hyndsidehill, £170 Cortleferry, £168 North Synton, Woodhouse; Charollais: £200 Runningburn; Cheviot Mule: £172, £164, £155, £150, £145 Hyndsidehill, £160 Wedderlie, £136 Saughtree, Galadean, £132 Wedderlie; Suffolk: £172 Threepwood, £162 Hyndsidehill, £150 Threepwood, £142 Symington Mains, £130 Lauder Barns, £128 South Riccalton; North Country Cheviot: £165 North Synton, £155 Symington Mains, £132 South Riccalton, £130 Saughtree, South Riccalton, £126 Hethpool, £124 Woodside, £122 Hardacres, Wedderlie, £121 Wester Ulston; Greyfaced: £142 Letham Farming, £139 Woodhouse, £134 Laidlawstiel, £132 Bhalu, £130 Symington Mains, £129 Cockburn, £128 (2)Bhalu, £127 Woodhouse; Easycare: £128 Cockburn, £98, £74, £72 Hagbrae; Blackface: £109 Berryill, £108 Philiphaugh, £106, £103 Hethpool, £99 Byrecleugh, £94 Hartside, £90 Philiphaugh, £89 Kirkstead; Jacob: £80 Threepwood; Herdwick: £66 Wedderlie; Whitefaced Woodland: £52 Heip Hill House; Hebridean: £30(2) Heip Hill House

RAMS

Again, a very similar report to the ewes with both numbers and trade pounds and pounds dearer on the week.

Topping at £185 was a pen of 3 Texels from Strang-Steel, Threepwood

Texel: £185 Threepwood; Hampshire: £158 Thistleknowe; North Country Cheviot: £155 Wedderlie, £129 Woodside, £118 Branxholm Brae, £116 Deanfoot, £114 Branxholm Braes; Suffolk: £138 Saughtree, Blue Texel: £116 Standhill; Herdwick: £108 Wedderlie; Shetland: £80 Saughtree; Blackface: £78 Laidlawstie