St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 53 Clean Cattle, 76 Cast Cows, 1963 Prime Lambs, and 732 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (24) averaged 323p per kg and sold to 348p

Heifers (28) averaged 323p per kg and sold to 358p

Cast Cows (71) averaged 189p per kg and sold to 235p

Top price £1844.50

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 180p

Top price £2211.82

Lambs (1963) averaged 296p per kg,  (+6p on the week) £140.60 per head and sold to £170 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 348.8p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (732) averaged £110.62 and sold to £220

Heavy Ewes averaged £161, Light Ewes sold to £158 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £96.82

PRIME CATTLE-

Small show but a cracking show

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2686.20, £2581.92, £2373.28, Learielaw £2331.84, £2310.72, £2231.04, Bee Edge £2237.56, North Synton £2223.08, Learielaw £2211, £2202.48

Heifers per head:

Wellheads £2515.20, £2442.96, £2412.48, £2410.56, £2303.40, Bee Edge £2219.60, Wellheads £2217.60, Nisbet £2217.28, Bee Edge £2159.04, Whitrighill £2105.40

Bullocks per kilo:

Learielaw 348p, Lurdenlaw 344p J.A Waters & Sons, Learielaw 342p, Bee Edge 338p, Learielaw 336p(2), Wester Ulston 332p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Learielaw, Wellheads 330p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 358p, Whitrighill 350p, Bee Edge 348p(2) to  W.Kirkup & Sons and Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 346p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 344p David Comrie & Son, Lurdenlaw 340p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Whitrighill 338p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Nisbet 338p

CAST COWS-

Nice trade

Cast Cows per head:

Muircleugh £1844.50, Rumbleton £1772.32, Burnhouse Mains £1709.96, Haltree £1705.44, Burnhouse Mains £1701, Upper Samieston £1676.96, Haltree £1676.78

Cast Cows per kilo:

Upper Samieston 235p, 223p, 221p Haltree 230p, Muircleugh 217p, Middlethird, Upper Samieston 213p, Shoreswood, Haltree, Rumbleton 209p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head: Muircleugh £2211.82, Allanshaws £2060.78, Hyndsidehill £1904.82

Cast Bulls per kilo: Threepwood 272p, Muircleugh 181p, Allanshaws 167p, Threepwood 161p

PRIME SHEEP

Handy weights easy sold, flesh wanted.  Average 296p per kilo  (47.5kgs) £140.60 per head

Lambs per head- Texel: £170 Buckholm, £170, £164 Huntington, £164 Skilmafilly, £160 Huntington(3), Skilmafilly, Fountainhall(2), Headshaw, Lauder, Haltree; Suffolk: £160 Corsbie(2), Threepwood, £155 New Blainslie, Greenknowe, Belmont, £154 Haltree; Beltex: £157 Threepwood, £155 Headshaw, Lauder, £150 Threepwood, £145, £140 Huntington, £142 Lylestane, £140 Threeburnford, Adderstonshiels, Huntington, Rhodes Holdings; Ryeland: £153 Threepwood; Cheviot Mule: £150 Marvingston, £139 Gilston; Blue Texel: £145 Marvingston; Greyfaced: £146(2), £140 Burncastle; Half Bred: £144 Headshaw, Lauder; North Country Cheviot: £141 North Synton, £137 Gilston, £135 Huntershall, £134 North Synton; Bluefaced Leicester: £140 Burncastle, Kirkstead; Charollais: £138 Trabroun; Romney: £135 Over Newton; Hampshire: £134 Lauder Herdwicks; Lleyn: £132 Over Whitlaw; Blackface: £125 Kirkstead; Herdwick: £119 Lauder Herdwicks

Lambs per kilo- Beltex: 348.8p Threepwood, 345.7p Huntington, 344.4p Headshaw, Lauder, 337.3p Huntington, 334p Threepwood, 332.4p Rhodes Holdings, 322.2p Huntington, 320p Rhodes Holdings, 319.1p, 319p Lylestane, Threeburnford, 318.2p Adderstonshiels, 316.9p Rhodes Holdings; Texel: 333.3p, 328p Skilmafilly, 330p Huntington, 325.8p Buckholm, 322.2p Skilmafilly, 321.8p Woodhouse, 321.4p Adderstonshiels, 320p (2), 319p Broom, 318.6p Huntershall, 318.2p Buckholm(2)Blackhill; Suffolk: 324.4p Belmont, 310p Adderstonshiels, 308p Blackburnrigg, Blackhill, Coldingham, 305.5p New Blainslie, 302.3p Saughtree, 300p Adderstonshiels, Monklaw; Charollais: 302.4p Redpath East End, 300p Trabroun; North Country Cheviot: 302.3p Buchtrig, 301.3p, 300p Saughtree(2), Huntershall; Cheviot Mule: 298.9p Gospelhall, 292.9p Adderstonshiels; Greyfaced: 292.3p Huntershall; Hampshire: 291.3p, 290.7p Lauder Herdwicks; Herdwick: 283.3p Lauder Herdwicks; Half Bred: 282.2p Monklaw; Lleyn: 280p Over Whitlaw

CAST SHEEP-

More meat on show but most of the sale shown to be light, hill ewes.  Numbers keep coming as we’ve once again blown last years numbers out of the water with yet another 732 ewes averaging £110.62

Topping the trade at £220 was a Texel from Messrs Macvie, Langtonlees.  And again with a Texel at £195

Messrs Rennie, Berryhill also hit £195 again with a Texel

Texel: £220 Langtonlees, £195 Berryhill, £195, £185 Langtonlees, £175 Earlston Mains, Huntington, Old Melrose Lodge, £172 Lantonlees, £168 Huntington, Fairnilee;  Suffolk: £168 Blackhill, Coldingham, Penicuik Estates, £165 Huntington, Earlston Mains, £162, £155 Huntington, £155 Buskin(2), Millheugh; Cheviot Mule: £160 Millheugh, £158 Langtonlees, £145 Lylestane(2), £142 Glenburnie, £129, £128 Blackhill, Coldingham; North Country Cheviot: £158, £119 Millheugh, £130 Branxholm Braes, £116 Lylestane, Millheugh, £112 North Synton, £110 Branxholm Braes, £104 Saughtree; Beltex: £152, £110 Pirntaton Cottage; Bluefaced Leicester: £150 Shielswood;  Half Bred: £150, £144 Blackhill, Coldingham, Vendeen: £148 Branxholm Braes; Greyfaced: £148 Buskin, £145 Hartside, £132 Buskin, £130 Fairnilee, £125 Blackburnrigg(2), £124 Castle Mains; , Lleyn: £148 Middle Moneynut, £90 Over Whitlaw; Romney: £122 Over Newton, £112 Bowland; Easycare: £120 Nether Firth, £98 Millheugh, £94 Nether Firth; Blackface: £115 Kirkstead, £112 Berryhill, £108  Hartside, Burncastle, Berryhill, £101, £95 Tollishill, £95 Hartside; Hill Cheviot: £68 Pirntaton Cottage; Shetland: £50 (2) Symington Mains, £30 Middle  Moneynut; Hebridean: £40 Millheugh

RAMS

A larger show of rams forward with again more meat on show

Topping the tups at £190 was a Texel from Messes Hendry, Symington Mains.  Following him at £178 was a Berrichon from Messrs Rennie, Berryhill

Texel: £190, £165 Symington Mains, £148 Rochester House, £135 Over Whitlaw; Berrichon: £178 Berryhill; Suffolk: £168 Haltree; North Country Cheviot: £168 Haltree; Easycare: £128 Nether Firth; Lleyn: £118, £115 Middle Moneynut; Greyfaced: £112 Rochester House Farm; Zwartble: £108 Middle Moneynut