St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 74 Clean Cattle, 31 Cast Cows,  2176 Prime Lambs, and 585 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (25) averaged 325p per kg and sold to 344p

Heifers (49) averaged 324p per kg and sold to 366p

Cast Cows (30) averaged 214p per kg and sold to 245p

Top price £2091

Cast Bull (1) sold to £1372

Top price £

Lambs (2176) averaged 290.7p per kg,  (-5.3p on the week) £132 per head and sold to £174 for Texel  Lambs

Top price 359p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (585) averaged £89.32 and sold to £189

Heavy Ewes averaged £141, Light Ewes sold to £149 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £82.32

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade throughout.  Natives very easily sold

Bullocks per head:

Wellheads £2640.40, £2595.84, £2587.20, £2438.48, £2422.92, £2420.64, £2407.52, £2382.60

Heifers per head:

Kersknowe £2486.20, £2412, Bee Edge £2247.24, £2223.84, Penston £2162.40,

Bee Edge £2143.04, Whitsome West Newton £2087.60, Bee Edge £2087.60, Wester Middleton £2072.52, Lurdenlaw £2034.24

Bullocks per kilo:

Learielaw 344p, 340p, Wester Ulston 342p, 338p, Wellheads, Learielaw 338p, Wellheads, Learielaw 336p

Heifers per kilo:

Bee Edge 366p Denholm Meat Supplies, Bee Edge 362p, Wester Middleton 342p, Whitsome West Newton 340p, Bee Edge and Penston 340p all to Hugh Black & Sons, Bee Edge 340p, Nisbet 339p Hugh Black & Sons, Whitrighill 338p Hugh Black & Sons

CAST COWS-

Good trade

Cast Cows per head:

Kersknowe £2091.50, Venchen £2081.82, Headshaw, Lauder £2024.84, £2007.18, £1984.50, Wester Middleton £2932.76

Cast Cows per kilo:

Corsbie, Headshaw, Lauder 245p, 243p, Kersknowe 235p, Corsbie, Mailingsland, Wester Middleton 229p

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls: Thompsons Walls £1372.98(147p)

PRIME SHEEP

Mixed show forward.  Flesh easy sold.  Average 290.7p, £132, 45.4kgs

Lambs per head- Texel: £174, £169(2), £168, £166 Huntington, £170 Posso, £165 Crookston, £160 Haltree, Crookston(2); Suffolk: £174 Posso, £172 Haltree, £163 Posso, £155, £154 Symington Mains, £150 Edgerston Home Farm, Haltree; Beltex: £170 Sunnycroft, £168, £165 Corsbie, £158 Posso, £156 Craggs, £155 Corsbie, £154 Huntington, £150 (2)Kilnknowe, Earlston; Greyfaced: £143, £141 Burncastle; Bluefaced Leicester: £140 Newbigging Walls; Half Bred: £138 Edgerston Home Farm; LLeyn: £138 Trabroun; Cheviot Mule: £137 Gospelhall; North Country Cheviot: £135, £134 Threeburnford; Blackface: £134 Posso; Hampshire: £133 West Meikle Pinkerton, £126 Lauder Herdwicks

Lambs per kilo- Beltex: 359p Sunnycroft, 346.7p The Craggs, 346.2p, 338.5p, 333.3p(2), 327.7p  Huntington, 329.20p Posso, Texel: 326.5p, 325.6p Posso, 325.6p Threepwood, 323.3p Huntington, 318.2p Threepwood, 316.3p South Common, 313p Posso, 312.5p Burrows; Suffolk: 306.8p New Blainslie, 304.4p Sunnycroft, Pogbie, 302.2p Wantonwalls; Cheviot Mule: 304.4p Gospelhall; Hampshire: 301.3p West Meikle Pinkerton, 300p Lauder Herdwicks; Half Bred: 297.8p Bonjedward; North Country Cheviot: 296p Cheeklaw, 290.7p Saughtree; Blackface: 297.8p Posso; Lleyn: 287.5p Trabroun; Greyfaced: 283.1p Longcroft

CAST SHEEP-

A light show with a lack of meat.  189 Blackface and 162 North Country Cheviots within the Sale.

Topping the sale at £189 was a Suffolk from Messrs Robson, Venchen.  Following her at £188 was a Texel this time from Messrs Harper, Brockielaw

Suffolk: £189 Venchen, £172 Falside, £161 Mersington, £157 Traprain, £144 Shotton, £139 Cockburn, £138 Kidston Texels, £131 Venchen; Texel: £188 Brockielaw, £184 Venchen, £177 Friarshaw, £170 Huntershall, Kidston Texels, £151 Venchen, £150 Bridgehaughmill, Harelawside; Charollais: £151 Harelawside; North Country Cheviot: £149 North Synton, £120 Traprain, £115 Roxburgh Mains, £90 Adderstonshiels, £86 Langhope, £82, £80(2) Adderstonshiels; Greyfaced: £145 Falside, £141 Cockburn, £139 Shotton, £132 Brockielaw, £131 Venchen, Kidston Texels, £124 Harelawside; Blue Texel: £138, £120 The Burrows; Zwartble: £135 St Clements Wells; Easycare: £128 Trabroun, £112 Cockburn, £90, £78 Trabroun, Romney: £117, £89 Mount Ulston; Blackface: £114, £105 Burncastle, £92 Elsmcleugh, £82, £80 Burncastle, £78 Tinnis, £76 Burncastle, £72 Lumsdaine; Hampshire: £105 Bridgehaughmill; Cheviot Mule: £118 Traprain; Jacob: £117 Brockielaw; Shetland: £40 Huntlaw

RAMS

A better show of Rams forward

Topping at £180 was two Hampshires from Messrs Brand, East Fortune

Hampshire: £180 East Fortune; Texel: £160 Broomiebank, Redden, £115, £82 Galadean; North Country Cheviot: £145 Kirkhope Steading, £138 The Burrows; Blue Texel: £130 The Burrows; Blackface: £90 Burncastle