St Boswells Sale of Store Cattle and Store Sheep

STORE CATTLE

Small show but a very good show forward meeting a great trade.

Topping at £1560 from Messrs Hepburn Crosscleugh with Fairnilee topping the pence per kilo at 321p

Bullocks per head:

Aberdeen Angus:£1560 Crosscleugh, £1420 Fairnilee; Limousin: £1490 Fairnilee; Beef Shorthorn: £1300 Midburn; Simmental: £1310 Huntershall, £1290 Midburn; Charolais: £1355 Crosscleugh

Bullocks per kilo:

Limousin: 321p, 313.7p Fairnilee; Aberdeen Angus: 310.6p Middlethird, 306.3p Earlston Mains; Charolais: 308p Crosscleugh; Simmental:300p Midburn

Heifers per head:

Aberdeen Angus: £1495, £1390 Fairnilee; Hereford: £1510 Fairnilee; Charolais: £1255 Crosscleugh

Heifers per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: 298.9p, 295.5p, 290.3p Fairnilee; Hereford: 308.2p Fairnilee; Charolais: 302.4p Crosscleugh

STORE SHEEP

Very good trade for the show forward and the time of year

245 sold to average £94.74

Texel: £128, £116, £114(2) Crookham Dairy, £94 Bowerhope; Beltex: £118 Crookham Dairy; Suffolk: £116(2), £112, £110 Crookham Dairy; South Country Cheviot: £94(2), £80 Branxholm Braes, £90 Whitefield, Earlston, £77 Bowershields; North Country Cheviot: £77 Bowershields