Date: 25 November 2024 | Primestock
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Sold 121 Clean Cattle, 71 Cast Cows, 1763 Prime Lambs, and 345 Cast Sheep
(Show Cattle – 15 Bullocks to average 338p. 39 Heifers to average £350p)
Bullocks (61) averaged 319p per kg and sold to 410p(Champion)
Heifers (54) averaged 340p per kg and sold to 376p
Young Bulls (6) averaged 292p per kg and sold to 304p
Cast Cows (71) averaged 207p per kg and sold to 271p
Top price £2189
Lambs (1763) averaged 316p per kg, (+26p on the week) £146 per head and sold to £178 for Texel Lambs
Top price 368.5p per kg for Beltex Lambs
Cast Sheep (345) averaged £118.29 and sold to £250
Heavy Ewes averaged £164, Light Ewes sold to £170 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £105.26
CLEAN CATTLE
St Boswells Christmas show had a great show of cattle forward. This years master judge, Mr Ryan Briggs of Briggsys Butchers, Jedburgh tapped out his champion from local stable Sunnycroft with an Aberdeen Angus.x Bullock returning 4.10p per kilo to Kirkup Butchers, Longtown.
Reserve Champion went to Messrs Craggs, Glower O’Er Him with a Charolais.x Bullock
Credit must go to all Vendors for a quality show of Cattle forward all year round.
Show averages – Bullocks 338p, Heifers 350p
Bullocks per head: Nether Falla £2580.68, New Blainslie £2553.12, Wellheads £2462.40, £2452.80, Sunnycroft £2451.80, Wellheads £2440.32, Nether Falla £2418.60, Wellheads £2414, Glower O’Er Him £2406.90
Heifers per head: Wellheads £2558.40, £2482.92, Learielaw £2434.40, Wellheads £2400.12, £2386.80, £2373.48, Wester Middleton £2350.56, Whitrighill £2331, Wester Middleton £2305.52, Longnewton £2303.76
Bullocks per kilo: Sunnycroft 410p W.Kirkup & Sons, Glower O’Er Him 355p, Learielaw 350p, Wester Ulston, Bee Edge 346p, Bee Edge 344p, West Garleton 344p John Saunderson Ltd, West Garleton 342p, Wellheads 342p, 340p
Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 376p Forsyths of Peebles, Whitrighill 374p, 370p(3), Bee Edge 370p, 368p(2) Bee Edge, 358p Learielaw, Friday Hill
Young Bulls per head: Harden Mains (R.Briggs) £2103.88, Fowberry Moor £2012.48, £1932, £1913.16, £1841.10
Young Bulls per kilo: Fowberry Moor 304p, 298p, Harden Mains (R.Briggs)
CAST COWS
A good trade throughout.
Cast Cows per head: Falsidehill £2189.24, Venchen £2019.78, Falsidehill £1966.12, Blackshiels £1961.28, Venchen £1952.54, Falsidehill £1889.40, Venchen £1806.92, Brothershiels £1804.50
Cows per kilo: Upper Samieston 271p, Oldcastles 249p(2), 247p, Falsidehill 247p, Rumbleton 241p, Oldcastles 239p, Rumbleton 237p, Oldcastles 237p
Show kindly sponsored by Thomas Sherriff & Co Ltd
PRIZE LIST
PRIME CATTLE
Class 1 – Single Bullock – Native Bred
1st Sunnycroft 590kgs 410p W.Kirkup & Sons (CHAMPION)
2nd Nether Falla 548kgs 334p
Class 2 – Single Heifer – Native Bred
1st Wester Middleton 610kgs 354p
Class 3 – Single Bullock by Limousin Sire
1st Learielaw 652kgs 338p
2nd Bee Edge 670kgs 346p
3rd New Blainslie 788kgs 324p
Class 4 – Single Heifer by Limousin Sire
1st Bee Edge 588kgs 368p Forsyths of Peebles
2nd Learielaw 640kgs 358p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd
3rd Wester Middleton 644kgs 358p
Class 5 – Single Bullock by any other Continental Sire
1st Glower O’Er Him 678kgs 355p (RESERVE CHAMPION)
2nd Hollybush 654kgs 300p
Class 6 – Single Heifer by any other Continental Sire
1st Longnewton 656kgs 348p Border Meats Ltd
2nd Skilmafilly 580kgs 352p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd
3rd Wester Middleton 664p 354p
Class 7 – Single Bullock bred by exhibitor
1st North Synton 648kgs 328p
2nd Fowberry Moor 678kgs 315p
Class 8 – Single Heifer bred by exhibitor
1st Whitrighill 630kgs 370p
2nd Whitrighill 594kgs 370p
3rd Fowberry Moor 622kgs 348p
OVERALL CHAMPION – Sunnycroft
RESERVE CHAMPION – Glower O’Er Him
LAMBS:
Good show forward. All types dearer. Average 316p, £146, 46.2kgs
Lambs per head –Beltex: £178, £174, £160 Skilmafilly, £157 Crosshall, Threepwood, £155 Skilmafilly, £154 Brotherstone; Suffolk: £177 Headshaw, Lauder, £175 Threepwood, £170 Corsbie, £166, £165 Haltree, £162 Headshaw, Lauder, £160 Corsbie; Texel: £177, £175, £172 Huntington, £172 Threepwood, £171 Huntington, £170 Corsbie, Huntington(3), Skilmafilly; North Country Cheviot: £176, £149 Haltree, £152 Crosshall, £149 Woodside, £148 Haltree, £147 Gilston; Bluefaced Leicester: £163 Corsbie Cottage (Hedley); Blue Texel: £157 Sunnycroft; Greyfaced: £153 Longcroft, £149 Broomilees, £148.50 Longcroft, £148 Broomilees; Lleyn: £148 Trabroun; Hampshire: £147 Broomilees; Kerryhill: £146 Nether Falla; Cheviot Mule: £143 Broomiebank
Lambs per kilo –Beltex: 368.4p, 354p Brotherstone, 348.8p Bedrule, 345.1p Crosshall, 342.3p Skilmafilly, 341.3p Threepwood, 337p Skilmafilly, 335.6p Letham; Texel: 352.4p Huntington, 344.4p Crosshall, 343.9p, 343.4p Broom, 342.9p Berryhill, 342p Huntington, 340.9p Crosshall, 340.5p Rhodes Holdings; North Country Cheviot: 341.6p Crosshall, 331.8p Woodside, 328.9p Haltree, 326.7p Gilston, 322.2p Brotherstone, 321.4p Langlee Mains, 318.5p Whitsome East Newton, 318.2p Birneyknowe; Suffolk: 331.8p Gilston, Sunnycroft, 327.8p Headshaw, Lauder, 327.5p Blackburnrigg, 327.3p Nether Falla, 324p Headshaw, Lauder, 322.7p Adderstonshiels, 321.7p Gilston, Brothershiels, 320.9p Saughtree; Greyfaced: 325.9p Huntershall, 317.8p, 315.3p Broomilees, 316p Broomilees; Cheviot Mule: 325p Broomiebank, 310.3p Adderstonshiels; Lleyn: 311.6p Trabroun; Hampshire: 306.3p Broomielees; Kerryhill: 298p Nether Falla
EWES
A lesser show in numbers but a massive increase in trade with a £28.97 per head rise on the week.
Topping the sale at £250 was a Texel from Messrs Howey, Broomiebank. Topping the tup trade at £235 was a Texel from Messrs Ogilvie, Ballencreiff Mains. Light Ewes topped at £170 for a North Country Cheviot from Messrs Hodge, Whitsome
345 sold to average £118.29
Texel: £250 Broomiebank, £185 Ruletownhead, £171 Falside, £170 Corsbie, £167 Gateshaw, £160 Threepwood, £158 Ruletownhead; Suffolk: £185 Threepwood, Cortleferry, £181, £175, £170 Corsbie, £165 Ruletownhead, £152 Falside, £150 Ballencreiff Mains; North Country Cheviot: £170 Whitsome East Newton, £158 North Synton, £145 Whitsome East Newton, £140, £120 Ruletownhead, £110 Saughtree, £108 Ruletownhead, £106 Birneyknowe; Greyfaced: £154 Falside, £148 Burncastle, £141 Blackburnrigg, £140 Meigle, Blackburnrigg; Cheviot Mule: £150 Ruletownhead, £145 Whitsome East Newton; Bluefaced Leicester: £148 (2) Threepwood Cottage (D.Sandilands); Romney: £145 Gateshaw; Easycare: £140, £82 Godscroft; Blackface: £120 Stobbs, Rochester, £118, £105, £93 Burncastle, £85 Berryhill; Charollais: £105 Berryhill; Welsh Mountain: £108 Nine Acre Holding; Shetland: £92, £80 Nine Acre Holding
RAMS
54 head to average £136.80
A much larger show of Rams with more meat and a better show forward.
Topping the tups at £235 was a Texel from Messrs Ogilvie, Ballencrieff Mains. Following at £215 was again a Texel from Messrs Fullerton, Corsbie. Corsbie also reached £215 again this time for 2 Blue Texels
Texel: £235 Ballencrieff Mains, £215, £210, £175, £140 Corsbie, £138 Meigle; Blue Texel: £215 Corsbie; Romney: £185 Gateshaw; North Country Cheviot: £170 North Synton, £142, £137, £130, Sourhope, £120 Langhope; Blackface: £135 Burncastle; Easycare: £120(3) Godscroft; Suffolk: £110 Meigle
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