St Boswells Store Cattle nad Store Lamb Sale

STORE CATTLE

A mixed show met a buoyant trade

Bullocks per head:

Luing: £1160 Tushielaw

Heifers per head:

Aberdeen Angus: £1840, £1570 Upper Samieston; Hereford: £1590 Southdean; Limousin: £990 Craigsford Mains

Bullocks per kilo:

Luing: 286.4p Tushielaw

Heifers per kilo:

Aberdeen Angus: 323.7p, 301.6p Upper Samieston; Hereford: 314.9p Southdean; Limousin: 304.6p Craigsford Mains

STORE LAMBS

‘What a trade!  Vendors average £10 per head more than other local Marts for a cut down’

627 Sheep forward to average £110.63. 

All classes of sheep very easy sold leaving many buyers going home empty handed.

Today’s sale topped at £160 for a pen of Beltex Lambs from South Dissington Farms.  Following them at £146 was a pen of Texel Lambs from Richardson, Upper Samieston

Leading consignments (20 or more)

• South Dissington.  20 averaged £139.65
• Ogilvie Partners, Broom.  94 averaged £126.91
• Richardson, Upper Samieston.  49 averaged £118
• Weir, Cortleferry.  93 averaged £112.52
• Patterson, Kirktonhill.  137 averaged £112.37

Breed Report

• Beltex – (averaged £131.75) £160 South Dissington
• Texel – (averaged £118.86) £146 Richardson, Upper Samieston
• Suffolk – (averaged £112.52) £130 Patterson, Kirktonhill
• Hill Cheviot – (averaged £110) £110 Reid, Whitefield
• North Country Cheviot – (averaged £96.72) £101 Patterson, Kirktonhill
• Greyfaced – (averaged £101) £101 Patterson, Kirktonhill
• Dorset – (averaged £98) £98 Haydock, Winkston
• Cheviot Mule – (averaged £96) £96 Haydock, Winkston

Beltex: £160, £142, South Dissington, £134 Treaty Park, £116, £112 South Dissington, £112 Crookham Dairy; Texel: £146, £142 Upper Samieston, £142, South Dissington, £133 Broom, £130(2) Upper Samieston, £128 Treaty Park, £124 Kirktonhill, £122 Treaty Park, Broom; Suffolk: £130 Kirktonhill, £128 Upper Samieston, £118 Kirktonhill, £117 Cortleferry, £115 South Dissington, £114 Birneyknowe, £112 Winkston; Hill Cheviot: £110 Whitefield, Earlston; Greyfaced: £101 Kirktonhill;  North Country Cheviot: £101 Kirktonhill, £98 Birneyknowe, £98, £90, £88 Carcant, £82 Bowershields; Dorset: £98 Winkston; Cheviot Mule: £96 Winkston