St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 101 Prime Cattle, 39 Cast Cows, 1738 Prime Hoggs, and  245 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (19) averaged 339p per kg and sold to 372p

Heifers (80) averaged 358p per kg and sold to 414p

Young Bulls (2) averaged 339p per kg and sold to 339p x 2.

Cast Cows (39) averaged 224p per kg and sold to 295p.

Top price £2177

Hoggs (1738) averaged 352p per kg (+12p on the week) £160 per head and sold to £199 for Texel Hoggs.

Top price 428.6p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep(245) averaged £161 and sold to £300 for a Texel Ewe

Heavy ewes averaged £224, light ewes sold to £145 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £144

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade throughout for all classes with a large number of native types forward

Bullocks per head: Learielaw £2388.24, £2305.80, Dunslaw £2219, Crookhouse £2194.80, £2095.60, Dunslaw £2087.60, Lurdenlaw £2076, Faughhill £2054.28

Heifers per head: Wester Middleton £2597.60, Skilmafilly £2579.04, Penston £2557.44, Longnewton £2529.60, Bee Edge £2517.12, Longnewton £2512.28, Bee Edge £2504, Penston £2496, Learielaw £2485.28, Bee Edge £2484.72

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 372p, 366p, Lurdenlaw 356p J.A Waters & Sons, Crookhouse 354p, Dunslaw 350p, Hollybush 346p, Dunslaw 340p, Crookhouse, Hollybush 338p(2)

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 414p, 410p, 408p, 406p, 400p Bee Edge, Longnewton 400p Denholm Meat Supplies, Skilmafilly 398p, Penston, Lurdenlaw, Skilmafilly 396p, Penston, Bee Edge 394p, Learielaw 392p, Penson 390p

Young Bulls per head – Kersknowe £2556.06, £2447.58

Young Bulls per kilo -  Kersknowe 339p (2)

CAST COWS –

Meat very good trade, lean cows harder to cash

Cast Cows per head: Burnhouse Mains £2177.10, £2135.60, Crookhouse £2056, Rumbleton £2038.86, Penston £2033.50, Burnhouse Mains £1938.06, Preston £1918.44

Cast Cows per kilo: Burnhouse Mains 295p, 291p(2), 281p, Crookhouse 257p, Rumbleton, Penston 245p, Rumbleton 241p, Trows 239p, Broachrigg, Penston, Thorneydykes 237p

Cast Bulls - Broachrigg £1927.80(255p)

PRIME LAMBS: More fed sheep forward.  Handy weights in demand.  Average £160, 352p, 45.4kgs

Lambs per head – Texel: £199 Bogend, £196 Corsbie, £190 Bogend, Corsbie, £185 Skilmafilly, Hermiston, £184 Newton of Crathie, £183.50 Threepwood, £182 Skilmafilly; Beltex: £187 Threepwood, £185 Skilmafilly, £183 Threepwood, £183, £182 Newton of Crathie, £182, £181 Skilmafilly, £180 Threepwood, Newton of Crathie; Suffolk: £186 Haltree, £185 The Anvil, £185, £175 Haltree, £175 Mowhaugh, Bonjedward, Hermiston; Half Bred: £180, £165.50 Bonjedward; Greyfaced: £164, £161 Burncastle, £156 Treaty Park; North Country Cheviot: £164 Blackadder Mains, £160 Blegbie, £159 Crosshall, £155 Threeburnford; Zwartble: £159 Treaty Park, £156 Oxmuir, £154 Treaty Park; Cheviot Mule: £158 Blegbie; Easycare: £154 Bankrugg Farm; Dorset: £150 Riddell Cottage

Lambs per kilo – Beltex: 428.6p Threepwood, 421.1p Newton of Crathie, 416.7p Butterdean, 410.4p Craighouse, 410.3p Threeburnford, 409.3p Butterdean, 400p Newton of Crathie; Texel: 407.1p The Anvil, 398.9p Threepwood, 390p Newton of Crathie, 388.2p Whitrighill, 385.2p Newton of Crathie, 384.6p Bedrule, 382.2p(2) Threepwood, 381.8p Whitrighill; Suffolk: 364.8p The Anvil, 362.4p West Longridge, 361.4p Saughtree, 359.6p Thornington, 359.1p Butterdean, 357.1p Bedrule, 356.8p Kingside, 356.5p Bonjedward; Half Bred: 363.7p Bonjedward; North Country Cheviot: 357.3p Crosshall, 356.1p Saughtree, 355.6p Blegbie, 352.3p Threeburnford, 351.4p Newton of Crathie, 350p Saughtree; Cheviot Mule: 353p Kingside; Greyfaced: 349.4p Kingside; Zwartble: 320.8p Treaty Park

EWES: Another mixed show.  Returns reaching outstanding rates.  Average £161

Texel: £300 Skilmafilly, £263(2), £259 Greenhead, Reston, £257, £245 Skilmafilly, £245 Greenhead, Reston, Butterdean, £243 Skilmafilly; Suffolk: £247 Wantonwalls, £239 Butterdean, Skilmafilly, £229 Bogend; Charollais: £249 Skilmafilly; Greyfaced: £197 Butterdean, £189 Wantonwalls; Cheviot Mule: £165, £149 The Anvil, £145 Wester Ulston, £139 Ruchlaw Mains; North Country Cheviot: £145 Blegbie, £127 Saughtree; Lleyn: £145 Ruchlaw; Easycare: £141 The Anvil; Blackface: £129 Newton of Crathie, Burncastle (2), £111 Burncastle; Herdwick: £93 Lauder Herdwicks; Swaledale: £93 Newton of Crathie

RAMS: Texel: £215 Lauder Barns, £181 Saughtree; North Country Cheviot: £147(2) Saughtree; Zwartble: £135 Lauder Barns