St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 133 Prime Cattle, 71 Cast Cows, 1001 Prime Hoggs, and 396 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (32) averaged 357p per kg and sold to 402p. 

Heifers (101) averaged 356p per kg and sold to 402p(2). 

Cast Cows (68) averaged 257p per kg and sold to 365p.  Top price £2647

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 208p and sold to 217p.  Top price £2100

Hoggs (1001) averaged 320p per kg (-10p on the week) £142 per head and sold to £197 for Hoggs.

Top price 385p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep(396) averaged £142.48 and sold to £216  for a Texel Ram

Heavy ewes averaged £167, light ewes sold to £158 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £126.28

PRIME CATTLE-

Met some resistance with more traditional types forward

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2765.76, Learielaw £2692.80, Whitsome West Newton £2681.64, Learielaw £2665.60, Whitsome West Newton £2655.76, Lurdenlaw £2635.80, Wellheads £2628

Heifers per head: Wellheads £2812, £2739.96, Wester Middleton £2712.72, £2706.48, Wellheads £2686.44, West Garleton £2638.44, Wester Middleton £2546, Learielaw £2524.56

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 402p, Learielaw 396p, 392p, 388p, Lurdenlaw 382p, Whitsome West Newton 382p, Shidlaw 380p

Heifers per kilo: Learielaw, Bee Edge 402p, Bee Edge 400p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 400p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Learielaw 396p Briggsys Butchers, Longnewton 392p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Wester Middleton 392p, Learielaw 390p

CAST COWS –

Booming trade

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2647.02, Faughhill £2637.04, Whitrighill £2616.60, Upper Nisbet £2504.08, Mosstower £2472.92, £2387 Whitrighill £2419.16, £2379.38, Kersknowe £2348.50, Marvingston £2348.50

Cast Cows per kilo: Cortleferry 365p, Whitrighill 330p, Sunlawshill 312p, Whitrighill 307p, Upper Nisbet 297p, Mosstower 293p, Thorneydykes 289p, Upper Samieston 285p

Cast Bulls per head – Wester Middleton £2100.56, Chatto £1977.30

Cast Bulls per kilo – Bedrule, Wester Middleton 217p

PRIME HOGGS: 

Smaller mixed show forward.  Returns slightly easier.  Average 320p, £142, 44.3kgs

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £197 Haltree, £187(2) Threepwood, £179 Philiphaugh, £169 Threepwood, £166 Philiphaugh, £165 Treaty Park; Suffolk: £185.50 Threepwood, £176 Haltree, £175(2) Mowhaugh, £173 Philiphaugh, £165 Sunnycroft, £162 Pogbie, £160 Hardens, Mowhaugh; Beltex: £181, £180 Corsbie,  £179 Huntington, £176, £175, £172 Threepwood, £166 Corsbie, £165 Mossilee; Charolais: £175, £150 Deuchrie; North Country Cheviot: £168, £166 Philiphaugh, £161 Mowhaugh, £155 Philiphaugh, £152 Birneyknowe; Kerryhill: £150 Borthwickshiels; Bluefaced Leicester: £150 Philiphaugh; Hampshire: £149 Bridgehaughmill; Blackface: £146 Borthwickshiels; Half Bred: £145 Bonjedward; Greyfaced: £145 Deuchrie; Zwartble: £143 Treaty Park; Cheviot Mule: £140 Blegbie

Hoggs per kilo –

Beltex: 385.1p, 377.3p Corsbie, 381.8p Mossilee, 372.3p Threepwood, 370.7p, 363.4p Twizell, 362.9p Threepwood, 360p Corsbie; Texel: 384.4p Cheeklaw, 380.6p Redden, 375.6p Broomiebank, 360.5p Twizell, 360p Huntington, 359p Treaty Park, 356.8p Harden, 354p North Synton, 352.7p Threepwood, 350.6p Treaty Park; Charolais: 330.8p Larchwood (Gunn), 316p Deuchrie; North Country Cheviot: 325p Huntington, 319p Treaty Park, 318.9p Cheeklaw, 318.2p Blegbie; Suffolki: 325p Helmburn, 320p Trabroun, 319.8p Threepwood, 317.9p Kittyfield, 315.8p Cheeklaw, 315.3p Newhouses; Half Bred: 321.4p Bonjedward; Cheviot Mule: 321p Thorneydykes, 316p Broomiebank; Ryeland: 311.4p Ladylands Drive, Selkirk (L.Ferguson); Greyfaced: 309p Deuchrie; Blackface: 304.2p Borthwickshiels; Hampshire: 303.7p Bridgehaughmill; Jacob: 306.7p Boggs Holdings (Kay)

EWES:

“Storm Eowyn blows the Cast Sheep trade into Boswells!”

396 head to average £142.48

A lesser show of quality on show but matched with a good trade.  Topping the trade at £216 was a Texel Ram from Messrs Gaskell & Holliday, Kittyfield.  Ewes topped at £214 for a Suffolk from Messrs Mundell, Meigle.

Suffolk: £214, £212, £192 Meigle, £190 Smailholm Mains, £182 St Helens View , £170 Riddell, Meigle, £166 Bonjedward, £162 Bedrule, £156 St Helens View; Texel: £188, £186(3), £176 Lylestane, £156 Collielaw, £154 Cheeklaw, Riddell, Bedrule, £150 Broomiebank;  Cheviot Mule: £182 Lylestane, £180 Collielaw, £172 Manortoun, £168 Lylestane, Bedrule, £166 Broomiebank, £154 Blegbie, £150 Boreland; Half Bred: £169 Smailholm Mains, North Country Cheviot: £158 Collielaw, £150 Borthwickshiels, £144 Boreland, £138 Borthwickshiels, £134 Haltree, £130 Blegbie, Hethpool, £128, £126, £120 Boreland, Beltex: £150 Twizell; Greyfaced: £142 Cheeklaw, £120 Kittyfield, £114 Riddell; Kerryhill: £138 Borthwickshiels; Blackface: £124 Hethpool, £114, £98 Borthwickshiels, £72 Collielaw; Hill Cheviot: £112 Gallowshill

RAMS

A lesser show in numbers but still a good trade considering show.

Topping at £216 was a Texel from Gaskell & Holliday, Kittyfield

Texel: £216 Kittyfield, £210 Lylestane, £178 Adderstonshiels, £156 Manortoun; Abertex: £210, £190 Lylestane; Beltex: £195 Lylestane; North Country Cheviot: £178 Adderstonshiels, £164 Birneyknowe, £148 Adderstonshiels, £146 Haltree, Birneyknowe; Ryeland: £84 Ladylands Drive