St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 90 Prime Cattle, 55 Cast Cows, 1732 Prime Hoggs, and 654 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (28) averaged 363p per kg and sold to 400p. 

Heifers (62) averaged 378p per kg and sold to 425p. 

Cast Cows (50) averaged 264p per kg and sold to 329p.  Top price £2757

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 227p and sold to 235p.  Top price £2746

Hoggs (1732) averaged 332p per kg (-18p on the week) £150 per head and sold to £200 for Texel Hoggs.

Top price 426p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep(654) averaged £153.42 and sold to £350  for a Texel Ewe

Heavy ewes averaged £186, light ewes sold to £202 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £136

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade for all classes

Bullocks per head: Nether Falla £2789.44, Whitsome West Newton £2679.60, Learielaw £2608, Bee Edge £2606.80, Nether Falla £2595.84, Dunslaw 2562.96, Whitsome West Newton £2553.04, Learielaw £2537.52, Lurdenlaw £2449.20

Heifers per head: Penston £2784, Wester Middleton £2753.40, Longnewton £2736.44, Wester Middleton £2693.40, Whitrighill £2691.36, Ladysford £2678.62, Whitsome West Newton £2651.76, Ladysford £2646, Penston £2629.44, Wester Middleton £2621.52

Bullocks per kilo: Learielaw 400p, Lurdenlaw 390p J.A Waters & Sons, Whitsome West Newton, Learielaw £388p, Bee Edge 380p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 425p, Lurdenlaw 422p, Bee Edge 418p (2) Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Upper Nisbet 418p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Upper Nisbet 416p, Learielaw 414p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 412p, Lurdenlaw 406p, Bee Edge 406p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

COWS –

Keeps on climbing!

Cast Cows per head: Mosstower £2757.90, £2621.78, Thorneydykes £2577.88, Mosstower £2574, Hyndsidehill £2415.62, Mosstower £2263.52, Hyndsidehill £2215.40, Linton Farm £2033.94, Outerston £2024.70, Easter Middleton £2003.40

Cast Cows per kilo: Mosstower 329p, Linton 327p, Mosstower 317p, 307p, Oldcastles 305p, Mossilee 303p, Mosstower 300p, Penston 297p, Outerston 294p, Mossilee 289p

Cast Bulls per head –  Boreland £2746.70, Headshaw, Lauder £2683.70, Woodhead, Ancrum £2513.28

Cast Bulls per kilo – Headshaw, Lauder 235p, Woodhead, Ancrum 231p, Boreland 227p

PRIME HOGGS: 

More weight forward.  All classes slightly easier.  Average 332p, SQQ 339p, 45.1kgs, £150

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £200 Newton of Crathie, £200, £196 The Anvil, £194, £191 Threepwood, £190 Potterton, The Anvil (2), £188 Threepwood, £188, £185 The Anvil; Beltex: £190 Threeburnford, £185 The Anvil, Potterton, £184 Newton of  Crathie, Threepwood, £179 Heriotsfield, £176 Threepwood, Newton of Crathie, £175 Bonjedward, Newton of Crathie, Threepwood; Suffolk: £186 The Anvil, £175 Chesters Brae, £174 Potterton, Newton of Crathie, £170 Harelawside, Threepwood; North Country Cheviot: £194(2), £168 Mainside, £165 Bonjedward, £162 Mainside, £161 Kirklands, Ancrum, £157 Bonjedward, £156(2), £155 Hethpool, £155 Mainside; Charollais: £170 Traprain, £169 West Lodge South; Greyfaced: £170 Potterton, £162 Stoneypath, £160 Hethpool West Lodge South; Blue Texel: £168 East Mains, Lauder; Lleyn: £165, £157 Over Whitlaw; Hampshire: £164 East Fortune; Blackface: £162 Yett Farm, £144 Hethpool; Cheviot Mule: £153 Hethpool; Easycare: £150 Inchkeith; Half Bred: £146 Over Whitlaw

Hoggs per kilo –

Texel: 427.3p, 426.1p The Anvil, 405.1p Broomiebank, 395.3p Headshaw, Lauder, 392.9p North Synton, 387.5p, 375p Newton of Crathie; Beltex: 421.1p, 415.4p Newton of Crathie, 411.1p The Anvil, 400p Threeburnford, Newton of Crathie, Potterton, 394.7p Heriotsfield (A.Halliday), 388.2p(2), 386.4p Newton of Crathie, 382.6p Threepwood, 381p Grange Moor, 372.1p Potterton, 370.2p Newton of Crathie; Charollais: 369.6p Traprain; North Country Cheviot: 356.1p Traprain, 344.8p Hethpool, 342.1p Gattonside Mains, 341.9p Bonjedward, Headshaw, Lauder, Saughtree, 340.9p Hethpool, 340p North Synton; Suffolk: 351.1p The Anvil, 350.6p Hethpool, 342.9p Saughtree, 340.9p AR Hume Farming; Blue Texel: 350p East Mains, Lauder; Cheviot Mule: 343.8p Hethpool; Half Bred: 335.6p Over Whitlaw; Lleyn: 335.6p Over Whitlaw; Easycare: 331p Inchkeith; Blackface: 330p Newton of Crathie; Greyfaced: 327.1p Potterton, 324p Stoneypath

EWES

“Actions speak louder than words.  A cast sheep trade you won’t see anywhere else in the East!”

654 head to average £153.42

A larger show of Ewes forward with a trade to match!  Topping the sale and a new record was £350 for a Texel from Huntington Farming.  Following her at £305 was again a Texel from the same home.  Huntington also had another Texel this time at £300.  Also reaching £300 was again a Texel this time from Messrs Runciman, Allanshaws.

Texel: £350 , £305 Huntington, £300 Allanshaws, Huntington, £295 Allanshaws, £290 Edgerston Home Farm (L.Ralston), £285, £280, £275 Huntington, £275 Pirntaton Cottage (Halliday), DJ Texels; Beltex: £265, £245 Huntington, £242 Pogbie, £230 Huntington, £222 Threeburnford, £210 Collielaw, £205 Huntington, £198 Heriotsfield (A.Halliday), £166 Pogbie, £150 Pirntaton Cottage (Marwick & Coney); Suffolk: £238 Yett, £218 Greenriggs, £210, £200, £194, £192 Huntington, £184 Trabroun, £182, £178 Mid Edrom, £174 Blackburnrigg; Bluefaced Leicester: £230 Howden, £222 Pirntaton Cottage (Marwick & Coney), £200 Howden; Zwartble: £218 Lauder Barns; Half Bred: £201 Smailholm Mains, £150 Edgerston Trading, £144 Pirntaton Cottages (Logan);  North Country Cheviot: £200, £190 Allanshaws, £186 Whitsome East Newton, £180 Allanshaws, Whitsome East Newton, £168 Stobshiel Mains, £164 Wedderlie, £162 Stobshiel Mains; Cheviot Mule: £190 Whitsome East Newton, £174 Wedderlie, £160 Scott Road (Ainslie), £152 Lumsdaine, £138 (2)Huntington,  Greyfaced: £190 Hume Holdings (Fleming), £184 Hartside, £178 Whitehill, £174 Harelawside, £172 Letham Farming, £170 Harelawside, Hartside, £164 Lumsdaine, £162 Letham Farming; Charollais: £170 Trabroun; Border Leicester: £170, £148 Mitchelston; South Down: £164 AR Hume Farming; Lleyn: £148 Trabroun, £140 AR Hume Farming, £118 Trabroun; Romney: £148 Huntington; Blackface: £136 Hartside, £132, £122 Tollishill, £118, £110 Hartside, £110 Pirntaton Cottages (E.Logan), £108 Stoneypath; Swaledale: £98 Woolaw; Easycare: £98 Inchkeith

RAMS

A larger show of tups forward with a trade to match with all classes shown to be dearer on the week.

57 head to average £154.61

Texel: £228 Upper Chatto, £215 Edgerston Home Farm, £198, £188 Wester Ulston, £186 Lumsdaine, £182 Edgerston Home Farm, Wedderlie, £175 Treaty Park, £168 Wester Ulston, £162 Wedderlie;  Hampshire: £205, £192, £184 East Fortune; Beltex: £202 Threeburnford, £176, £170, £142, £138 Craighouse; Suffolk: £198 Leetside, £170 Hermiston, Lumsdaine, £146 Edgerston Home Farm; Bluefaced Leicester: £176 Wester Ulston; North Country Cheviot: £164 Threeburnford, £162 Upper Chatto; Blackface: £155, £144 Yett, £126 Tollshill; Border Leicester: £148 Edgerston Trading, £126 Over Whitlaw, £124 Mitchelston; Cross: £142 Mid Edrom