St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 83 Prime Cattle, 34 Cast Cows, 2451 Prime Hoggs, and 563 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (27) averaged 392p per kg and sold to 422p 

Heifers (56) averaged 402p per kg and sold to 448p 

Cast Cows (34) averaged 279p per kg and sold to 385p.  Top price £2808

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 277p.  Top price £2631

Hoggs (2451) averaged 333p per kg (-24p on the week) £151.22 per head and sold to £200 for Beltex Hoggs.

Top price 418.6p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (563) averaged £142.27 and sold to £285(3) 

Heavy ewes averaged £168.27, light ewes sold to £232 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £136.30

PRIME CATTLE-  Good trade

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £2962.44, Penston £2878.96, Learielaw £2742.08, £2738.40, Bonjedward £2737.80, Nether Falla £2694.96, Bonjedward £2671.12, Dunslaw £2628.60, Learielaw £2603.04

Heifers per head: Longnewton £2978.64, Lennoxlove £2795.52, Whitrighill £2790.56, Penston £2756, Whitrighill £2728, Lennoxlove £2678.84, Bee Edge £2652.16, Penston £2648.80, Longnewton £2645.76

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 422p, Learielaw 420p, 418p, Nether Falla 410p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Gala Farms 410p, Learielaw 408p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 448p Coq & Bull Butchers Ltd, Bee Edge 442p, 440p(2), Learielaw 432p, Penston, Longnewton 430p, Whitrighill 428p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston 424p

COWS –  Fast trade

Cast Cows per head: South Ord £2808.78, £2530.80, Headshaw, Lauder £2479.40, Stagehall £2648.20, Thorneydykes £2462.28, Caverton Mill £2371.80, Toxside £2322.54

Cast Cows per kilo: Headshaw, Lauder 385p, Fowberry Moor 327p, 317p, 299p, Headshaw, Lauder 301p, Toxside 297p, Caverton Mill 295p, Stobshiel Mains 292p, Thorneydykes 289p

Cast Bulls: Hoselaw £2631.50 (277p)

PRIME HOGGS:  More weight forward.  A very two tier trade, exports very easy sold.  Heavy sheep harder work.

Average 333p, SQQ 358p, 45.4kgs, £151.22

Hoggs per head –

Beltex: £200, £198 Faughhill, £193 Rennie Livestock, £193, £192(2) £190 Faughhill; Suffolk: £198 Headshaw, Lauder, £186, £184 Butterdean, , £172, £170, £169(2) £168 Boghall; Texel: £190 Threepwood, £189, £188 Butterdean, £187 Threepwood, £186 Butterdean, £185 Carlaverock, £184, £183 Butterdean, £180 Faughhill, Rennie Livestock; Charollais: £180 West Lodge South; Abermax: £163 Halidean Mill; Blue Texel: £160 Dunorran (Paxton), £159 Newton of Crathie; North Country Cheviot: £159 Saughtree, £158 Newton of Crathie, £156 Mainside, £154 Saughtree, Hethpool, Nottylees, Soutra; Cheviot Mule: £155 Pirntaton Cottage; Blackface: £155 Newton of Crathie; Greyfaced: £154 Lauderhill, £152 Hethpool, £149 The Lee; Ryeland: £153 Threepwood

Hoggs per kilo –

Beltex: 418.6p, 408.5p Faughhill, 400p Newton of Crathie, Threepwood, Belvedere, 395.1p Threeburnford, 393.5p Newton of Crathie, 393.2p Halidean Mill, 393p Halidean Mill; Texel: 395.6p The Anvil, 390.5p Bedrule, 386.4p(2) the Anvil, 383.7p Faughhill, 383.6p Shethin, 383.1p Grange Moor, 380p The Anvil; Blue Texel: 378.6p, 364.7p Newton of Crathie; Suffolk: 372.7p, 371.1p, 367p The Anvil, .364.7p Blackburn, 359.6p The Anvil, 357.8p Greenknowe, 351.3p Belvedere; North Country Cheviot: 369.8p Saughtree, 367.4p Newton of Crathie, 366.7p Saughtree, Hethpool, 365p Belvedere, 355.3p Hethpool, 354.8p, 354.5p Mainside; Abermax: 362.2p Halidean Mill; Charollais: 353.5p Greenknowe; Blackface: 352.3p Newton of Crathie, 343.6p Hethpool; Ryeland: 348.1p Shethin; Greyfaced: 345.5p Hethpool, 343.2p, 342.2p Lauderhill; Cheviot Mule: 338.6p Saughtree

EWES  “A lesser show in numbers and quality was forward with 84% of the sale hill sheep with 280 of them being Blackface”

563 Head average £142.27

Topping the sale at £285 was a Texel Ewe from Messrs McCrae. Shethin.  Also reaching £285 was 2 Texel Ewes this time from MacVie, Langtonlees

Texel: £285 Shethin, Langtonlees, £280 Shethin, £272, £255, £242, £240 Langtonlees, £235 Shethin, Langtonlees, £230 Langtonlees; Suffolk: £238, £235 (2)  Ballencrieff Mains, £212 The Knock, £210 Ballencrieff Mains, Butterdean, £208, £198 Grange Moor, £192, £175 Belvedere; North Country Cheviot: £232 Shethin, £158, £142 Newmains, £152 Birneyknowe, £150 Adderstonshiels, Nottylees, £138 Shethin, £134 Headshaw, Lauder, Bonjedward, £128 Adderstonshiels;   Cheviot Mule: £230, £195 Belvedere, £206 Butterdean, £192 Rumbletonrig, £168 Newhoues, £162 Branxton Braes; Greyfaced: £184 Rumbletonrig, £162 Newhouses, £158 Elwartlaw, £138 Shotton, £130 Mainhill, £128 Blackburn, Elwartlaw, £120 Shethin; Beltex: £182 Headshaw, Lauder, £172 Langtonlees, £150 Pirntaton Cottage (Marwick & Coney), Blackface: £126, £124 Tollishill, £122 Lauderhill, £120 Tollishill, £112 Burncastle, £110, £106 Carterhaugh, £106 Dryhope; Bluefaced Leicester: £180 Belvedere  Dutch Spotted: £180 The Knock; Lleyn: £176 Thorneydykes, £148(2) Firth, £136 Thorneydykes; Half Bred: £154, £128 Bonjedward; Kerryhill: £134 Belvedere; Easycare: £122, £118 Inchkeith; South Country Cheviot: £106 Branxholm Braes; Shetland: £94, £58 Pirntaton Cottage (Marwick & Coney); Jacob: £82 Leaderfoot

RAMS  Tups topped at £258 for Charollais from Messrs Mitchell, Rumbletonrigg following him at £198 was a Romney from Carden Livestock

Charollais: £258 Rumbletonrig; Romney: £198 Firth; North Country Cheviot: £194 Borthwickshiels, £185 Soutra; Texel: £182 Threepwood, £166 Threeburnford, £152 Crailing Nook; Cross: £126 Thorneydykes; Bluefaced Leicester: £172 Pirntaton Cottage (Marwick & Coney);Blue Texel: £158 Crailing Nook, £140 Dunorran (Paxton); Blackface: £120(2), £110(2) Heip Hill