St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold  116 Prime Cattle, 18 Cast Cows, 1854 Prime Hoggs, and 446 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (50) averaged 397p per kg and sold to 444p 

Heifers (66) averaged 404p per kg and sold to 448p x 3 

Cast Cows (17) averaged 256p per kg and sold to 297p.  Top price £2679

Cast Bull (1) averaged 261p. Top price £3069

Hoggs (1854) averaged 350p per kg (+17p on the week) £160 per head and sold to £200 for Beltex  Hoggs.

Top price 426p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep(446) averaged £132.62 and sold to £355

Heavy ewes averaged £168, light ewes sold to £180 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £121.48

PRIME CATTLE-

Tremendous trade.  14 Cattle selling at 440p per kilo or more

Bullocks per head: Bee Edge £3099.12, £3043.28, Dunslaw £2985, Learielaw £2978.40, Penston £2922.36, Dunslaw £2863.44, Learielaw £2772, £2725.52, Dunslaw £2719.84

Heifers per head: Longnewton £2980.80, £2845.48, £2837.64, Penston £2831.52, St Clements Wells £2826.24, Bee Edge £2814.96, Longnewton, Learielaw £2777.60, Shidlaw £2742.08, Penston £2722.20

Bullocks per kilo: Bee Edge 444p, Learielaw 440p, 438p, Bee Edge 436p, Learielaw 434p, Greenknowe 428p, Penston, Wester Ulston 426p, Penston 422p, J.A Waters & Sons,  Wester Ulston 420p, Shidlaw 418p

Heifers per kilo: Longnewton 448p, Lennoxlove 448p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Learielaw 448p, Longnewton 446p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 446p Briggsys Butchers, Bee Edge 444p(2) Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Longnewton 442p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lennoxlove 442p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd; Crookhouse 440p, Lenoxlove 440p W.Kirkup Butchers, Learielaw 438p Lurdenlaw 434p, Lennoxlove, Longnewton 432p, Lurdenlaw, Lennoxlove, Nisbet 428p

COWS –

Satisfactory trade

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2679.24, Kersknowe £2500.74, Muircleugh £2411.10, £2323.56, The Hagg £2143.98, £1985.22, Stobshiel Mains £1832.74, The Hagg £1826.28

Cast Cows per kilo: Kersknowe 297p, Muirclegh 289p, 285p, Stobshiel Mains 283p, The Hagg 277p, 269p, Kersknowe 269p, The Hagg 267p, Adderstonshiels, Stobshiel Mains 247p

Cast Bull: St Clements Wells £3069.36 (261p)

PRIME HOGGS: 

Good show.  All classes sharper.  Average 350p, SQQ 365p, £160.50, 45.8kgs

Hoggs per head – Beltex: £200, £199, £198, £196 Crookston, £184 Threepwood, £180 Faughhill, Crookston £180, £177(2) Crookston; Suffolk: £200 The Anvil, £199 Threepwood, £185(2), £183, £181, £180(3) Boghall; Texel: £198 Craig Douglas, £196 The Anvil, £192 Threepwood, £191 Mainside, £190 Crookston, £188 Lochside, £187 The Anvil, £186 Boghall, £185 The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: £186, £183 Gospelhall, £182 (2) Gilston, £173 Pawston, £172 Springwood; Charollais: £175 AR Hume Farming, £174 Faughhill, £169 West Lodge South; Dorset: £175, £169 Crumstane; Rouge: £168 Woodhouse, £165 Springwood; Dutch Spotted: £162 Faughhill; Greyfaced: £161 Faughhill, £155 Boghall; Blackface: £161 Blackhope, £160 Hethpool; Cheviot Mule: £174 West Lodge South, £167, £164 Broachrigg; Valais Blacknose: £160 Torsonce Mains; Berrichon: £161 Springwood Lodge; Blue Texel: £150 Pirntaton Cottage; Ryeland: £148 Faughhill; Southdown: £145 AR Hume Farming; Jacob: £140 Crumstane; Easycare: £144 Muircleugh; Lleyn: £142 AR Hume Farming

Hoggs per kilo – Texel: 426p The Anvil, 405.3p Newton of Crathie, 395.6p The Anvil, 391.7p Wester Middleton, 386.4p Mainside, 381p Newton of Crathie, 380p Crookston; Beltex: 406.1p Crookston, 404.8p Bedrule, 404.8p, 400p Faughhill, 400p Grange Moor, Threepwood, 390.6p Rhodes Holdings;  Suffolk: 377.3p The Anvil, 376.2p, 371.8p Boghall, 370.1p The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: 377.3p Broachrigg, 375.6p Hethpool, 374.7p Mainside, 371.1p, 370.5p Broachrigg; Southdown: 345.2p AR Hume Farming; Berrichon: 375.7p, 371.9p Springwood; Rouge: 373.3p Woodhouse; Ryeland: 370p Faughhill; Charollais: 372.1p West Lodge South, 364.6p AR Hume Farming, 362.8p Faughhill; Blue Texel: 357.1p Pirntaton; Cheviot Mule: 365.5p, 355.6p Broachrigg; Greyfaced: 344.4p Boghall; Dorset: 343.5p Crumstane; Easycare: 342.9p Muircleugh; Jacob: 333.3p Crumstane; Blackface: 333.3p (2) Blackhope

EWES

“New Vendors flood into St Boswells leaving with a smile!  77% of the sale was light, hill ewes with yet again a big show of Blackface Ewes. Plenty of meat on offer”

446 head to average £132.62

Predominantly a hill show on offer today but farmers still reaping the rewards of using St Boswells Cast Sheep Ring

New top record of £355 for an outstanding Texel Ewe from first time vendor Messrs Renwick, Craig Douglas.  Following her at £275 was again a Texel this time from Messrs Grieve, The Lee.  Muircleugh Partners followed, this time at £245 for again a Texel.

Texel: £355 Craig Douglas, £275 The Lee, £245 Muircleugh, £218, £210 Lochside, £208 Oxmuir, £194 Stoneypath, £188 Blackhope, £172 Bridgehaugh Mill, £168 Lochside; Suffolk: £240 Oxmuir, £200, £192 Glenalmond (Dodds), £182 Oxmuir, £174 Lauder Barns, £172 South Riccalton, £170 Gospelhall, South Riccalton, £168 Blackhope, £160 Brown’s Cottage, Hundalee (Sandilands); Greyfaced: £196 Blackhope, £175 Oxmuir, £168 (2) Blackhope, £160 West Lodge South, £158 The Lee, £124 Broomilees; North Country Cheviot: £180 Gospelhall, £159 South Riccalton, £144 Glenalmond (Dodds), £140 Gospelhall, £136 Newmains(Metcalfe), £132 Glenalmond (Dodds) £130 Blackhope, £126 Newains (Metcalfe);  Lleyn: £158 AR Hume Farming, £154, £113 Windshiel; Cheviot Mule: £166 Muircleugh; Beltex: £158 (2) Browns Cottage, Hundalee (Sandilands); Bluefaced Leicester: £156 Pirntaton Cottage; Hampshire: £150 Bridgehaugh Mill; Charollais: £144 West Lodge South; Blackface: £140, £138 Blackhope, Laidlawstiel, £136 Hethpool, £135 Blackhope, £130 Laidlawstiel, £128 Hethpool, £114 The Lee, £114, £113 Burnhouse Mains; Easycare: £110, £104 Greenlawdean; Jacob: £82 Broomilees; Swaledale: £82 Broomilees

RAMS

A smaller show on offer but a better show forward.

Topping the sale at £200 was a Texel from Torwoodlees & Buckholm.  Following him at £186 was a Beltex this time from Fleming, Lochside

Texel: £200 Torwoodlee, £182, £168 Wester Ulston, £166 The Lee, £148 Harden Mains, £144, £114 The Lee;  Beltex: £186 Lochside, £140 Buckholm; Bluefaced Leicester: £152(2) Wester Ulston, Blue Texel: £134 The Lee; Blackface: £118 The Lee; North Country Cheviot: £110, £100 Hethpool