St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 96 Prime Cattle, 40 Cast Cows, 1826 Prime Hoggs and 761 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (61) averaged 407p per kg and sold to 442p 

Heifers (34) averaged 406p per kg and sold to 448p 

Young Bulls (1) averaged 350p per kg and sold to 350p

Cast Cows (39) averaged 262p per kg and sold to 329p.  Top price £2814

Hoggs (1826) averaged 322p per kg (-28p on the week) £150 per head and sold to £191 for Beltex   Hoggs.

Top price 400p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep(761) averaged £142.23 and sold to £340

Heavy ewes averaged £196, light ewes sold to £195 for North Country Ewes and averaged £126

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade – more commercial style cattle forward

Bullocks per head: Dunslaw £3092.04, £3041.92, Wellheads £3040.24, Whitrighill £2965.60, Wellheads £2943.72, Dunslaw £2916.96, Wellheads £2891.68, £2877.12, Bee Edge £2852.72

Heifers per head: Longnewton £2987.24, Penston £2797.20, £2779.92, Learielaw £2759.68, West Garleton £2733.60, Longnewton £2712.60, Learielaw £2626.56, Penston £2599.96

Bullocks per kilo: Wellheads 442p, Whitrighill 440p, Learielaw 437p, Wellheads, Learielaw(2) 432p, Wester Ulston 428p, Wellheads 427p, 424p, Smailholm Mains 424p, Bee Edge 422p, Wellheads, West Garleton 420p

Heifers per kilo: Learielaw 448p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 444p, Bee Edge 438p(2) Denholm Meat Supplies and Coq & Bull Butchers, Nisbet, Learielaw, Bee Edge 432p W.Kirkup & Sons, Nisbet 428p, Longnewton 422p Hugh Black & Sons, Penston 420p Hugh Black & Sons

Young Bulls: Hoselaw £3535 (350p)

COWS –

Easily sold

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £2814.30, £2767.10, Nether Howden £2583.54, Corsbie £2231.30, Muircleugh £2171.70, Pogbie £2137.20, Graden £2099.96, Corsbie £2068.16, Graden £2057.70, Muircleugh £2040.60, Corsbie £2018.50

Cast Cows per kilo: Faughhill 329p, Kersknowe 295p(2), Muircleugh(2), Graden 285p, Graden 283p, Corsbie 281p, Nether Howden 279p, Graden 277p

PRIME HOGGS: 

Handy weights still easy sold.  Heavy hoggs harder work.  Average 322p, SQQ 343p, £150, 46.5kgs

Hoggs per head –

Beltex: £191 Faughhill, £175 The Anvil, £168 Faughhill, £166 Butterdean, £160 Craighouse; Texel: £190 Headshaw, Lauder, £179 Threepwood, £178 Butterdean, £177 Whitrighill, £173, £171 The Anvil, £170 Boghall; Blue Texel: £189, £175 Oxnam Neuk; Suffolk: £185 Boghall,  £175 Belvedere, £174 (2)Boghall, £173 The Anvil, £172 Threepwood, £169, £168 (2) Boghall; Charollais: £165 Oxnam Neuk; North Country Cheviot: £165 Bonjedward, £159 The Anvil, £157 Bonjedward, £155 Saughtree, £152 Huntly Lodge; Blackface: £154 The Hopes, £150 Ashcraig, Cramalt; Cheviot Mule: £150 Kirklands, Ancrum, £149 Cliftonhill, Huntly Lodge, Lylestane; Greyfaced: £149 Boghall

Hoggs per kilo –

Beltex: 400p Craighouse, 397.7p The Anvil, 394.7p, 389.5p Craighouse, 387.5p, 384.6p, 370p Grange Moor; Texel: 391.8p Lylestane, 372.7p The Anvil, 371.8p, 369.5p Lylestane, 366.7p Crosshall, 366.3p, 363.6p Lylestane, 361.4p The Anvil, 361p Faughhill, 360.7p Threepwood; Suffolk: 371.43p Boghall, 355.1p The Anvil, 352.5p Huntly Lodge, 350p Headshaw, Lauder, 348.9p The Anvil; North Country Cheviot: 365.1p Bonjedward, 357.3p The Anvil, 351.2p Adderstonshiels, 350p (3) Kirklands, Ancrum; Roussin: 360.5p Woodhouse; Half Bred: 353.8p Bonjedward; Cheviot Mule: 340.9p Kirklands, Ancrum; Greyfaced: 336.5p Huntly Lodge; Charollais: 330p Oxnam Neuk; Blackface: 316.3p Cliftonhill

EWES

‘Vendors old and new flood into the best Cast Sheep ring in the East! Why look anywhere else when you get the best returns on our door stop’

761 head to average £142.33

Today’s sale topped at £340 for a Texel from Messrs Lawson, Huntly Lodge following her at £325 was a Charollais from Messrs Cormack, Oxnam Neuk. Following them at £280 was again a Texel this time from Messrs Abernethy, Belvedere.

Texel: £340 Huntly Lodge, £280 Belvedere, £278 Butterdean, £262 The Craggs, £260 Butterdean, £255, £250 Huntly Lodge, £242 Butterdean, £240 The Craggs, Belvedere; Charollais: £325 Oxnam Neuk, £275 Belvedere, £255 Oxnam Neuk, £245, £242, £194 Belvedere, £140 Buxley Farm Steading;  Suffolk: £265 Belvedere, Huntly Lodge, £262, £260, £255, £242 Belvedere, £238 Butterdean, Fishwick, £222 Butterdean, £214 Belvedere; Cheviot Mule: £240 Huntly Lodge, £210 Belvedere, Butterdean, Bluecairn, £178 Nisbet Mill, £174 Redden, £172 Adderstonshiels, Bluecairn, £160 Belvedere, Nisbet Mill; Greyfaced: £240 Belvedere, £195 Huntly Lodge, £194 Hendersyde, £178 Butterdean, £152 Nether Howden, £148, £140 Belvedere, £132 Huntly Lodge, £118 Craigend, £112 Belvedere; North Country Cheviot: £195 Bluecairn, £192 Nisbet Mill, £182 Belvedere, £172 Stobshiel Mains, £170 Belvedere, £168 Nisbet Mill, £158 Adderstonshiels, £150 Nisbet Mill, £148 Upper Chatto, Bonjedward; Bluefaced Leicester: £154 Howden, Jedburgh, £150, £82 Burnhouse Mains; Dorset: £150, £134 Easter Howgate, £122 Huntly Lodge, £117 Easter Howgate; Beltex: £142 Grange Moor; Blackface: £142 Burncastle, £134 Riskenhope (Benson Wemyss), £132 Butterdean, Easter Howgate, £123, £120 Cramalt (Benson Wemyss), £119 Leithenhope, £118 Easter Howgate, £114 Riskenhope (Benson Wemyss), Tollishill; Easycare: £124 Millheugh, £118, £112 Inchkeith, £112 Millheugh, £110, £102 Inchkeith; Ryeland: £122, £106 Belvedere; Blue Texel: £118 Firbank; Kerryhill: £110 Belvedere; Welsh Mountain; £108 Huntly Lodge; Shetland: £54 Belvedere

RAMS

Another good entry of tups with a good trade for all classes

Tups topped at £248 for a North Country Cheviot from Messrs Abernethy, Belvedere. Following him at £214 was a Texel from Messrs Pate, Stobshiel Mains

North Country Cheviot: £248 Belvedere, £194 Stobshiel Mains, £176 Upper Chatto, £145 Belvedere, £136 Halterburnhead, £110 Deanfoot, £102, £90 Huntly Lodge; Texel: £214 Stobshiel Mains, £152 Adderstonshiels; Border Leicester: £180 Headshaw, Lauder; Beltex: £180, £172 Belvedere; Suffolk: £198 Huntly Lodge, £162 Belvedere, £144, £92 Huntly Lodge; Dorset:  £174 Huntly Lodge; Bluefaced Leicester: £172 Upper Chatto; Easycare: £170 Inchkeith, £152 Belvedere; Charollais: £160(2) , £150, £144 Belvedere; Blackface: £148, £136  Halterburnhead, £129, £125 Riskenhope (Benson Wemyss), £118 Belvedere, £82 Huntly Lodge, £80 Belvedere; Lleyn: £140 Huntly Lodge; Blue Texel: £140 Belvedere; Lleyn: £140 Huntly Lodge; Wensleydale: £142 Belvedere;  Dutch Spotted: £122 Huntly Lodge; Valais: £130 Belvedere