St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 92 Prime Cattle, 18 Cast Cows, 2010 Prime Hoggs and 221 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (31) averaged 433p per kg and sold to 478p.  Top price £3242

Heifers (58) averaged 450p per kg and sold to 498p.  Top price £3498

Young Bulls (3) averaged 357p per kg and sold to 388p

Cast Cows (15) averaged 293p per kg and sold to 359p.  Top price £2635

Cast Bull (3) sold to 272p per kg and sold to 299p Top price £3353

Hoggs (2010) averaged 318p per kg (-2p on the week) £152.75 per head and sold to £198 for Texel Hoggs.

Top price 409.8p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep (221) averaged £168.50 and sold to £273 for Texel Ewes

Heavy ewes averaged £214, light ewes sold to £171 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £134

PRIME CATTLE-

Met strong demand for all types.

Bullocks per head: £3242.64, £3107.00 Penston, £3086.72 Nether Falla, £3056.96, £2979.76 Learielaw, £2979.00 Whitsome West Newton, £2939.40 Nether Falla, £2901.84 Shidlaw, £2887.44 Learielaw, £2873.28 Wester Ulston, £2835.00 Shidlaw, £2824.80 Nether Falla, £2824.80 Dunslaw

Heifers per head: £3498.12 Longnewton, £3230.10, £3049.12 Whitsome West Newton, £3039.68 Learielaw, £3033.60 Longnewton, £3007.92 Bee Edge, £2983.20 Broachrigg, £2963.76 Whitrighill, £2949.84 Bee Edge, £2945.12 Upper Nisbet, £2931.20 Learielaw, £2896.68 Shidlaw, £2877.60 Longnewton, £2876.40 Bee Edge

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 478p, Learielaw 476p, 466p, Penston 458p, Learielaw, Wester Ulston 454p, Shidlaw 452p, Whitsome West Newton, Shidlaw 450p

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 498p, Whitsome West Newton 485p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 482p, Longnewton 480p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Shidlaw 478p, Longnewton 474p, Whitsome West Newton 474p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Penston, Learielaw, Whitsome West Newton 472p, Bee Edge 470p.

Young Bulls: Wedderlie £3104.00 (388p), Upper Chatto £2373.56 (346p)

COWS –

Good show, high demand

Cast Cows per head:   £2635.06, £2439.42 Corsbie, £2405.70 Upper Chatto, £2288.96, £2227.50 Middlethird, £2049.18 Upper Chatto, £2045.16 Broomiebank, £2016.70 Whitrighill

Cast Cows per kilo: Corsbie 359p, 327p, Middlethird 311p, Whitrighill 301p, Broomiebank 299p, Upper Chatto, Middlethird 297p, Calaburn 295p, Broomiebank 291p

Cast Bulls per head: £3353.58 Wolfstar, £3151.46 Cockburn

Cast Bulls per kilo: Cockburn 299p, Wolfstar 279p

PRIME HOGGS: 

All classes similar.  £152.75, 48kgs, 318p, SQQ 347p

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £198, £190, £182, £180 Hawthornside, £178 (2) Old Greenlaw Farmhouse, £174 Cortleferry, £171 Wester Upper Urquhart Suffolk: £186, £184 (2), £180, £179, £176, £174, £173 (3) Boghall Beltex: £171, £170 Boghall, £169 Grange Moor, £168 Newton Farm, £167 Faughhill, £166 Wardrop Mains North Country Cheviot: £165 Adderstonshiels, £151 Saughtree, £150 Saughtree, Easter Alemoor Dutch Spotted: £165 Faughhill, £160, £155 Newton Farm (P. Downie), £150 Faughhill, Newton Farm (P. Downie) Cheviot Mule: £152 Saughtree Rouge: £145 Belvedere Greyfaced: £143 Wester Upper Urquhart, £141 West Longridge

Hoggs per kilo –

Beltex: 409.8p Newton Farm, 387.8p Belvedere, 381.4p Grange Moor, 381p Faughhill, 372.7p Halidean Mill, 371.1p Grange Moor Texel: 381.4p Wester Upper Urquhart, 377.8p, 372.4p, 367.8p The Anvil, 365.9p Faughhill 364p Wester Upper Urquhart, 363.2p, 360.4p The Anvil Dutch Spotted: 368.4p, 352.9p Newton Farm (P. Downie), 348.8p Faughhill, 344.4p Newton Farm (P.Downie) Suffolk: 367.8p, 361.4p The Anvil, 348.8p West Longridge, 347.8p The Anvil, 345p Newton Farm, 344.2p Faughhill, 340.5p, 340p Belvedere North Country Cheviot: 365.8p, 351.2p Saughtree, 345.2p Gattonside Mains, 345p, 342.1p, 340.5p Broachrigg Rouge: 345.2p Belvedere Cheviot Mule: 341.5p Broachrigg Greyfaced: 331p Huntershall, 325p Newton Farm 

EWES

221 head – average £168.59

Texel: £273 High House, £265 High House, Hawthornside, £255 High House, Whitsome West Newton, £253 Traprain, £251 High House, £250 Whitsome West Newton, £249 (2) High House Suffolk: £265 Belmont, £237 Gospel Hall, £233 High House, £227 5 Lamberton (Budge), £219 High House, £213 Gospel Hall Lleyn: £233, £213 Over Langshaw Zwartable: £227 Cakemuir Hampshire: £249 High House Dorset: £211 High House Wensleydale: £217 High House, £213 Red House Greyfaced: £191 Kirkstead, Belmont, £185 High House, £183 Blackhope North Country Cheviot: £171, £143 Gospel Hall, £141 Broachrigg, £137 Hawthornside, £135 Gospel Hall Cheviot Mule: £167 High House Dutch Spotted: £155 High House Blackface: £133 Blackhope

RAMS

Zwartable: £211 Cakemuir North Country Cheviot: £181 Gospel Hall