St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 101 Prime Cattle, 26 Cast Cows, 1285 Prime Hoggs and 410 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (53) averaged 412p per kg and sold to 470p 

Heifers (49) averaged 430p per kg and sold to 476p 

Cast Cows (26) averaged 309p per kg and sold to 379p.  Top price £3147

Hoggs (1285) averaged 311p per kg (-4p on the week) £153 per head and sold to £223 for Texel Hoggs.

Top price 372.7p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep(410) averaged £182.78 and sold to £320

Heavy ewes averaged £210, light ewes sold to £220 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £171.78

PRIME CATTLE-

Good trade throughout

Bullocks per head: Penston £3205.40, Bee Edge £3153.92, Dunslaw £3050.16, Penston £3042, Dunslaw £2955.96, Whitsome West Newton £2917.08, Dunslaw £2884.72, £2872.80, £2848.32

Heifers per head: Longnewton £3104.60, Learielaw £2939.04, Whitsome West Newton £2923.40, £2890.08, Bee Edge £2857.60, £2848.20, £2842.04, Learielaw £2842.04, £2830

Bullocks per kilo: Penston 470p, 468p, Bee Edge 448p, Wester Ulston, Whitsome West Newton 438p, Dunslaw, East Loanend 434p

Heifers per kilo: Whitsome West Newton 476p, 470p Hugh Black & Sons, Bee Edge(2) 470p W.Kirkup & Sons and Denholm Meat Supplies,  Longnewton 470p Hugh Black & Sons, Penston 470p, Learielaw 468p, Bee Edge, Learielaw 458p

COWS –

Big fleshy cows, easily sold

Cast Cows per head:   Kersknowe £3147.98, £2971.36, Wolfstar £2945.74, Hendersyde £2873.64, Earlston Mains £2751.24, Hendersyde £2736.80, Muircleugh £2727.42, Hendersyde £2725.38, £2577.06, £2515.50

Cast Cows per kilo: Kersknowe 379p, Wolfstar 371p, Kersknowe 349p, Muircleugh 347p, Burnhouse Mains 335p, Henderysde, Muircleugh  325p, Fowberry Moor 317p, Roxburgh Mains 316p, Ecclaw 315p

PRIME HOGGS: 

Mixed show.  All classes similar.  Average 311p.  SQQ 344.6p, £153 per head, 49.2kgs

Hoggs per head –

Texel: £223 Legars, £186 Harden Mains, £185(2), £181 Bettyfield, £177(2), £170 (3) Boghall; Suffolk: £179(2), £178(2), £173(2), £171 Boghall; North Country Cheviot: £171 North Synton, £169, £167.50, £167, £165 Kaimridge; Ryeland: £180, £179 Yester Estates; Beltex: £155 Grange Moor, £150(2) Faughhill, £147 Grange Moor, £145 Craiglea; Blackface: £135 Yett Farm; Dutch Spotted: £120 Belvedere

Hoggs per kilo –

Texel: 372.1p, 364.3p Belvedere, 365.1p, 361.4p The Anvil, 360.5p Harden Mains, 359.1p The Anvil, 357p Threepwood, 355.8p Grange Moor, 354.5p(2) The Anvil; Beltex: 369.2p, 367.5p Grange Moor, 363.6p Belverede, 357.1p, 345.1p Faughhill, 345.2p Craiglea; Suffolk: 360.9p, 354.5p The Anvil, 354.5p Gattonside Mains, 353.3p The Anvil, 349.4p, 342.9p Belvedere; North Country Cheviot: 352.9p Gattonside Mains, 347.1p Saughtree, 339.5p Adderstonshiels; Dutch Spotted: 333.3p Belvedere; Blackface: 324.4p The Yett

EWES

‘A good show of Cast Sheep forward today with a record average!’

410 to average £182.78

Better show on offer today.  Meat still shown to be easy to cash!

Today’s sale topped at £320 for a Texel from Messrs Elliot, Roxburgh Mains.  Following them at £280 was a pair of Ewes from Wester Ulston.  Messrs Brown, Middlehill had a Suffolk topping at £275

Texel: £320 Roxburgh Mains, £280 Wester Ulston, £265 The Anvil, £250 Hermiston, £245 Penston, Yester Estates, £240 Bettyfield, The Lee, £238 Legars, £236 Crookston; Suffolk: £275(2), £270 The Anvil, £270 Roxburgh Mains, £260, £250 The Anvil, £248 Penston, £246 Blackburnrigg, £245, £240 The Anvil; Beltex: £270 Craiglea, £260, £250(2) Penston, £218, £140 Brown’s Cottage, Hundalee (N.Sandilands), £100 Crookston; Charollais: £270, £188, £165 The Anvil; Cheviot Mule: £252, £228 The Anvil, £216 Broomiebank, £214, £198 The Anvil, £196 Ecclaw, £190 Wester Ulston, £186 Broomiebank, £172 Wester Ulston, £166 Saughtree; Greyfaced: £248 Penston, £224 Symington Mains, £206 Crookston, Penston, £204 The Anvil, £200 The Lee, Legars, £198 Hermiston, £196 North Synton, £188 The Anvil; Half Bred: £239, £221 Blackhill, Coldingham, £210 Blackburnrigg, £170 Hallrule Mill, £162 Blackhill, Coldingham; North Country Cheviot: £220 Springwood Lodge, £216 Grange Moor, £204 The Anvil, Grange Moor, £198 Langlee Mains, £192 Roxburgh Mains, £190 North Synton, £184 Symington Mains, £180 The Anvil, £174 North Synton;Zwartble: £214 Browns Cottage, Hundalee; Berrichon: £200 Springwood Lodge;  Bleu de Maine: £200 Hallrule Mill; Ryeland: £196 Yester Estates, £182 The Anvil; Norfolk: £196 Crumstane; Logie: £190, £172, £170 Hassendean; Romney: £186, £150 Collielaw; Dorset: £142 The Anvil; Jacob: £140, £90 Standhill; Valais Blacknose: £128, £126 The Anvil; Blackface: £118 Crookston, £114 The Lee, £96 Collielaw; Herdwick: £108, £90 Standhill; Swaledale: £108 The Lee

RAMS

Texel: £238 North Synton, £230, £170, £66 The Anvil, Charollais: £222 The Anvil; Ryeland: £220 Yester; Beltex: £158 The Anvil