Date: 16 June 2025 | Primestock

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St Boswells Primestock Sale

St Boswells, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0PP

Sold 59 Prime Cattle, 37 Cast Cows, 879 Prime Lambs, 106 Prime Hoggs and 272 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (21) averaged 392p per kg and sold to 434p 

Heifers (35) averaged 397p per kg and sold to 448p

Cast Cows (33) averaged 297p per kg and sold to 343p.  Top price £2983

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 242p per kg and sold to 255p per kg.  Top Price £2779

Lambs (879) averaged 385p per kilo (+15p on the week), £170 per head and sold to £213 for Texel Lambs

Top price 414.7p per kilo for Texel Lambs

Hoggs (106) averaged 276p per kg (-10p on the week) £133 per head and sold to £200 for Beltex Hoggs.

Top price 317.5p per kg for Beltex Hoggs

Cast Sheep(272) averaged £172 and sold to £270 for Texel Ewe

Heavy ewes averaged £191, light ewes sold to £192 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £141

CATTLE

Well bid for throughout

Bullocks per head

LIMOUSIN(Ave. £2,585.39)  £2,752, £2731.52 Hamilton & Sons,Bee Edge Farm, £2751.56 Hunter, Broachrigg; CHAROLAIS (Ave. £2,266.52)  £2,534.23 Lamont, Dunslaw; SIMMENTAL(Ave. £2,406.39)  £2,406.39 Lamont, Dunslaw; HEREFORD(Ave. £2,118.20)  £2,249.28 Lamont, Dunslaw; STABILISER (Ave. £2,171.75)  £2,201.73, £2141.76 Young,Nisbet Farm; ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. £2,113.17)  £2,141.76 Lamont, Dunslaw, £2101.12 Young, Nisbet

 

 

 

Bullocks per kilo

LIMOUSIN (Ave. 398p)  434p  Hunter,Broachrigg to J.A Waters & Sons, 406p, 402p Dandie, Learielaw, 400p Hamilton, Bee Edge; HEREFORD (Ave. 392p)  396p, 392p  Lamont (A Firm),Dunslaw; ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. 380p)  392p  Young,Nisbet Farm, 388p Lamont, Dunslaw; STABLISER (Ave. 388p)  389p, 388p  Young,Nisbet Farm;

CHAROLAIS (Ave. 377p)  380p  Lamont (A Firm),Dunslaw; SIMMENTAL(Ave. 375p)  376p  Lamont (A Firm),Dunslaw

 

  Heifers per head

LIMOUSIN (Ave. £2,430.58)  £2,835 Dixon Bros, Whitsome West Newton, £2828.80 Hamilton, Bee Edge, £2779.44 Dandie, Learielaw; ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. £2,133.58)  £2,720.80, £2566.20 Cowe & Co,Oldcastles, £2340.80 Lamont, Dunslaw; CHAROLAIS (Ave. £2,308.98)  £2,550.19, £2302.30 Young,Nisbet Farm; SIMMENTAL (Ave. £2,285.50)  £2,460.08, £2286.60 Cowe & Co,Oldcastles

 

Heifers per kilo

LIMOUSIN (Ave. 406p)  448p  Hamilton & Sons,Bee Edge Farm, 444p Dandie, Learielaw, 442p(2) Hamilton, Bee Edge to W.Kirkup Butchers and Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, 426p Dixon, Whitsome West Newton; CHAROLAIS (Ave. 392p)  410p, 406p Young, Nisbet; ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. 382p)  407p Nisbet  to Gosford Butchers. 399p Young, Nisbet, 390p Cowe, Oldcastles; SIMMENTAL (Ave. 369p)  382p, 370p Cowe & Co,Oldcastles

 

 

 

  Young Bulls

  BEEF SHORTHORN (Ave. £1,229.42)  £1,319.76 (298p)Renwick & Sons,Craig Douglas Farm

  CAST COWS

  Good trade

Cows per head

CHAROLAIS (Ave. £2,867.18)  £2,983.50, £2750.86 Jeffrey,Kersknowe Farm; LIMOUSIN (Ave. £1,995.32)  £2,803.67, £2404.48 Laing,Honeyburn, £2475.90 Cowe, Oldcastles; ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. £1,959.43)  £2,464.39, £2282.74 Hamilton & Son,Hyndsidehill, £2224.80 Faughhill Farming; BEEF SHORTHORN (Ave. £2,058.57)  £2,311.89, £2039.18 Faughhill Farming;

   

 

SIMMENTAL (Ave. £2,152.03)  £2,217.45 Cowe & Co,Oldcastles; BRITISH BLUE (Ave. £2,020.91)  £2,163.54, £2153.40, £2026.22 Cowe & Co,Oldcastles

   

 

 

Cows per kilo

CHAROLAIS(Ave. 333p)  343p, 325p Jeffrey,Kersknowe Farm;

ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. 292p)  337p, 329p  Richardson,Upper Samieston, 311p Hamilton, Hyndsidehill, 309p Faughill Farming, 305p Hamilton, Hyndsidehill; LIMOUSIN (Ave. 278p)  333p  Laing,Honeyburn, 315p, 307p Cowe, Oldcastles; SIMMENTAL (Ave. 289p)  329p  Cowe & Co,Oldcastles; BRITISH BLUE (Ave. 298p)  321p, 295p, 291p Cowe & Co,Oldcastles; BEEF SHORTHORN (Ave. 294p)  305p  Faughhill Farming

 

       

 

Cast Bulls per head

ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. £2,324.98)  £2,779.50 Cowe & Co,Oldcastles; CHAROLAIS (Ave. £2,414.82)  £2,414.82 Clints Farming Partnership,Crookston; LIMOUSIN (Ave. £1,921.56)  £1,921.56 Harvey & Son,Shotton Farm

 

  Cast Bulls per kilo

ABERDEEN ANGUS (Ave. 242p)  255p  Cowe & Co,Oldcastles; CHAROLAIS (Ave. 241p)  241p  Clints Farming Partnership,The Neuk; LIMOUSIN (Ave. 239p)  239p  Harvey & Son,Shotton Farm

 
                 

  LAMBS

Lambs per head

All types sharper and wanted.  Average 385p per kilo, (SQQ 385p) £170 per head,  44.1 kgs

TEXEL (Ave. £170.79)  £213, £208 Highfield Farming, The Knock, £207 Gray, Sunnycroft, £205 Nicholson, Fishwick, £203 Dixon Bros, Whitsome West Newton(2), Sanderson, Greenhead ; SUFFOLK (Ave. £168.87)  £212, £198 Highfied Farming, The Knock, £198 Bridgewater, Edrom Mains, Jones, St Helens View, £197, £180 Ruchlaw Mains, £191 Anderson, Headshaw, £187 Ross Farms, Wester Middleton; DUTCH SPOTTED (Ave. £165.50)  £168, £163 Guthrie,Myreside; BELTEX (Ave. £146.25)  £165 Varga,Linton Burnfoot Farm; ZWARTBLE(Ave. £113.30)  £155 Hislop Esq,Coltcrooks; HAMPSHIRE (Ave. £150)  £150 Jones,St Helens View

 
 

Lambs per kilo

TEXEL (Ave. 387p)  414.70p, 414.3p Sanderson,Greenhead, 414.3p, 410.4p, 406.3p, 404.3p Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, 406.3p Pate, Marvingston, 402.2p Goldie, Collielaw, 402p Taylor, Belmont, 400p Rutherford Shiell, Byrewalls; SUFFOLK (Ave.378p) 397.9p Anderson, Headshaw, 390.9p Taylor, Belmont, 390.5p(2) Rutherford Shiell, Byrewalls, 390.2p Taylor, Belmont, 388.4p Ross, Wester Middleton, 385p Connell, Wantonwalls; BELTEX (Ave. 370p)  375p Varga,Linton Burnfoot Farm; DUTCH SPOTTED (Ave. 363p)  370.50p Guthrie,Myreside; ZWARTBLE (Ave. 308p)  337p Hislop, Coltcrooks; HAMPSHIRE(Ave. 333p)  333.30p Jones,St Helens View

 

 

Hoggs per kilo

BELTEX (Ave. £147.50)  £200 Faughhill Farming, £181 Fleming, Lochside;

 

TEXEL (Ave. £134.21)  £195 Weatherson, Roundabout, £177, £167 Weir, Cortleferry, £155 Ogilvie, Broom, Weir, Cortleferry; NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT (Ave. £116.58)  £170 Flintoft,Cocklawfoot, £145 Ramsdens Farming, Kaimridge;  SUFFOLK (Ave. £150.36)  £167, £157 Weir,Cortleferry Farm; GREYFACED (Ave. £135)  £135 Faughhill Farming

 

 

 

  EWES

  ‘A smaller show of Ewes forward today but yet again a great trade for all classes forward’

272 head to average £172

The smallest show of Ewes we have seen for a number of months but an excellent trade all round.

Today’s sale topped at £270 for a Texel from Messrs Renwick, Craig Douglas.  Following her at £255(x2) was again a Texel from the same home

TEXEL (Ave. £188.87)  £270 Renwick & Sons,Craig Douglas Farm; SUFFOLK(Ave. £195.74)  £238 Laing & Sons,Oxmuir;

HAMPSHIRE(Ave. £192)  £232 Brand & Son,East Fortune Farm; BELTEX(Ave. £160.41)  £230 Faughhill Farming;

HALF BRED (Ave. £198)  £198 Pate & Partners,Marvingston; BLUE TEXEL (Ave. £196)  £196 Elliot / Primo Pots,The Pond House; NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT (Ave. £107.55)  £192 Fleming, Lochside; GREYFACED (Ave. £158.47)  £188 Houndshall, Midlem; CHEVIOT MULE (Ave. £171.77)  £174 Neill & Sons,Thornington Farm; ZWARTBLE(Ave. £140)  £164 Faughhill Farming; BLACKFACE (Ave. £94.22)  £130 Lauder Herdwicks; HERDWICK (Ave. £93.16)  £120 Lauder Herdwicks

 

 

  RAMS

SUFFOLK (Ave. £160.40)  £180 Elliot & Partners,Woodside Farm; TEXEL(Ave. £162)  £172 Goldie,Collielaw Farm;

NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT (Ave. £160)  £160 Flintoft,Cocklawfoot; EASY CARE (Ave. £144)  £144 Main Hill Farm