Date: 23 June 2025 | Primestock

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St Boswells Primestock Sale

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

Sold 68 Prime Cattle, 24 Cast Cows, 903 Prime Lambs, 23 Prime Hoggs and 301 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (27) averaged 390p per kg and sold to 428p 

Heifers (41) averaged 392p per kg and sold to 440p

Cast Cows (21) averaged 300p per kg and sold to 341p.  Top price £2859

Cast Bulls (3) averaged 255p per kg and sold to 277p per kg.  Top Price £3057

Lambs (903) averaged 368p per kilo (-17p on the week), £162.50 per head and sold to £224 for Texel Lambs

Top price 420.5p per kilo for Texel Lambs

 

Hoggs (23) averaged 261p per kg (p on the week) and sold to £151 for Hoggs.

Top price 315.8p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (301) averaged £168 and sold to £270

Heavy ewes averaged £191, light ewes sold to £150 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £146

CATTLE

Slightly cheaper but still a respectable trade

  Bullocks per head

  Limousin (Ave. £2,486.14)  £2,820.80, £2739.20, £2714.20 Dandie,Learielaw; Charolais (Ave. £2,214.58)    

  £2,468.39 Lamont,Dunslaw; Hereford (Ave. £2,308.84)  £2,308.84 Lamont, Dunslaw; Aberdeen Angus

  (Ave. £2,134.13)  £2,273.60, £2254.24, £2254.20 Lamont,Dunslaw; Simmental (Ave. £2,208)  £2,208

  Lamont,Dunslaw; Beef Shorthorn (Ave. £1,913.56)  £1,975.80, £1972.88 Lamont, Dunslaw

 

Bullocks per kilo

Limousin (Ave. 401.69p)  428p, 412p, 410p(2) Dandie,Learielaw; Charolais (Ave. 379.21p) 400p Lamont, Dunslaw; Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 385.62p)  398p, 392p, 390p Lamont,Dunslaw;

Hereford (Ave. 394p)  394p Lamont,Dunslaw; Beef Shorthorn (Ave. 361.50p)  370p, 364p Lamont,Dunslaw; Simmental (Ave. 368p)  368p Lamont,Dunslaw

 

Heifers per head

Limousin (Ave. £2,295.18)  £2,763.39 Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, £2736.80 Hamilton, Bee Edge; Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £1,989.33)  £2,371.19, £2215.20 Millar, Stagehall; Charolais (Ave. £2,040)  £2,121.60 Young,Nisbet Farm; Beef Shorthorn (Ave. £1,991.35)  £2,014.88 Young,Nisbet; Simmental (Ave. £1,977.76)  £1,977.76 Lamont,Dunslaw; Stabiliser (Ave. £1,841.96)  £1,930 Lamont,Dunslaw

 

Heifers per kilo

Limousin (Ave. 404p)  440p Hamilton & Sons,Bee Edge Farm to Denholm Meat Supplies, 436p to W.Kirkup Butchers, 432p Fleming, Crookhouse, 422p Baird, Lurdenlaw, Hamilton, Bee Edge;

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 369p)  390p, 388p Young, Nisbet, 386p Lamont, Dunslaw; Beef Shorthorn (Ave. 391p)  392p Lamont,Dunslaw, Young, Nisbet; Charolais (Ave. 387p)  390p  Young,Nisbet Farm; Stabiliser (Ave. 382p)  386p  Lamont,Dunslaw; Simmental (Ave. 376p)  376p  Lamont,Dunslaw

 
 
 
 

CAST COWS

Good trade for a good show

 

Cast Cows per head

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £2,130.99)  £2,859.34 Wight,Whitrighill, £2241.10 Hamilton, Hyndsidehill, £2181.48 Earlston Mains Farm Trust, £2103.92 Faughhill Farming; Limousin (Ave. £2,465.66)  £2,734.82, £2566.10 Neill,Upper Nisbet Farm, £2564.62 Wight, Whitrighill; Simmental (Ave. £2,150.82)  £2,724.36, £2470 Wight,Whitrighill Farm; Beef Shorthorn (Ave. £2,337.91)  £2,337.91 Coltherd,Foulshiels; Saler (Ave. £2,155.15)  £2,155.15 Coltherd,Foulshiels

 

 

Cast Cows per kilo

Limousin (Ave. 329.19p)  341p, 335p Neill & Partners,Upper Nisbet Farm. 323p Wight, Whitrighill

Simmental (Ave. 296.26p) 325p, 311p Wight, Whitrighill

 

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 289.36p)  317p Wight, Whitrighill Farm, 307p, 295p Hamilton, Hyndsidehill,

294p Earlston Mains Farm Trust; Saler (Ave. 300.99p)  301p Coltherd,Foulshiels;

 

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. 280.99p)  281p Coltherd,Foulshiels

 

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per kilo

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 247p) 247p Glennie, Threeburnford, Highland (Ave 227p) Hunter, Stonelaw;

Limousin: (Ave.277p) 277pHickson, Woodhouse

Cast Bulls per head

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £3,057.86)  £3,057.86 Glennie,Threeburnford; Limousin (Ave. £3,013.76)  £3,013.76

Hickson,Woodhouse Farm; Highland (Ave. £1,357.45)  £1,357.45 Hunter,Stonelaws

LAMBS

A superb show of lambs forward selling to slightly less returns on the week.

Average 368p.  SQQ 366p.  £162.50.  44.1kgs

Sale highlight was a pair of outstanding Suffolk cross Lams from Highfield Farming, The Knock, Duns achieving £224 per head with the same home selling 20 lambs over £210

Lambs per head

Suffolk (Ave. £164.08)  £224, £218, £216(2) Highfield Farming, The Knock, £201 Taylor, Belmont, £200 Laing, Oxmuir, £198 Pate, Marvingston, £190 Laing, Oxmuir; Texel (Ave. £161.83)  £220 (2), £219, £217, £216, £213, £210 The Knock, £205 (2) Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, £200 Campbell, Pikestane; Beltex (Ave. £190.80)  £197, £192 Dixon, Whitsome West Newton; Blue Texel (Ave. £180)  £180 Hankey,East Mains Farmhouse

 

 

 

Lambs per kilo

Texel (Ave. 370p)  420.50p, 397.9p, 395.8p Dixon Bros, Whitsome West Newton, 402.6p Murray, Redden, 402.2p Aitken,

Traprain, 397.7p Ross Farms, Wester Middleton, 396p Sanderson, Greenhead, 395.5p Rutherford Shiel, Byrewalls,

395.3p Murray, Redden ; Suffolk (Ave.356p) 407.1p Ross Farms, Wester Middleton, 387.5p, 380.8p Pate, Marvingston,

377.8p, 377.3p Newtrench, Whitehill, 377.6p Barclay, Leetside; Beltex (Ave. 400p)  400p Hankey,East Mains Farmhouse,

Neill, Thornington, 394.4p Dixon, Whitsome West Newton; Blue Texel (Ave. 397p)  400p Dixon Bros, Whitsome West Newton

 

HOGGS

A lesser show of Hoggs forward today with meat being easily sold.

Texel (Ave. £133.69)  £151, £148, £128 Rae Farming Ltd, Chesters Brae, £126 Robson, Venchen,

£120 Donald, Hallrule Mill; Easy Care (Ave. £120)  £120 Wilkinson & Co,Inchkeith;

Jacob (Ave. £112)  £112 Bowden Moor & Broomilees Farm; Suffolk (Ave. £98)  £104 Bowden Moor

& Broomilees Farm

EWES

All classes a lot dearer on the week with more meat on show.  Look at the average! You won’t see that anywhere

else in the East.  Why look anywhere else when you can get the best reward on your door step’

301 head to average £168

A larger show on offer this week with meat still shown to be easy to cash.  Topping at £270 was a Texel Ewe

from Messrs Aitken, Traprain .  Following her at £240 was 2 Texel Ewes from the same good home.

 

Texel (Ave. £180.43)  £270 Aitken,Traprain; Suffolk (Ave. £180.98) £230 Cockburn, Collins Cres, Melrose; Greyfaced (Ave. £143.33)  £194 Orr & Sons,Penston; Cheviot Mule (Ave. £168)  £186 Neill & Sons,Thornington; Halfbred (Ave. £182)  £182 Nisbet,Eildon Cottage; Beltex (Ave. £170.50)  £180 Faughhill Farm; Zwartble (Ave. £171)  £174 Aitken,Traprain; North Country Cheviot (Ave. £130)  £150 Rae Farming Ltd, Chesters Brae; Easy Care (Ave. £126.20)  £128 Wilkinson, Inchkeith; Jacob (Ave. £110)  £110 Hislop,Forleys Park; Swaledale (Ave £64) £64 Bowden & Broomilees Farms

 

RAMS

Easycare (Ave.£168) £168 Wilkinson, Inchkeith