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Date: 17 May 2021 | Primestock

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St Boswells Primestock Sale

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

Sold 46 Clean Cattle, 75 Cast Cows, 338 Prime Lambs, 653 Prime Hoggs and 379 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (15) averaged 237p per kg and sold to 260p (x 2)  (n/c on the week) 

Heifers (31) averaged 247p per kg and sold to 273p (-3p on the week)

71 Cast Cows averaged 155p per kg and sold to  189p (-7p on the week) Top price £1771

4 Cast Bulls averaged 133p per kg and sold to 165p.(+3p on the week)  Top price £1524

338 Lambs averaged 320.7p per kg (-18p on the week), £137.50 per head and sold to £166 for Texel Lambs

Top price 350p per kg for Texel Lambs.

653 Hoggs averaged 282p per kg (-16p on the week), £130 per head and sold to £174 for Suffolk.x Hoggs. Top price 319p per kg for Cheviot Hoggs

379 Cast Sheep averaged £80.42, and sold to £139 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £97, light ewes sold to £91 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £77

CATTLE

Clean cattle met a great trade.

Bullocks per head:

(556+kgs): Linton £1672.94, Faughhill £1560, Wester Ulston £1524.90, Crookhouse £1509.60

Bullocks per kilo:

(556+kgs.  Average 237.4p):  Faughhill 260p J.A Waters & Son, Penston 260p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Wester Ulston 255p Shaw Fine Meats, Crookhouse 255p Robert Pringle & Son

Heifers per head:
(400-484kgs):
 Gospelhall £1128.12
(485 + kgs):  Bee Edge £1608.62 (2), £1603.24, £1588.06, £1578.96, £1551.04, Willowford £1549.04, Bee Edge £1544.40, Smailholm Mains £1530.88

Heifers per kilo:
(400-484kgs.  Average 222.86p):
Gospelhall 237p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd
(485+kgs.  Average 249.2p): Penston 273p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 271p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 269p (3) W.Kirkup Butchers, Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Forsyths of Peebles, Willowford 268p Briggsys Butchers, Bee Edge 262p, 260p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Plainer show of cows forward.

Cast Cows per head:  Thorndykes £1771.26, Kersknowe £1700.06, Woodhead, Ancrum £1433.52, Honeyburn £1393, Rumbleton £1391.04

Cast Cows per kilo:  Rumleton 189p, Woodheads, Lauder 185p, Burnhead 185p, Woodhead, Ancrum 181p, Timpendean 179p, Hyndsidehill 177p, Honeyburn, Roxburgh Mains 175p, Middlethird, Woodheads, Lauder 173p,

Cast Bull per head: Timpendean £1524.60 (165p), Outerston £1267.14 (147p)

LAMBS

A superb show of lambs forward met by a strong trade.

Average: £137.50 per head, 320.7p per kilo (43kg)

Lambs per head:
Texel:
£166 Ballencreiff Mains, £161 (2) Thornington, £160 Coltcrooks, £157 Threepwood, £155 Ballencrieff Mains, £152 New Blainslie, £150 Sunnycroft, £144 (2)Coltcrooks, £143 Belmont, £140 Edrom Mains, Birkenside, Bogend, Suffolk: £161 Edrom Mains, £158 Woodhead, Gorebridge, Belmont, £154 Edrom Mains, £153 Belmont, £150 Ballencrieff Mains (2), Coltcrooks, £147 Corsbie, £140 Edrom Mains, £139 Belmont (2), £138 Nisbet Mill, Zwartble: £138, £126 Wormerlaw, Dorset: £128 A & S Livestock, Cheviot Mule: £127 Nisbet Mill

Lambs per kilo:
Texel:
350p, 339.5p, 335p, 333.3p (2) Coltcrooks, 333.3p Birkenside, 332.6p Belmont, 332.5p Lauder Barns, Nisbet Mill, 331.7p Birkenside, Thornington (4), 330.7p Nisbet Mill, 329.4p Bogend, 328.2p Sunnycroft (2), 326.8p Bogend, 325p Byrewalls, Suffolk: 325.3p Edrom Mains, 323.8p Thornington, 323.3p Belmont, 322.9p Byrewalls, 319.6p Corsbie, 319.5p Belmont, 319.1p Coltcrooks, 317.9p Ladyflat, 317.5p Edrom Mains, Birkenside, 315.5p Belmont, 314.6p Edrom Mains, 313.6p Nisbet Mill, Charollais: 335.2p Ladyflat, Cheviot Mule: 308.8p Nisbet Mill

HOGGS

Average: £130 per head, 282p per kilo (46kgs)

Hoggs per head:

Suffolk: £174 South Dissington, £166 Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, £142 Brotherstone, Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, £138 Waterside, Texel: £171 Bettyfield, £170 Waterside, £167 New Blainslie, £165 Bettyfield, £161 Faughhill, £160 Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, South Dissington, £157 Faughhill, £156 Bettyfield, Waterside, £149 Bettyfield, £146 Chesters Brae, Waterside, £145 Waterside, £144 Douglasdale, £143 Faughhill, £141 Harden Mains, £140 Waterside, Dorset: £158 Byrecleugh, Beltex: £168, £143 Brotherstone, £140 Ruecastle Cottages, £134 Waterside, £130 Ruecastle Cottage, North Country Cheviot: £147, £134 (2), £133, £130 Boghall, Blackface: £135 Hartside, £129 Whitfield, Hwk, Bluefaced Leicester: £131 Hartside

Hoggs per kilo:
North Country Cheviot:
319p (2), 316p, 312.2p, 309.3p, 306.3p Boghall, Suffolk: 306.7p Waterside, Texel: 302.3p Faughhill, 300p Waterside, Beltex: 310p, 308p Waterside, Blackface: 291.1p Kirkstead

EWES

A hardier and more weathered show of sheep sold well for the quality forward.  Smart fleshy sorts still fetched a premium!

Achieving the top price was a Texel Ewe at £139 from regular customer W.Arnott & Co, Butterdean

Texel: £139, £137, £133 Buterdean, £131 Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, £127 Birkenside, Hermiston, £121 Birkenside, Waterside, £119 Langtonlees, Floors Farming (Rawburn), Suffolk: £125 Mossilee, £123 Trabroun, £121 Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, Butterdean, £119 Butterdean, £117 Ballencrieff Mains, £115 Corsbie, Langtonlees, North Falaknowe, Lleyn: £117, £109 Trabroun, Cheviot Mule: £115 Langtonlees, £109 Butterdean, Zwartble: £109 Lauder Barns, Greyfaced: £109 Butterdean, £107 Hermiston, £101 Mossilee, Whitfield, Hawick, North Falaknowe, £99 Inchkeith, Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, Hampshire: £101 Byrecleugh, Jacob: £95 Threepwood, North Country Cheviot: £91 Mainstay Farming, £81 Smiddy Hill, North Falaknowe, Smiddy Hill, £77 Floors Farming (Rawburn), South Country Cheviot: £85, £71 Langhope, Blackface: £83 North Falaknowe, £79 Kirkstead, £69 Kirklands, A, North Falaknowe, Floors  Farming (Rawburn), Easy Care: £81 Inchkeith, Shetland: £65 Waterside

 

RAMS:

Bluefaced Leicester: £131 Kirkstead, Lleyn: £127, £109 Whitlaw, Suffolk: £111 Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, Blackface Woodland: £111 Gala Farms, Texel: £102 Shepherds Cottage, Stobswood, £95 New Blainslie, South Country Cheviot: £91 Langhope.