St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 49 Prime Cattle, 22 Cast Cows, 1473 Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and 196 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (21) averaged 380p per kg and sold to 408p 

Heifers (28) averaged 397p per kg and sold to 437p

Cast Cows (21) averaged 295p per kg and sold to 335p.  Top price £2733

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 251p per kg.  Top Price £2610

Lambs (1473) averaged 353p per kilo (-15p on the week), £154 per head and sold to £214 for Charollais Lambs

Top price 404.8p per kilo for Beltex Lambs

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

Top price p per kg for Texel Hoggs

Cast Sheep (196) averaged £159.17 and sold to £227 for Charollais ewes

Heavy ewes averaged £184, light ewes sold to £187 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £139

CATTLE

Smaller show, with trade still as buoyant

Bullocks per head

Limousin: (Ave. £2,285.36) £2,684.64, £2,628.16 Hamilton Farming Enterprises, Lennoxlove, £2,622.00 Hamilton, Bee Edge Charolais: (Ave. £2,370.04) £2,370.04 Lamont, Dunslaw Blonde: (Ave. £1,951.71) £2,065, £2,057.40 Lamont, Dunslaw

Bullocks per kilo

Limousin: (Ave. 382.65p) 408p Young, Nisbet to J.A. Waters & Sons, 400p Lamont, Dunslaw

Charolais: (Ave. 386p) 386p Lamont, Dunslaw Blonde: (Ave. 363.79p) 381p Lamont, Dunslaw

Heifers per head

Limousin: (Ave. £2,351.56) £2,792.40 Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, £2,786.28 Hamilton, Bee Edge

Charolais: (Ave. £2,327.52) £2,656 Orr, Penston, £2,488.20 Dun, Brothershiels

Blonde: (Ave.£2,116.92) £2,173.60 Lamont, Dunslaw

Heifers per kilo

Limousin: (Ave. 399.53p) 437p Hamilton, Bee Edge to W. Kirkup & Sons, 434p Hamilton, Bee Edge to

Hugh Black & Sons Ltd Charolais: (Ave. 391.84p) 415p Orr, Penston, 396p Dun, Brothershiels

Blonde: (Ave. 372.04p) 380p Lamont, Dunslaw

CAST COWS

Fabulous trade.

Cast Cows per head:

Charolais: (Ave. £2,676.01) £2,733.60 Jeffrey, Kersknowe British Blue: (Ave. £2,638.88) £2,664.76

Stewart, Sunlawshill Aberdeen Angus: (Ave. £2,047.69) £2,661.52 Dun, Brothershiels, £2,604.16

 Whitburgh Farms Fleckvieh: (Ave. £2,135.48) £2,135.48 Bluestone Farming Ltd, Nethermains Farm

Hereford: (Ave. £1,932.09) £1,949.40 Douglas, Ruletownhead Beef Shorthorn: (Ave. £1,793.92)

£1,943.76 Faughhill Farming Ltd, Faughhill

Cast Cows per kilo:

Charolais: (Ave. 325.95p) 335p, 317p, Jeffrey, Kersknowe Aberdeen Angus: (Ave. 292.53p)

325p Faughill Farming Ltd, Faughhill, 323p Dun, Brothershiels, 315p Howey, Broomiebank, 313p

Whitburgh Farms British Blue: (Ave. 315.66p) 325p, 307p Stewart, Sunlawshill Beef Shorthorn: (Ave.

280.89) 303p Howey, Broomiebank Hereford: (Ave. 287.94p) 291p Douglas, Ruletownhead

Fleckvieh: (Ave. 271p) 271p Bluestone Farming Ltd, Nethermains

Cast Bull per head:

Beef Shorthorn: (Ave. £2,610.40) £2,610.40 Faughhill Farming Ltd. Faughhill

Cast Bull per kilo:

Beef Shorthorn:  (Ave. 251p) 251p Faughhill Farming Ltd, Faughhill

LAMBS

More lambs forward, heavies easy sold.

Average 353p, SQQ 349p, £154, 43.6kg

  Lambs per head

Charollais (Ave. £155.36) £214, £209, £180 Cormack,Oxnam Neuk, £178 Scott, Redpath East End Texel: (Ave. £153.31) £207 Laird, St Clements Wells, £201 Burncastle Farming, £200 Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, B. Rae Farming Ltd, 7 Chesters Brae, £199 Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, Laird, St Clements Wells, £196 Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, £195 Legars Ltd, Legars Farm Suffolk (Ave. £156.37)  £201 McMorran, Mowhaugh Schoolhouse, Taylor, Belmont, £197 Barclay, Leetside, £191 White, Middlestead, £179 Laing, Oxmuir, £178 Barclay, Leetside, £176 Pate, Marvingston Beltex: (Ave. £160.20) £181 Fullerton, Corsbie, £170 Rutter, Greenhead, Anderson, Headshaw Hampshire: (Ave. £176) £176 Laird, St Clements Wells Romney (Ave. £170) £170 Hume Farming Ltd, Broombank Lambs per kilo Beltex: (Ave. 375p) 404.8p Anderson, Headshaw, 395.3p Rutter, Greenhead, 393.5p Fullerton, Corsbie, 365.9p Hume Farming Ltd, Broombank Texel: (Ave. 354p) 404.2p White, Middlestead, 400p Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, 393.3p Anderson, Headshaw, 392p, 390.2p Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, 390p Huntington Partnership, Huntington, 389.8p Dixon, Whitsome West Newton, White, Middlestead Suffolk: (Ave. 348p) 389.8p White, Middlestead, 380.2p Anderson, Headshaw, 378.8p, 374.7p Barclay, Leetside, 372.2p McMorran, Mowhaugh Schoolhouse Hampshire: (Ave. 370.5p) 370.5p Laird, St Clements Wells Charollais: (Ave. 346p) 366.7p, 360p, 359.4p Cormack, Oxnam Neuk, 359.1p Pate, Marvingston EWES Smaller show and classes similar. Texel: (Ave. £173.01) £227 Cormack, Oxnam Neuk, £221 Sanderson, Greenhead, £219 Cormack, Oxnam Neuk, Logan, Leaston, £213 Cormack, Oxnam Neuk, £209 Lylestane Farming Co, Lylestane, £200 Cormack, Oxnam Neuk Suffolk: (Ave. £174.37) £207 Earlston Mains Farm Trust, £205 Nicholson, Fishwick, £185 Legars Limited, Legars Farm, £181 Mundell, Meigle Bluefaced Leicester: (Ave. £123.33) £135 Tollishill Farming Co, Tollishill, Hume Farming Ltd, Broombank Zwartable: (Ave. £193) £193 Laing, Oxmuir North Country Cheviot: (Ave. £130.87) £187 Lylestane Farming Co, Lylestane, £155 Rock Farming Co, Hethpool , £139 Amos, Rochester House Greyfaced: (Ave. £150.56) £169 Lylestane Farming Co, Lylestane, £167 Sharp, Newbigging Walls, £163 Laing, Oxmuir, £159 Amos, Rochester House, £151 Legars Limited, Legars Farm Cheviot Mule: (Ave. £105.29) £167 Douglas, Saughtree, £117 Logan, Leaston Beltex: (Ave. £109.33) £153 Hume Farming Ltd, Broombank Dutch Spotted: (Ave. £141) Sinclair, Crookston Blackface: (Ave. £123.33) £135 Tollishill Farming Co, Tollishill, £125 Hume Farming Ltd, Broombank RAMS Suffolk: (Ave. £171.50) £180 Laing, Oxmuir, £163 Sandilands, Brown’s Cottage Texel: (Ave. £125.67) £169 Wester Ulston, Upper Hundalee Blackface: (Ave. £136.60) £157 Tollishill Farming Co, Tollishill