St Boswells Primestock Sale

54 Clean Cattle, 45 Cast Cows,  682 Prime Lambs, 115 Prime Hoggs and   332 Cast Sheep
Bullocks (25) averaged 237p per kg and sold to 262p   (n/c on the week) 
Heifers (25) averaged 246p per kg and sold to 270p (+6p on the week)
4 Young Bulls averaged 176p and sold to 200p (n/c on the week)
45 Cast Cows averaged 154p per kg and sold to 203p (-6p on the week) Top price £1651
4 Cast Bulls averaged 117p per kg and sold to 123p.  Top price £1490
682 Lambs averaged 341.9p per kg (+10p on the week), £141.70 per head and sold to £184
Top price 371p per kg for Texel Lambs.

Hoggs averaged 233.44p per kg ( n/c on the week), £109  per head and sold to £167. Top price 278p per kg for Texel.x Hoggs
Cast Sheep averaged £109.23, and sold to £157 for Texel and Suffolk Ewes
Heavy Ewes averaged £112, light ewes sold to £127 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £84

CATTLE

Clean Cattle in high demand.

Bullocks per head:
(465-555kgs): West Garleton £1351.82, £1329.60, Woodhead, A £1182.20, West Newbiggin £1179.36, Gospelhall £1176
(556kgs +): Woodhead, A £1643.20, Faughhill £1541.12, £1525.20, Lurdenlaw £1520.64, Penston £1477.68, West Garleton £1453.28, Woodhead, A £1433.44

Bullocks per kilo:
(465-555kgs.  Average – 230.87p): West Garleton 257p Charles Wilson Ltd, West Garleton 240p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Gospelhall 240p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Woodhead, A 240p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd
(556kgs+.  Average – 243.73p): Penston 262p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Woodhead, A 260p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Faughhill 256p J.A Waters & Son, Lurdenlaw 256p Shaw Fine Meats

Heifers per head:
(485kgs +): Bee Edge £1609.20, £1603.24, £1584, £1544.40, £1522.20, Lurdenlaw £1514.36

Heifers per kilo:
(485kgs+.  Average 246.95p): Bee Edge 270p, 269p Forsyths of Peebles,  Denholm Meat Supplies, Penston 265p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 264p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lurdenlaw 262p Forsyths of Peebles, Wester Ulston 261p Charles Wilson Ltd, Bee Edge 260p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Young Bulls per head: Fishwick £1612, East Mains £1432.80
Young Bulls per kilo: Fishwick 200p

Poorer show of Cast Cows forward

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £1651.86, Greenknowe £1437.4, Birkenside £1426.18, Greenknowe £1426.14, Burnfoot, Oxton £1382.60, Birkenside £1361.16, Middlethird £1351, Kersknowe £1336.60

Cast Cows per kilo: Marigold 203p, Roxburgh Mains 187p, Caverton Mill,  Greenknowe 177p, Middlethird 175p, Greenknowe 173p, Birkenside, Kersknowe, Greenknowe 171p

Cast Bulls per head: Easter Middleton £1490.58, Burnhouse Mains £1403.46
Cast Bulls per kilo: Bedrule 123p

LAMBS

Great trade throughout, beating expectations.

Lambs per head:  Texel: £184 Belmont, £174 Greenhead, R, Mowhaugh Schoolhouse, £170 Edrom Mains, £169 Wantonwalls, £167 Leaston, £166 Whitsome West Newton, Greenhead, R, Leaston, £164 Coltcrooks, Whitsome West Newton, Suffolk: £176 Wantonwalls, £172 Mowhaugh Schoolhouse, £166, £165(2) Marvingston, £164 Belmont, £163 Wantonwalls, Coltcrooks, £161 (2) Whitsome West Newton, Whitemire, £160 Headshaw, L, Hampshire: £163 Sorrowlessfield, £130 Treaty Park, Charollais: £163 Whitsome West Newton, Beltex: £118.50 Middlethird

Lambs per kilo:  Texel: 371.1p Leaston, 369.8p, 368.9p Greenhead, R, 368.9p, 364.4p Whitsome West Newton, 363.6p Headshaw, L, Crailing Nook, 361p Huntington, Suffolk: 365.9p (2) Whitsome West Newton, 364.4p Belmont, 359.6p Headshaw, L, 354.3p Coltcrooks, 353.2p, 351.1p Marvingston, 350.5p Wantonwalls, Hampshire: 362.2p Sorrowlessfield Mains, Charollais: 354.3p Whitsome West Newton

HOGGS

Mxed show.  Similar returns on the week

Hoggs per head:  Texel: £167 Bettyfield, £163 Hermiston, Elwartlaw, £143 Bettyfield, £141 New Blainslie, £135 Brundeanlaws Stables, Bettyfield, Suffolk: £151 Elwartlaw, £137 Heriot Mill, £125 Lamberton, £121 New Blainslie, £111 Cavers Lea, Greyfaced: £123 Huntershall, £97 Stoneypath, Blackface: £111 Huntershall, £93, £89 Stoneypath, North Country Cheviot: £109 Waterside, £97 Huntershall

Hoggs per kilo:  Texel: 278.3p Bettyfield, 274.5p Stoneypath, 272.7p Brundeanlaws Stables, 261p Waterside, 258.3p Weensland Road, 258.1p New Blainslie, 256.3p Waterside, Suffolk: 277.5p Cavers Lea, 258.5p Heriot Mill, 228.8p Elwartlaw, 228.3p New Blainslie, Greyfaced: 251p Huntershall, 241.7p Cammerlaws, 220.5p Stoneypath, North Country Cheviot: 242.2p Waterside, 231p Huntershall, Blackface: 241.3p Huntershall, 214.5p Stoneypath

EWES Mixed show of Ewes forward, with all classes much the same price on the week.
Top price achieved of £157 on two occasions.  Firstly for a strong Suffolk Ewe from Mr W.N Sandilands, 2/3 Ruecastle Cottages, then a smart Texel from Wester Ulston Sheep went on to gain the same return!
Numbers required for a growing demand here at Boswells Auction Mart!

Texel: £157 Wester Ulston, £155 Huntington, £149 Wester Ulston, Huntington, £145 Bogend, £143 Huntington, Waterside, Headshaw, L, £141 Kirktonhill, Waterside, Suffolk: £157 Wester Ulston, £155 Elwartlaw, £151, £141 Huntington, £141 Headshaw, L, £139 Waterside, £135 Huntington, Marvingston, Bluefaced Leicester: £149 Hartside, Cheviot Mule: £137 Kirktonhill, Half Bred:£135, £119 Marvingston, North Country Cheviot: £127 Marvingston, £113 Saughtree, £109 Kirktonhill, £107 Marvingston, £105 Headshaw, L, Greyfaced: £125 Deuchrie, £119 Kirktonhill, £117 Broomilees, £115 (2) Stoneypath, £111 Bettyfield, £107 Lamberton, Greenhead, R, Border Leicester: £115 Deuchrie, Blackface; £115 Outerston, £107 Falsidehill, £103 Kirktonhill, Lleyn: £103 Easter Midburn, Shetland: £71 Waterside, £59 Sorrowlessfield Mains

RAMS - Suffolk: £143 Broomilees, Texel: £143 (2) Roxburgh Mains, £127 Hermiston, £123 Whitsome West Newton, Lleyn: £141, £133 Colmslie, Greyfaced: £133 Hermiston, Bluefaced Leicester: £127 Heriot Mill, Blackface: £109 Heriot Mill