Date: 22 September 2025 | Primestock

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St Boswells Primestock Sale

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

Sold 84 Prime Cattle, 52 Cast Cows, 2075 Prime Lambs and 777 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (32) averaged 390p per kg and sold to 426p

Heifers (37) averaged 402p per kg and sold to 450p

Young Bulls (15) averaged 393p per kg and sold to 414p

Cast Cows (46) averaged 282p per kg and sold to 329p. Top price £2895

Cast Bulls (6) averaged 268p per kilo and sold to 279p per kg. Top price £3418

Lambs (2075) averaged 312p per kilo, £142.57 per head and sold to £187 for Suffolk.x Lambs

Top price 400p per kilo for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (777) averaged £120 and sold to £ 310

Heavy ewes averaged £180, light ewes sold £158 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £115

PRIME CATTLE

Good show of Cattle met a good trade for all types.

Bullocks per head

Limousin (Ave. £2,715.62) £3,101.84 Gray & Sons,Low Hall, £3088.96, £3057.12, £2914.56

Clark, Wellheads, £2792.24, £2775.52 Dandie, Learielaw

British Blue (Ave. £2,780.84) £3,070.39, £3040.56 Gray,Low Hall

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £2,172.29) £2,599.60, £2464.80, £2414.72, £2414.02 Cowe,Oldcastles

Simmental (Ave. £2,449.21) £2,559.60, £2526.48 Cowe, Oldcastles

Bullocks per kilo

Limousin (Ave. 396.82p) 426.00p, 418p(2) Dandie,Learielaw, 406p Gray, Low Hall

British Blue(Ave.405.67p) 414p Clark, Wellheads, 412p Gray, Low Hall

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 370.98p) 401p, 398p(2) Cowe, Oldcastles

Simmental (Ave. 392.29p) 397.00p, 396p (2) Cowe,Oldcastles

Heifers per head

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £2,222.17) £2,941.43, £2828.92, £2669.76, Clark,Wellheads, £2663.44 Baird, Lurdenlaw

Limousin (Ave. £2,463.78) £2,781.67, £2743.86 Dandie,Learielaw, £2682, £2648.80 Hamilton, Bee Edge,

£2640.40 Baird, Lurdenlaw

British Blue (Ave. £2,389.47) £2,696.63 Strother,Fowberry Moor

Simmental (Ave. £2,591.91) £2,591.91 Jeffrey,Kersknowe Farm

Charolais (Ave. £2,407.46) £2,415.60 Dun & Sons,Brothershiels Farm, £2399.32 Young, Nisbet

Hereford (Ave. £2,411.63) £2,411.63 Muircleugh Partners

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. £2,059.54) £2,170.62 Faughhill Farming

Heifers per kilo

Limousin (Ave. 419.54p) 450.00p Hamilton,Bee Edge Farm to Denholm Meat Supplies,

440p Hamilton, Bee Edge to W.Kirkup & Sons, 438p Dun, Brothershiels to David Comrie, 436p Dandie,

Learielaw to Hugh Black & Sons, 436p Baird, Lurdenlaw to David Comrie

British Blue(Ave.405.45p) 424p Strother, Fowberry Moor, 400p Faughill Farming

Charolais (Ave. 406.66p) 418.00p Young,Nisbet Farm

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 371.88p) 412.00p Clark,Wellheads to Hugh Black & Sons Ltd

Hereford (Ave. 405.99p) 406.00p Muircleugh Partners

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. 389.69p) 392.00p, 390p Faughhill Farming

Simmental (Ave. 361.99p) 362.00p Jeffrey,Kersknowe Farm

Young Bulls per head

Limousin (Ave. £2553.77) £2857.36 Walker, Pathhead, £2798.64, £2758.80, £2725.16 Strother, Fowberry Moor

Charolais(Ave.£2519.34) £2608.28 Strother, Fowberry Moor

Young Bulls per kilo

Limousin(Ave.393.07p) 414p, 412p Strother, Fowberry Moor

Charolais(Ave.393.03p) 394p Strother, Fowberry Moor

CAST COWS

Good trade

Cast Cows per head

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £2,063.91) £2,895.62, £2781.42 Robson & Co,Venchen, £2670.90 Pate, Stobshiel Mains

Simmental (Ave. £2,065.97) £2,884.69 Muircleugh Partners, £2336.04, £2322.74 Wilson, Hutlerburn

Charolais(Ave.£2599.40) £2599.40 Jeffrey, Kersknowe

British Blue(Ave.£2271.54) £2271.54 Dun & Sons, Brothershiels

Limousin (Ave. £1,672.65) £2,651.21 Dun & Sons,Brothershiels Farm

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. £2,063.59) £2,381.58 Hogg & Partners,Birkenside Farm, £2185.84 Wilson, Hutlerburn

Shetland(Ave.£2352.46) £2352.46 Pate, Mossilee

Luing (Ave. £1,889.95) £2,106.30 Pate & Sons,Mossilee, £2100.98 Helm, Haltree

Hereford (Ave. £1,618.14) £1,674.00 Sangster,Pilmuir Farm

Cast Cows per kilo

Simmental (Ave. 283.10p) 329.00p Wilson,Hutlerburn Farm, 317p Muircleugh Partners

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. 304.81p) 311.00p, 307p Wilson,Hutlerburn Farm, 303p Hogg,

Birkenside

Charolais(Ave.317p) 317p Jeffrey, Kersknowe

Limousin (Ave. 245.25p) 309.00p Dun, Brothershiels Farm

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 285.62p) 307.00p Robson,Venchen, Curry,West Newbigging and

Pate, Stobshiel Mains

Luing (Ave. 286.35p) 303.00p, 301p Helm,Haltree

British Blue (Ave. 289.00p) 289.00p Dun & Sons,Brothershiels Farm

Shetland (Ave. 288.99p) 289.00p Pate & Sons,Mossilee

Hereford (Ave. 273.33p) 277.00p Sangster,Pilmuir Farm

CAST BULLS

Cast Bulls per head

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. £3,418.50) £3,418.50 Hogg & Partners,Birkenside Farm

Simmental (Ave. £2,825.11) £3,091.00 Hickson,Woodhouse Farm

Limousin (Ave. £2,550.80) £3,029.93 Carse & Son,South Ord

Cast Bulls per kilo

Limousin(Ave.265.99) 279p Carse, South Ord

Beef Shorthorn(Ave.265p) 265p Hogg, Birkenside

Simmental(Ave.269.23p) 275p Hickson, Woodhouse, 267p Fullerton, Corsbie

PRIME LAMBS

Larger show forward with all classes of well fleshed lambs easily sold, leaner types still harder to cash. Topping the trade was £187 from Messrs Runciman, Huntington

Lambs per head

Suffolk (Ave. £139.88) £187.00, £176, £170(2) Huntington Partnership, £180 Fleming, Anvil, £178, £170 Grieve, The Lee, £178, £176 Anderson, Headshaw, £174 Newtrench, Whitehill

Texel (Ave. £142.46) £184.00(2), £176, £175 Buchanan & Sons,South Common Farm, £181 Fullerton, Corsbie, £180(2) Ogilvie, Ballencrieff Mains, £175 Fleming, The Anvil, £175 Weir, Cortleferry

Beltex (Ave. £153.82) £178.00, £176, £175(2), £174 Huntington Partnership, £178, £175(2), £171 McGowan, Craiglea

Halfbred (Ave. £170.00) £170.00 Anderson, Headshaw Farm

Jacob (Ave. £144.66) £154.00(2) Neill & Partners,Upper Nisbet Farm

Cheviot Mule (Ave. £133.03) £150.00 Lowrie & Partners,Blegbie, £139 King, Gospelhall

Blue Texel (Ave. £139.20) £145.00 K.Millar,Hopton, £139 Pogbie Farms

North Country Cheviot (Ave. £137.16) £143.00 Robson,Venchen, £140 Leggate, Brundeanlaws

Romney (Ave. £128.37) £140.00 Robson,Venchen

Ryeland(Ave.£127) £127 Hislop, Coltcrooks

Lambs per kilo

Beltex (Ave. 349p) 400.00p, 397.7p, 387p, 380p

McGowan,Craiglea, 393p, 382.6p, 380.4p Huntington Partnership, 385.9p Hume, Broombank, 381.8p Scamblesby, Huntershall

Suffolk(Ave.301p) 374p, 354.2p(2), 352p Huntington Partnership, 335.8p Anderson, Headshaw, 326.7p, 326p, 315p Fleming, Anvil, 325p Rodger, Galadean

Texel (Ave. 310p) 367.40p Huntington Partnership, 356.1p Pogbie Farms, 348.9p Fleming, Anvil, 344.8p Fullerton, Corsbie, 337.5p Buchanan, South Common, 334p Anderson,Headshaw, 332.6p DJ Texels, 332p Fullerton, Corsbie

Blue Texel (Ave. 302p) 315.90p Pogbie Farms

Halfbred (Ave. 306p) 306.30p Anderson & Son,Headshaw Farm

North Country Cheviot (Ave. 292p) 304.30p Robson,Venchen, 300p Adderstonshiels Farming

Ryeland (Ave. 302p) 302.40p Hislop,Coltcrooks

Cheviot Mule (Ave. 293p) 300.00p King,Gospel Hall, Lowrie, Blegbie and Anderson, Parkhill

Romney (Ave. 294p) 297.90p Robson,Venchen

CAST EWES

‘Meat pays! Fat ewes reaping the rewards today. Lean hill ewes proven harder to sell today’

777 head to average £120

Topping the sale today at £310 was a Texel Ewe from Messrs Dodd, Tundergarth. Following her at £290 was again a Texel this time from Messrs Little, Fiddleton Bunkend

Suffolk (Ave. £156.91) £310 Dodd, Tundergarth Mains

Beltex (Ave. £220.12) £255.00 McAulay,Wauchope Farm

Blackface(Ave.£50) £114 McClymont, Kirkstead

Cheviot Mule (Ave. £151.97) £210.00 Whitehill Farm, Nenthorn

Greyfaced (Ave. £113.86) £180.00 Hendry,Symington Mains Farm

Dorset (Ave. £158.00) £158.00 Dodd, Tundergarth

North Country Cheviot (Ave. £92.50) £158.00 Ferrie,10 A Douglas Square

Blue Faced Leicester (Ave. £120.00) £152.00 Bain,Bank Cottage

Zwartble (Ave. £140.00) £140.00 Edgar,Church Street, Duns

Easy Care (Ave. £97.69) £134.00 Fullerton & Son,Cockburn Farm

CAST RAMS

Charollais (Ave. £240.00) £240.00 Orr, Penston Farm