St Boswells Sale of Store Cattle, Store Sheep & Special Sale of Rams

STORE CATTLE

Good show forward.  Topping at £2290 for Limousin.x Bullocks from McGowan, Craiglea and 420p per kilo from the same home

Bullocks per head

Aberdeen Angus(Ave.£1450) £1450 Earlston Mains Farm Trust

Limousin (Ave.£2105.71) £2290, £2190(2) McGowan, Craiglea

Charolais(Ave.£1965) £2010, £1950 Adderstonshiels Farming

Bullocks per kilo

Limousin (Ave.407.75p) 420.2p, 418.4p McGowan, Craiglea

Charolais(Ave.413.68p) 414.9p, 410.2p Adderstonshiels Farming

Heifers per head

Aberdeen Angus(Ave.£1685) £1770 Buchanan, South Common

Limousin(Ave.£1774.40) £2100, £2090, £2020 McGowan, Craiglea

Simmental (Ave.£1582.50) £1770, £1600 Buchanan, South Common

Charolais(Ave.£1768) £1870 Adderstonshiels Farming

Heifers per kilo

Limousin (Ave.378.66p) 407.77p McGowan, Craiglea, 404.7p Anderson, Parkhill

Simmental(Ave.370.18p) 389p Buchanan, South Common

Charolais (Ave.376.17p) 377.8p Adderstonshiels Farming

STORE SHEEP

What a trade! The best in the area.  All vendors left the market over the moon! 

Topping the trade today at £142 was a pen of 25 Texels from Monksford Farming

Leading Averages-

Mabon, Lustruther – 54 to average £122.50

Douglas, Howahill – 51 to average £119

Riding, Lanton Crag – 42 to average £117.21

Bowden Moor & Broomilees – 27 to average £116.54

Renton, Bowershiels – 42 to average £116

Breed Report

Texel (285 to average £112) £142 Monksford Farming

Suffolk(80 to average £122) £122.50 Mabon, Lustruther, £119.50 Bowden Moor & Broomilees

North Country Cheviot (161 to average £114) £116 Renton, Bowershields, £115 Hamilton, Birneyknowe, £110 Tennant, Shaws

Hill Cheviot (50 to average £87) £87 Thomson, Holylee

RAMS

All tups easy to sell today!  Better end of the tups reaping the rewards.

Topping the sale at £1000 twice was  Bluefaced Leicesters from Messrs Hedley, Corsbie Cottage.

Following them at £750 was a Beltex from Halliday, Threeburnford. 

Texels topped at £650 by Anderson, Headshaw

Breed Report

Bluefaced Leicester £1000(2) Hedley, Corsbie Cottage, £700, £500(2) Mabon,Howden

Beltex £750, £450 Halliday, Threeburnford, £700 Halliday, Pirntaton Cottage

Texel £650 , £600 Anderson, Headshaw, £520, £450, £420 Mackie, Crailing Nook,

Suffolk £500 Sandilands, Browns Cottage, Jedburgh, £400(2) Campbell, Maidenhall, £300 Dickson, Springhill

Jacob £80 Bowden Moor & Broomilees