St Boswells Slae of Charolais and Multibreed Suckled Calves and Store Sheep

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

Harrison & Hetherington held their Annual Show and Sale of Continental Cattle.

Cattle looking in great form and full of bloom.

Taking charge of this years judging was Mr W.Dandie, Learielaw tapping out his champion to Messrs Anderson, Headshaw with a smashing Charolais Heifer.

Reserve Champion went to Messrs Ross, Wester Middleton with a Limousin.x Bullock.

Topping todays trade was Messrs Sinclair, Crookston with a thumper of a Charolais.x Bullock at £2625

Top pence per kilo went to Messrs Anderson, Headshaw with a Charolais.x Bullock at

545p per kilo. This pen also went on to win ‘Best pen of Charolais.x Bullocks’

PRIZE LIST
Best Bullock
1^st Ross, Wester Middleton- RESERVE CHAMPION
2^nd AR Hume, Ellemford

Best Heifer
1^st           Anderson, Headshaw - CHAMPION
2^nd          Anderson, Headshaw
3^rd          Huntington Partnership

Best Pen of Bullocks- Messrs Anderson, Headshaw

Best Pen of Heifers- Messrs Brown, Stoneypath

Thank you to Norvite for kindly sponsoring our show this year.

Bullocks per head

Charolais (Ave. £2,113.30) £2,650, £2450, £2330 Sinclair,Crookston, £2580 Sutherland, New Channelkirk, £2370 Brown, Stoneypath, £2330, £2320 Anderson, Headshaw, £2300 Pate, Mossilee

Limousin (Ave. £1,979.32) £2,410 Ross Farms, Wester Middleton, £2300, £2160 Sinclair, Crookston, £2240 Anderson, Headshaw, £2170 Cairns & Logan, South Riccalton, £2160 Hume Farming, Ellemford and Hamilton, Earlside

Fleckvieh (Ave. £2,145) £2,380, £2090 Sutherland,New Channelkirk Farm

Simmental (Ave. £2,072.89) £2,350, £2310 Sutherland,New Channelkirk Farm, £2310 Bell, Roxburgh Mill, £2300 Sinclair, Crookson and Pate, Mossilee

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £2,182.30) £2,330, £2150 Sinclair,Crookston, £2150 Brown, Stoneypath,

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. £2,260) £2,260 Pate,Mossilee

British Blue (Ave. £2,210) £2,230 Anderson,Headshaw Farm

Saler (Ave. £1,990) £1,990 Brown, Stoneypath

Heifers per head

Charolais (Ave. £1,997.48) £2,520, £2320, £2290, £2280, £2230 Anderson & Son,Headshaw, £2450, £2400 Sinclair, Crookston

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. £1,786.66) £2,400 Sinclair,Crookston, £2200 Huntington Partnership

Limousin (Ave. £1,862.13) £2,340 Anderson,Headshaw, £2290, £2160, £2100 Huntington Partnership, £2180 Hume Farming, Ellembank, £2110 Brown, Stoneypath, Cairns & Logan, South Riccalton

Simmental (Ave. £1,892) £2,110, £2100 Anderson,Headshaw, £2070 Cairns & Logan, South Riccalton, £1940 Pogbie Farms

Bullocks per kilo

Charolais (Ave. 443.74p) 545.20p, 464.6p, 452.4p Anderson, Headshaw Farm, 476.7p, 457.8p, 457.1p , 453.8p Pate, Stobshiel Mains, 453.5p Davies, North Synton

Limousin (Ave. 429.38p) 485.70p(2), 470p, 459.5p, 452.5p Anderson & Son,Parkhill, 474.1p 456.8p, 451.8p Ker, Fens, 468p Ross Farms, Wester Middleton, 451.9p Warden, Skelfhill

Simmental (Ave. 406.56p) 468p Anderson & Son,Headshaw Farm, 439.5p, 431.8p Rutter, Greenhead,

Saler (Ave. 418.94p) 418.90p Brown,Stoneypath

British Blue (Ave. 387.71p) 416.80p Anderson,Headshaw Farm

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 410.86p) 416.10p Sinclair, Crookston, 416p Brown, Stoneypath

Fleckvieh (Ave. 355.27p) 392.20p Sutherland,New Channelkirk Farm

Beef Shorthorn (Ave. 389.65p) 389.70p Pate, Mossilee

Heifers per kilo

Charolais (Ave. 461.94p) 501.10p, 499p, 491.4p, 475p Anderson,Headshaw Farm, 486.8p Davies, North Synton, 480p, 475.9p Brown, Stoneypath

Limousin (Ave. 427.83p) 489.90p Hume Farming,Ellembank, 489.2p, 482.5p, 461.4p Anderson, Headshaw, 483.8p Ker, Fens, 474.7p, 462.6p Huntington Partnership, 471.1p Warden, Skelfhill, 456.8p Anderson, Parkhill

Aberdeen Angus (Ave. 398.51p) 442.70p, 400p Brown ,Stoneypath, 402.2p Pogbie Farms

Simmental (Ave. 410.41p) 441p, 423.3p Bell,Roxburgh Mill Farm, 420p Anderson, Headshaw

STORE SHEEP

‘You won’t see a trade like this! All classes of lambs pounds and pounds dearer today. All vendors left speechless as the store lamb trade is set alight!’

2011 head to average £111.76

Fortnightly sale of Store Sheep with a 1000 of the lambs forward being cheviots – that is some average!

Leading consignors (20 or more cheviots)

Reid, Whitefield – 50 to average £119

Hamilton, Birneyknowe – 73 to average £118

Tweedie, Buchtrig – 50 to average £118

Anderson, Headshaw – 54 to average £117

Allen, Stouphill – 153 to average £116

Topping the cheviots was Messrs Reid, Whitefield following at £118 was first Messrs Hamilton,Birneyknowe and also from Messrs Tweedie, Buchtrig

Leading Consignors (20 or more)

Findlay, The Neuk – 64 to average £132.27

Rutter, Greenhead – 41 to average £128.50