St Boswells Primestock Sale

1821 Prime Lambs,  300 Cast Sheep

1821 Lambs averaged 330p per kg (-10p on the week) £148 per head and sold to £194 for Texel Lambs.

Top price of 384p per kg for Texel Lambs

300 Cast Sheep averaged £152.52 and sold to £240

Heavy Ewes averaged £201, light ewes sold to £175 for North Country Cheviot Ewes and averaged £132

PRIME SHEEP

All classes slightly easier on the week with more numbers forward nationally.

Average 330p per kilo.  £148 per head. 44.8kgs.  SQQ 335p

Lambs per head

Texel (Ave. £149.70)  £194 Legars Ltd, £192, £186, £184, £182 Walton, Grange Moor, £192, £185 Fleming, Crossrigg Farm Cottages, £190, £182, £180 Fullerton, Corsbie Farm,

Suffolk (Ave. £148.12)  £194, £164 Fullerton, Corsbie Farm, £175 Anderson, Headshaw, £172 Strang-Steel, Threepwood, £171 Legars Ltd, £166 Hall, New Blainslie, £164 Fleming, Crossrig Farm Cottage

Blue Texel (Ave. £184)  £193, £175 Highfield Farming, The Knock

Beltex (Ave. £154.50)  £186 Fullerton, Corsbie Farm, £160(2), £155(2) Faughhill Farming, £159, £154 Strang-Steel, Threepwood, £155 Story, Rugley

North Country Cheviot (Ave. £137.37)  £167, £148.50 Rock Farming, Hethpool House, £160 Runciman, Allanshaws, £145 Anderson, Headshaw and Adderstonshiels Farming

Blue Faced Leicester (Ave. £165)  £165 Turkington ,Outer Huntly

Cheviot Mule (Ave. £137.22)  £163 Runciman, Allanshaws

Dutch Spotted (Ave. £160)  £160 Elliot, Kirkhope Steading

Greyfaced (Ave. £134.23)  £154, £142 Sinclair, Crookston, £140 Faughhill Farming

Lleyn (Ave. £143.71)  £144 Farmstock Genetics, Over Whitlaw

Blackface (Ave. £128.72)  £143 Sinclair,Crookston

Herdwick (Ave. £129.42)  £140 Lauder Herdwicks, Scarlaw

Charollais (Ave. £120.50)  £140 Turkington ,Outer Huntly

Lambs per kilo

Texel (Ave. 331p)  384.10p, 372.7p Walton,Grange Moor, 369p, 358p Lylestane Farming, 364.4p, 363.3p, 357.1p Dixon Bros, Whitsome West Newton, 358.7p Fleming, 2 Crossrig Farm Cottages

Beltex (Ave. 357p)  378p, 352.3p Faughhill Farming, 369.8p, 350p Strang-Steel, Threepwood, 369p, 363.9p Story, Rugley, 368.3p(2), 355.3p Lylestane Farming

Blue Texel (Ave. 325p)  350p Highfield Farming,The Knock

Suffolk (Ave. 325p)  345.50p Fleming,2 Crossrigg Farm Cottages, 338.5p Mundell, Meigle, 334.1p Connell Farms, Wantonwalls, 331p Adderstonshiels Farming

North Country Cheviot (Ave. 327p)  341p Rock Farming Co,Hethpool House, 336.3p Turkington, Outer Huntly, 333.7p Runciman, Allanshaws

Charollais (Ave. 328p)  339p Turkington ,Outer Huntly

Cheviot Mule (Ave. 331p)  334.10p Turkington ,Outer Huntly

Herdwick (Ave. 321p)  333.30p Lauder Herdwicks, Scarlaw

Greyfaced (Ave. 322p)  330p Sinclair,Crookston

Lleyn (Ave. 325p)  327.30p Farmstock Genetics, Over Whitlaw Farmhouse,

Dutch Spotted (Ave. 326p)  326.50p Elliot, Kirkhope Steading

Blackface (Ave. 304p)  310.90p Sinclair,Crookston

CAST EWES

Leaving 2025 with a bang!  All vendors left gob-smacked after today’s Cast Sheep trade.  You can’t find it as good anywhere else - so why look??

What a year 2025 has been!  Week-in-week-out numbers have been up with an end total of 5535 Ewes up on the year. 

We would like to thank all new and existing customers for their support over the past year and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year. Wishing you all a prosperous New Year

300 head to average £152.52

Topping the sale today at £240 was a Texel Ewe from Messrs Fleming, Crossrigg Cottage.  Following her at £236 was 2 Texels from Messrs Howey, Broomiebank

Texel (Ave. £195.61)  £240 Fleming,2 Crossrigg Farm Cottages, £236 Howey, Broomiebank, £232, £222, £220, £216, £210(2), £208 Dixon Bros, Whitsome West Newton, £210 Wight, Ecclaw

Suffolk (Ave. £199.83)  £228 Anderson, Headshaw Farm, £224, £220, £214 Wight, Ecclaw, £208 Bell, Langraw, £202, £172 Blackcruik Farming, £178 Morton, Kaeside

Dutch Spotted (Ave. £226)  £226 Elliot, 5 Kirkhope Steading

Charollais (Ave. £168)  £220, £180, £156, £142 Turkington ,Outer Huntly

Lleyn (Ave. £161.16)  £220, £140 Farmstock Genetics, Over Whitlaw Farmhouse, £160, £152 Scott Aiton, Legerwood

Blue Texel (Ave. £184)  £218 Dixon, Whitsome West Newton,£200, £140 Elliot, Pond House, £178 Howey, Broomiebank

Greyfaced (Ave. £173.86)  £216 Legars Farm, £196, £140 Blackcruik Farming, £194, £180 Wight, Ecclaw, £176 Morton, Kaeside

Dorset (Ave. £162)  £210, £114 Wilson,Leithenhope Cottage

Halfbred (Ave. £196)  £196 Anderson, Headshaw Farm

Romney (Ave. £196)  £196 Letham Farming, Newbigging Birks Cottage

North Country Cheviot (Ave. £127.69)  £175, £136 Hamilton, Birneyknowe, £164, £128 Anderson, Headshaw, £141 Renton, Bowershield, £138 Turkington, Outer Huntly, £128 Anderson, Headshaw

Easy Care (Ave. £128.54)  £160(2), £148, £146, £132, £116 Wade,Overton Bush

Blackface (Ave. £110.37)  £160, £142, £135, £116, £98 Burncastle Farming, £136 Turkington, Outer Huntly, £128 Morton, Kaeside, £124 Wilson, Leithenhope Cottage,

Jacob (Ave. £110.44)  £126, £98 Blackcruik Farming

Hebridean (Ave. £76)  £76 Blackcruik Farming

Shetland (Ave. £48)  £48 Playfair,Stichill Eastfield