St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 56 Clean Cattle, 54 Cast Cows, 1121 Prime Lambs and 268 Cast Sheep
Bullocks (20) averaged 232p per kg and sold to 258p (-6p on the week)
Heifers (36) averaged 240p per kg and sold to 276p per kg (-7p on the week)
53 Cast Cows averaged 166p per kg and sold to 219p. Top price £1477
2 Cast Bulls averaged 163p per kg and sold to 167p. Top price £1720
1121 Lambs averaged 263.6p per kg (+20p on the week) £113.50 per head and sold to £145 for Texel lambs.
Top price 281.4p per kg for Beltex lambs.
Cast sheep averaged £120.14 and sold to £151 for Suffolk Ewes
Heavy Ewes averaged £131, Light ewes sold to £121 for NCC ewes and averaged £89

CATTLE

There were more traditional types forward today but all met with a buoyant trade throughout.

Bullocks per head:

(465-555kgs ) Wester Ulston £1408.68, Faughhill £1357.92.

(556+kgs)  Papple £1583.12, £1577.28 Bee Edge £1530. Penston £1484.80. Crookhouse £1480.50. Wester Ulston £1463.20. Faughhill £1435.

Bullocks per kilo:

(465-555kgs) Average: 230.47p.  Wester Ulston 258p J&J Mather. Faughhill 246p Hugh Black& Sons Ltd.

(555+ kgs ) Average: 232.57p. Papple 257p  J Waters & Son, Butchers. Penston 256p Shaw Fine Meats, Lauder. Bee Edge 255p John Saunderson Ltd.  Faughhill 250p Hugh Black& Sons Ltd. Wester Ulston 248p G Chapman. Papple 248p G Chapman.

Heifers per head:

(400-484kgs)  Bee Edge £1628.40.

(485kgs+)  Venchen £1553.50, Bee Edge £1511.52, £1496.88, Snawdon £1425.60, Willowfors £1421.90, Smailholm Mains £1413.36, Wester Ulston £1402.50

Heifers per kilo:

(400-484kgs)  Snawdon 255p J F Finlay & C Ltd.

(485kgs+)  Bee Edge 276p Forsyths of Peebles. Bee Edge 268p Denholm Meat Supplies. Penston 259p Forsyths of Peebles. Penston 257p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd. Snawdon 256p J&J Mather. Penston 253p JF Finlay & Co Ltd. Faughhill 253p Kirkup Butchers.

COWS

There was a plainer show of cows forward but met a fantastic trade!

Cast Cows per head: Muircleugh £1477, Upper Nisbet £1447.78, Greenknowe £1341.26, Dunglass Home Farm £1321.02, Corsbie £1307.88, Heriot Mill £1304.42.

Cast Cows per kilo:  Penston 219p, Greenknowe 207p, 199p,189p, 185p Upper Nisbet 191p,179p Brothershiels 187p,177p(2) Garvald Mains 179p, Dunglass Farm 179p, Stonelaws 177p, Swinside 177p.

LAMBS

All classes were sharper on the week. Avge: £113.50 (43kg) 263.6/kg

Lambs per head:

Texe l: £145 Huntington. £140 Thornington. £134, £131 Sunnycroft. £134, £129, £126 Greenhead R. £131 Elliston. £130 Butterdean. £128 Corsbie. Beltex: £135, £118, £105 Rhodes Holdings. £129, £117 Larkhall. £117, £114 Old Melrose Lodge. £113 New Blainslie. £112.50 Philiphaugh. Suffolk: £129 Chesters Brae. £127, £123 Whitehill. £126 Muircleugh. £124 Edrom Mains .  Charolais : £117.50 Whitsome West Newton. HalfBred : £113.50 Gilmanscleuch. ChvMule: £116 Springwood Lodge.

Lambs per kilo: Texel: 281.40p Philiphaugh, 280.70p Brothershiels, 274.40p Corsbie, 274.40 Butterdean, 273.60p Huntington, 273.50p Sunnycroft, 272.50p Huntington. Suffolk: 279.10 Headshaw, 273.30p Haltree, 268.20p Blackburn, G. 267.40p Whitehill, 266.30p Corsbie. Beltex: 278.60p, 278.00p Old Melrose Lodge, 275.60p New Blainslie, 271.30p, 270p, 269.20p Rhodes Holdings, 267.90p Philiphaugh. Charolais:  264p Whitsome West Newton. Roussin: 261.70p Springwood Lodge.

EWES

A belter of a trade witnessed for all classes of Cast Sheep with the sale averaging a tidy £120.14 per head. Topping the sale at £151 was a powerful Suffolk bred ewe from C Lowrie & Partners, Blegbie. Many more required for the trade here at St Boswells!!

Whilst Tups again sold at a fast rate topping £145 for a Blue Faced Leicester from J Bain, Hyndehope Hill.

Suffolk: £151 Blegbie. £147 Belmont. £141 Ruecastle Cotts. £139 Haltree. £137 Headshaw. Zwarble: £135 Jedneuk. Berrichon: £129, £121 Springwood Lodge. Roussin: £113 Innovis. Hebridean: £55 Threepwood. LLeyn: £119 Trabroun. Aberfeld: £117, £103 Innovis. NCC: £121 Ladylands. GF: £113 Butterdean. Jacob: £89 Bairnkine.