Date: 05 July 2021 | Primestock

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St Boswells Primestock Sale

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

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.