Borderway Prime Hoggs, Lambs & Cast Sheep

PRIME SHEEP:

The weekly sale of cast ewes, prime lambs & hoggs took place in Borderway mart. A show of 406 ewes, 266 prime lambs & 905 hoggs. Topping the sale went to a Texel ram from Messrs Mitchell, Mirkbooths selling to £320, the same home also sold rams to £249 and £239. Suffolk rams topped at £220 from Messrs Taylor, Walkhurst. Texel ewes topped at £270 from Messrs Johnston, Springfield. Top priced ewe of the day went to Messrs Marwick & Coney, Glenogle for a Rouge ewe at £277. The same home also sold a pair of Beltex X ewes to £268. Blackfaced ewes topped at £173 from Messrs Graham, Hillhead, Canonbie & Swaledale ewes topped at £165 for a pen from Gavin Foster, Coombe Crag. Suffolks topped at £265 for a pair of Suffolk ewes from Messrs Hewson, Burgh Head. Mules topped at £189 from Messrs Robson, Merryshield. Cheviots topped at £214 from Ian & Rebecca from Hallbankgate Farm.         

An increased entry of 266 new season lambs went under the hammer to average 461ppk or 469 SQQ. A sale average of £196 a head, with top going to a single 51kg Texel selling to £225 (441ppk). The same home also sold 49kg Suffolks to £223. Messrs Charlton, Birks Farm showed a pen of 20, 44kg Texel lambs selling to £218 and 44kg Suffolks to £212. Lighter lambs topped at £192 (492ppk) for a pen of 20, 39kg lambs from Messrs Moffat, West Shaftoe who sold 70 lambs weighing 39kg to average £189.14 (485ppk). Many more could be sold to vendors advantage.

Pence per kilo topped at (495ppk) for 44kg from Messrs Charlton, Birks Farm. Suffolk lambs topped at 488ppk from Messrs Brough, Old Rectory for some 41kg.

A show of 905 were forward in a sale where meat certainly paid and leaner, plainer hoggs were harder to shift. A sale average of 390ppk or £184 was achieved, topping the sale was returning vendor Haig Murray, The Beeches selling a 58kg trio of Beltex X hoggs to £240. The same home also sold some Blue Texels weighing in at 56kg to £239 & 48kg to £217. Messrs Fisher, The Keep sold some 78kg Suffolks to £237. Mules topped at £215 for 63kg from Robert Skelton, Newhill. The same home sold 51kg Blackies to £207 Dutch Texels topped at £211 for 51kg from Edward Smith, Eastriggs. This home sold 108 hoggs to average £213.79. Lighter hoggs topped at £181 form some 39kg from Messrs Murray, The Throp.

Topping the pence per kilo at 452ppk from Messrs Murray, The Beeches for his Blue Texels. Alec Fisher, Lairdlaugh sold a pen of 4 Texels at 44kg, 443ppk. While David Graham, South Lambhill sold 14 hoggs at 41kg 451ppk. Light hoggs topped at 464kg for some 39kg Dutch Texels from Messrs Murray, The Throp.

Spring Lambs:

Leading Price per Head: TEXEL: £225 ,51kg, Mirkbooths,  £220 ,48kg, High Rigg,  £218 ,44kg, Birks Farm,  £205 ,47kg,  £200 ,51kg, Wetheral Shields,  £202 ,44kg, Leithenhall Farm,  £198 ,41kg,  £195 ,41kg, Woodhead Farm,  £192 ,40kg, Maryfield Farm,  £192 ,39kg, West Shaftoe Farm,  SUFFOLK: £223 ,49kg,  £213 ,46kg, Mirkbooths,  £221 ,50kg,  £205 ,44kg,  £200 ,41kg, Old Rectory Farm,  £220 ,49kg,  £220 ,50kg, Burgh Head Farm,  £220 ,49kg,  £206 ,43kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  £212 ,44kg, Birks Farm,  £200 ,42kg, Maryfield Farm,  DUTCH SPOTTED: £202 ,44kg,  £186 ,41kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  DORSET: £191 ,53kg,  £178 ,41kg, Applegarth,  ZWARTBLES: £186 ,46kg, Three Views,  CLUN FOREST: £170 ,41kg, Ellonby Hall

Leading Prices per Kilo: TEXEL: 495.5p ,44kg, Birks Farm,  492.5p ,39kg, West Shaftoe Farm,  483p ,41kg,  475.5p ,41kg, Woodhead Farm,  480p ,40kg, Maryfield Farm,  459p ,44kg, Leithenhall Farm,  458.5p ,48kg, High Rigg,  441p ,51kg, Mirkbooths,  436p ,47kg,  392p ,51kg, Wetheral Shields,  SUFFOLK: 488p ,41kg,  466p ,44kg,  442p ,50kg, Old Rectory Farm,  482p ,44kg, Birks Farm,  479p ,43kg,  449p ,49kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  476p ,42kg, Maryfield Farm,  463p ,46kg,  455p ,49kg, Mirkbooths,  449p ,49kg,  440p ,50kg, Burgh Head Farm,  DUTCH SPOTTED: 459p ,44kg,  453.5p ,41kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  DORSET: 434p ,41kg,  360.5p ,53kg, Applegarth,  CLUN FOREST: 414.5p ,41kg, Ellonby Hall,  ZWARTBLES: 404.5p ,46kg, Three Views

Prime Hoggs:

Leading Price per Head: TEXEL: £230 ,77kg,  £220 ,45kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  £226 ,48kg,  £221 ,44kg, Newhall Farm ,  £222 ,60kg,  £217 ,54kg, Auchengray Farm,  £218 ,83kg,  £214 ,56kg, Mirkbooths,  £216 ,65kg, 46 Noble Croft,  £214 ,47kg, Greenmyre,  DUTCH TEXEL: £228 ,55kg,  £228 ,58kg,  £225 ,55kg,  £221 ,59kg,  £219 ,58kg, Woodhead Farm,  £209 ,47kg, Ewan Close,  SUFFOLK: £222 ,74kg,  £216 ,69kg,  £211 ,63kg,  £207 ,52kg, Old Hall Farm,  £220 ,56kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  £215 ,62kg, Mirkbooths,  £210 ,63kg, Fell End,  £209 ,66kg, Larch Cottage,  £209 ,55kg,  £209 ,54kg, Newhall Farm ,  BLUE TEXEL: £210 ,53kg,  £194 ,47kg, Newhall Farm ,  £181 ,45kg, Shadwick Cottage,  MULE: £208 ,54kg,  £189 ,51kg, Newhall Farm ,  £200 ,74kg,  £198 ,55kg, Mirkbooths,  £186 ,51kg, Shadwick Cottage,  £180 ,53kg, Nether Blairock ,  CHAROLLAIS: £207 ,51kg, Old Hall Farm,  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £205 ,63kg, Newhall Farm ,  BORDER LEICESTER: £200 ,52kg, Newhall Farm ,  DUTCH SPOTTED: £195 ,49kg, Nether Blairock ,  CHEVIOT MULE: £194 ,47kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  £183 ,44kg, Southbank,  BLACKFACE: £192 ,52kg, Newhall Farm ,  £172 ,46kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  £170 ,43kg, Brisco Hill,  HILL CHEVIOT: £181 ,43kg, Woodhouses Farm,  £181 ,45kg, Sandbed Farm,  £173 ,42kg, Kirtleside,  HERDWICK: £179 ,45kg, Fell End,  £160 ,52kg, Bowscale Farm

Leading Prices per Kilo: TEXEL: 502.5p ,44kg,  471p ,48kg, Newhall Farm ,  489p ,45kg,  298.5p ,77kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  455.5p ,47kg, Greenmyre,  402p ,54kg,  370p ,60kg, Auchengray Farm,  382p ,56kg,  262.5p ,83kg, Mirkbooths,  332.5p ,65kg, 46 Noble Croft,  DUTCH TEXEL: 444.5p ,47kg, Ewan Close,  414.5p ,55kg,  409p ,55kg,  393p ,58kg,  377.5p ,58kg,  374.5p ,59kg, Woodhead Farm,  HILL CHEVIOT: 421p ,43kg, Woodhouses Farm,  412p ,42kg, Kirtleside,  402p ,45kg, Sandbed Farm,  CHEVIOT MULE: 416p ,44kg, Southbank,  413p ,47kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  BLUE TEXEL: 413p ,47kg,  396p ,53kg, Newhall Farm ,  402p ,45kg, Shadwick Cottage,  CHAROLLAIS: 406p ,51kg, Old Hall Farm,  SUFFOLK: 398p ,52kg,  335p ,63kg,  313p ,69kg,  300p ,74kg, Old Hall Farm,  393p ,56kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  387p ,54kg,  380p ,55kg, Newhall Farm ,  347p ,62kg, Mirkbooths,  333.5p ,63kg, Fell End,  316.5p ,66kg, Larch Cottage,  DUTCH SPOTTED: 398p ,49kg, Nether Blairock ,  HERDWICK: 398p ,45kg, Fell End,  307.5p ,52kg, Bowscale Farm,  BLACKFACE: 395.5p ,43kg, Brisco Hill,  374p ,46kg, Hallbankgate Farm,  369p ,52kg, Newhall Farm ,  MULE: 385p ,54kg,  370.5p ,51kg, Newhall Farm ,  364.5p ,51kg, Shadwick Cottage,  360p ,55kg,  270.5p ,74kg, Mirkbooths,  339.5p ,53kg, Nether Blairock ,  BORDER LEICESTER: 384.5p ,52kg, Newhall Farm ,  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: 325.5p ,63kg, Newhall Farm

CAST EWES & RAMS: ROUGE : £277,Glenogle,  TEXEL: £270, £243,Springfield Farm,  £265,Hallbankgate Farm,  £261, £222,West Shaftoe Farm,  £260, £247, £215,Mirkbooths,  £257,Birks Farm,  £250,The Throp,  £250,Glenogle,  £249,Gill Farm,  £241,Maryfield Farm,  £225, £205,Field House,  £220,Newton Field,  £220,Merryshield,  £219,Scarrowhill,  £219,Dykehead,  £213,Townfoot Farm,  BELTEX: £268,Glenogle,  £213, £185, £160,Upper Brydekirk,  £157,The Throp,  SUFFOLK: £265,Burgh Head Farm,  £242,Coshkib Farm,  £237,Middlebridge,  £221,Newton Field,  £219, £161, £151,Bowness Hall,  £217,Birks Farm,  £208, £173,Whitcastle Farm,  £201,Gill Farm,  £196,Dykehead,  £187,Hillhead,  LEICESTER: £219,Glenogle,  BERRICHON: £219, £208, £192, £186,Gelt Hall Farm,  £145,Ellonby Hall,  HILL CHEVIOT: £214,Hallbankgate Farm,  £206, £204,Coshkib Farm,  £187, £152,Glenogle,  £167,Rook Farm,  £146, £139,High Troweir Farm,  CHEVIOT MULE: £197,Coshkib Farm,  £166,Glenogle,  £152,Walkhurst Cottage,  £138,Galemire House,  DUTCH TEXEL: £193, £127,Whitcastle Farm,  MULE: £189, £164,Merryshield,  £185,Gill Farm,  £181, £174,Mirkbooths,  £174,Whitcastle Farm,  £171,Oakbank Farm,  £170, £153,Grange Farm,  £167,Hole Of Lyne,  £165,Laggonmore,  £163,Home Farm,  £161,Shankfield Head,  £160,Glenogle,  £155,Winterhope Farm,  £153,The Throp,  £151,Ribton House,  £150,Branch End Farm,  BLACKFACE: £173, £160,Hillhead,  £144, £126,(x2) , Winterhope Farm,  £140, £135,Hallbankgate Farm,  £123,Brackenthwaite Farm,  CLUN FOREST: £171,Ellonby Hall,  SWALEDALE: £165, £130,Coombe Crag,  £128,The Breaks,  DUTCH SPOTTED: £162,Whitcastle Farm,  £140,Park House,  NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT: £159,Walkhurst Cottage,  DORPER: £159,Middlebridge,  ZWARTBLES: £158,Three Views,  BLUE TEXEL: £151,Springfield Farm,  DORSET: £135,Niviston Farm