Date: 30 August 2018

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St Boswells Sale of Store Cattle & Store Lambs

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

Harrison and Hetherington held their fortnightly sale of Store Cattle with trade buoyant throughout.  Topping the days trading was a pen of Limousin.x Heifers at £1080 from Messrs Mackie, Crailing Nook.  Pence per kilo went to Messrs Connon, Greenknowe at 229p for a pen of Charolais.x Heifers.

Bullocks per head: Limousin: £1040, £1035 Crailing Nook

Bullocks per kilo: Limousin: 227.5p, 218.6p, 217p Crailing Nook, 214.3p Dunshiel

Bullocks averaged 205.8p per kilo

Heifers per head: Limousin: £1080, £1025, £1000, £930 Crailing Nook

Heifers per kilo: Charolais: 229p, Limousin: 226.4p, 226p Greenknowe, 224.7p, 222.8p Crailing Nook

Heifers averaged 211.5p per kilo

Store Lambs

Great show of longkeep lambs forward, sold to extreme rates to a full ringside of buyers.

Suffolk.x:  £67.50, £66 Ruletownhead, £62 Kirk O’Er

North Country Cheviot: £63.50, £62 Cocklawfoot

Texel: £63 Mainside, £60.50 Woolaw, Edgerston, Kirk O’Er, £60 Edgerston

Beltex: £61 Thorneylee

South Country Cheviot: £57.50 Mainside