St Boswells Primestock Sale

St Boswells sold 62 Clean Cattle, 34 Cast Cows, 2463 Prime Lambs and 527 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (16) averaged 240p per kg and sold to 260p   (n/c on the week) 

Heifers (45) averaged 250p per kg and sold to 270p (+3p on the week)

Young Bulls (1) averaged 206p

Cast Cows (29) averaged 164p per kg and sold to 199p (+1p on the week) Top price £1507

Cast Bulls (5) averaged 132p per kg and sold to 165p (+12p on the week) Top price £1683

Lambs (2463) averaged 260p per kg, (-10p on the week) £111.50 per head and sold to £150

Top price 305.3p per kg for Beltex Lambs.

Cast Sheep averaged £117.92, and sold to £173 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £136, light ewes sold to £135 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £109.50

CLEAN CATTLE

Met a high demand.  Top quality sold to a premium

Bullocks per head:

(465-555kgs): Crookhouse £1430, Faughhill £1330.30, £1283.10, Oldcastles £1274.72

(556+kgs): Greenknowe £1621.34, Faughhill £1527.68, Crookhouse £1480, £1476.20

Bullocks per kilo:

(465-555kgs.  Average – 231.94p): Crookhouse 260p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Oldcastles 253p Mr G.Chapman, Faughhill 251p Mr G.Chapman,

(556kgs +.  Average – 248.96p): Crookhouse 250p Mr G.Chapman, Faughhill 248p Mr S.Ramsay

Heifers per head:

(400-484kgs): Oldcastles £1160.90, Wester Ulston £1156.40, Haughhead £1156.20, Oldcastle £1131.26

(485kgs +): Papple £1603.44, Muircleugh £1579.88, Bee Edge £1578.72, Bee Edge £1521.52, £1513.80

Heifers per kilo:

(400-484kgs.  Average – 245.99p): Oldcastles 247p (2)J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Haughhead 246p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Wester Ulston 245p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd

(485kgs+.  Average – 251.05p):  Bee Edge 270p Forsyths of Peebles, Faughhill 268p Forsyths of Peebles, Bee Edge 266p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Bee Edge 264p W.Kirkup & Sons, Lurdenlaw 264p Coq & Bull Butchers Ltd, Lurdenlaw 262p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Papple 262p Mr G.Chapman

Young Bulls per head: Cockburn £1260.72

CAST COWS AND BULLS

Plainer show forward

Cast Cows per head: Kersknowe £1507.18, Muircleugh £1486.80, Kersknowe £1380.10, Dunglass Home Farm £1334.34, Woodhouse £1323.84, Stagehall £1297.48, Dunglass Home Farm £1296.54

Cast Cows per kilo: Stagehall 199p, Woodhouse 197p, Middlethird 193p, Dunglass Home Farm 189p (2), Kersknowe 185p, Dunglass Home Farm 1891p (2)

Cast Bulls per head: Upper Nisbet £1683,Haltree £1512.92

Cast Bulls per kilo: Upper Nisbet 165p, Gateshaw 143p

LAMBS

More sheep forward.  Trade a touch easier.

Average 260p (46kgs) £111.80

Lambs per head:

Texel: £150 (2) Crumhaughhill, £145 Hawthornside, £144 Redden, £143 Crookston, £141 Crumhaughhill, £140 Corsbie, Sunnycroft,£139 Sunnycroft, Symington Mains (2), Matfen Home Farm, Corsbie, £138 Butterdean, £137 New Blainslie, £136 Hawthornside (2), £135 Threepwood, Scott Road, Lauder, £134 Headshaw, L, Suffolk: £147 Penicuik Estates, £140 Meigle, £131 Adderstonshiels, £130 Penicuik Estates, Sunnycroft, £128 Butterdean, £126 Stoneypath, £126 Matfen Home Farm, £123 Oxmuir, £122 Hermiston, Meigle (2), Beltex: £141 Crookston, £125 Boreland, Philiphaugh, £121 Threeburnford, £120 Crookston, £119 Threepwood, £118.50 Philiphaugh, £117 Craiglea, £116.50 Redden, £116 Crookston, Craiglea (2), Wester Ulston, North Country Cheviot: £119 Adderstonshiels, Cheviot Mule: £117.50 Symington Mains, Charollais: £114 Whitsome West Newton

Lambs per kilo:

Beltex: 305.3p, 300p Crookston, 295.1p Threeburnford, 292.6p Philiphaugh, 290p Wester Ulston, Craiglea, 288.9p Craiglea, 288.5p Redden, 284.1p Boreland, Philiphaugh, 283.3p Threepwood, 282.1p Huntington, 282p Crookston, 280p Boreland, Texel: 287.5p Crumhaughhill, 283.3p Headshaw, L, Hawthornside, 283.1p Wauchope, Crumhaughhill, 282p Crumhaughhill, 281.3p Sunnycroft, 280.5p Corsbie, 278.5p Threeburnford, 277.6p Hawthornside, 274p New Blainslie, 273.6p Hawthornside, Whitsome West Newton, 273.5p Headshaw, L, 272.7p, 272.5p Matfen Home Farm, 272.5p Symington Mains (2), 272.1p Upper Samieston, Bonjedward, Suffolk: 268.1p Stoneypath, 266.7p Butterdean, 266p Matfen Home Farm, 265.3p Sunnycroft, 264.2p Meigle, 263.6p Headshaw, L, 262p Adderstonshiels, 261.6p Butterdean, 260p Penicuik Estates, North Country Cheviot: 276.7p Adderstonshiels, Cheviot Mule: 261.1p Symington Mains

CAST SHEEP

Cast sheep again a fiery trade throughout with numbers short of buyers requirements

Sale pinnacle of £173 a head for a pen of four outstanding Texel Ewes from D.J Texels, Huntington Farms

Again Cast tups sold to a belter, topping £165 with a powerful Texel from W.Hamilton & Son, Hyndsidehill

Whilst catching the eye, a consignment of goats from Colin Marshall, 1 Gardiner Place, Newtongrange sold to £83 to prove that all classes of cast sheep and goats are welcome at St Boswells Mart!

EWES

Texel: £173, £157 Huntington, £155 Hawthornside, £147 Headshaw, L, £144 Hyndsidehill, Redden, £143 Cockburn, Hyndsidehill, £141 Upper Samieston, Easter Whitmuir, Suffolk: £149 Huntington, £143 New Blainslie, Ruletownhead, £141 Hyndsidehill, Huntington, £139 Hermiston, £137 Cockburn, Crookston, £135 Cortleferry, Bluefaced Leicester: £143, £133, £109, £101 Burnhead, Peebles, Greyfaced: £135 Redden, £123 Hermiston, £117 Bowland, Cockburn, Crookston, £115 Outerston, £113 Huntlaw, £111 Hawthorn Cottage, North Country Cheviot: £135 Upper Samieston, £125 Nisbet Mill, £123 Lylestane, £117 Nisbet Mill, Upper Samieston, £115 Harwood on Teviot, £113 Nisbet Mill, £111 Bowland, Cheviot Mule: £133 Blegbie, £131, £129, £125 Hyndsidehill, £121 Blegbie, Hyndsidehill, Hampshire: £129, £121 St Clement Wells, Zwartble: £115 St Clements Wells, Easycare: £109, £99, £93 Bankhouse, Blackface: £103 Leithen Water Farms, £89 Huntlaw, £83 Heriot Mill, Jacob: £93 Standhill

RAMS

Texel: £165 Hyndsidehill, £141 Bowland, £129 Cortleferry, Suffolk: £163, £137, £111 Bowland, Easycare: £115, £113 Bankhouse

GOATS

£83-  1 Gardiner Place, Newtongrange.