St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 42 Clean Cattle, 35 Cast Cows, 1908 Prime Lambs and 830 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (10) averaged 248p per kg and sold to 264p  (+7p on the week) 

Heifers (30) averaged 254p per kg and sold to 273p (+13p on the week)

Young Bulls (2) averaged 211p per kg and sold to 214p (n/c on the week)

Cast Cows (35) averaged 162p per kg and sold to 209p (n/c on the week) Top price £1655

Cast Bulls (1) sold to £1158 (127p per kilo)

Lambs (1908) averaged 242p per kg, (+11p on the week) £106 per head and sold to £155

Top price 297p per kg for Beltex Lambs.

Cast Sheep averaged £89.15, and sold to £167 for Texel Ewes

Heavy Ewes averaged £113, light ewes sold to £133 for North Country Cheviot, and averaged £69.50

CLEAN CATTLE

Clean Cattle met a brisk trade with a quality show forward.

Bullocks per head:

(465-555kgs): Wester Ulston £1430.52 Oldcastles £1366.80, £1294.72, Faughhill £1283.44

(556kg+) Faughhill £1536.90, Lurdenlaw £1510.08, Oldcastles £1414.32, Wester Ulston £1381.80, Faughhill £1368.09

Heifers per head:

(400-484kgs): Lennoxlove £1229.10

(485+kgs): Bee Edge £1580.64, £1575.30, Upper Nisbet £1574.10, Faughhill £1536.86, Upper Nisbet £1534.26, Bee Edge £1522.92, Lennoxlove £1506.40

Bullocks per kilo:

(465-555kgs.  Average 249.79p): Wester Ulston 262p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Oldcastles 255p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd

(556+kgs.  Average 246.41p): Lurdenlaw 264p J.A Waters & Sons, Oldcastles 249p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd, Wester Ulston 245p Mr G.Chapman, Oldcastles 244p J.F Finlay & Co, Faughhill 243p J.F Finlay & Co Ltd

Heifers per kilo:

(400-484kgs. Average 248.22p): Lennoxlove 255p J.F Finlay & Co

(485+kgs.  Average 254.31p): Upper Nisbet 273p Forsyths of Peebles, Pathhead 271p Charles Wilson Limited, Lennoxlove 269p Coq & Bull Butchers Ltd, Bee Edge 267p (2)W.Kirkup & Sons, Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Upper Nisbet 265p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Lurdenlaw 264p Cooper Butchers, Upper Nisbet 262p Shaw Fine Meats

Young Bulls per head: Edgerston Home Farm £1177, £1252.16

Young Bulls per kilo: Edgerston Home Farm 214p, 208p

CAST COWS AND BULLS

Cast Cows still in high demand

Cast Cows per head: Symington Mains £1655.28, Wester Middleton £1493.96, St Clements Wells £1476.28, Humbie Mill £1425.52, Wester Middleton £1419.54, Crookston £1381.88, £1313.28, Bankhouse £1307.26

Cast Cows per kilo: Symington Mains 209p, East Loanend 189p, Crookston, Thompsons Walls 179p, Whitfield, Wester Middleton 177p, Humbie Mill, Whitfield(2) 173p

Cast Bull: Marchcleugh £1158.24 (127p)

LAMBS

Lean types hard to cash, heavy and quality lambs still in demand.

Average £106 (43.5kgs) 242p

Lambs per head

Texel: £155, £149 The Knock, £147 Huntington, £146 The Knock, £133 Haltree, £132 Drinkston, Huntington, Hawthornside, £131, £130 Symington Mains, £125 North Synton, £124 Symington Mains, Corsbie, Hermiston, Wester Houses (2), Symington Mains, 123 Symington Mains, £122 Hermiston, Langraw, Suffolk: £138 Langraw, £130 Philiphaugh, Butterdean (2), £129 Hermiston, £128, £127 Symington Mains, £120 Hermiston, Threepwood, Ruecastle, Bonjedward, Chesters Brae (2), Symington Mains, £116 Langraw, £115 Symington Mains, Hermiston, £114 Butterdean, Blue Texel: £140, £126 Oxnam Neuk, Beltex: £128 Lylestane, £127 Wester Ulston, £126 Oxnam Neuk, £123 Crookston, £119 Phiiphaugh, Craiglea, Crookston, £118, £116, £114.50 Threeburnford, £112 Crookston, £111 Craiglea, £110 Lylestane, North Country Cheviot: £117 Symington Mains, Cheviot Mule: £110 Philiphaugh, Greyfaced: £108 Fairnilee

Lambs per kilo

Beltex: 297.7p Lylestane, 287.2p Crookston, 286.4p Oxnam Neuk, 280p Crookston, 279.5p Threeburnford, 278.9p, 277.8p Crookston, 277.6p Threeburnford, 274.4p Holydean, 274.1p Craiglea, 273.3p Crookston, 272.6p Threeburnford, 270.5p Craiglea, 270.2p Wester Ulston, Texel: 286.7p Huntington, 281p Matfen, 276.7p Corsbie, 275p Hawthornside, 272.1p Brundeanlaws, 272p Cavers Lea, 271.4p Matfen, 268.2p Whitsome West Newton, 267.5p Firbank, 267.1p The Knock, 266.7p Huntington, 265p Hawthornside, 263.9p North Synton, 263.4p Haltree, 262.7p The Knock, 262.2p North Synton, 261.2p Matfen, 261.2p Huntington, 260.2p Corsbie, Blue Texel: 268.1p Oxnam Neuk

EWES

With more weathered and hill sorts forward, a decrease in the sale average was justified albeit a strong trade as all classes sold well.

Top price from A.J.E Calder of Bogend for a pair of powerful Texel Tups to £167 a head.

Cast Ewes attained a top price of £145 for a pair of smart Texels from D.J Texels

Texel: £145 DJ Texels, £143 Langraw, £141 Bogend, Lower Ashtrees, £139 Huntington, Headshaw, L, £137 Huntington, £131 Harelawside, Bleu du Maine: £141, £131 Oxnam Neuk, Bluefaced Leicester: £143, £133 Philiphaugh, Suffolk: £139 Headshaw, L, Langraw, Cortleferry, £131 New Blainslie, £129 Langraw, Belmont, Cockburn, Beltex: £135, £121 Threeburnford, North Country Cheviot: £133 Symington Mains, £113 Haltree, £99 Woodside, £97 Smiddy Hill, £95 Halterburnhead, £93 Haltree, £91 Smiddy Hill, Cheviot Mule: £117 Langlee Mains, £115 Smiddy Hill, Greyfaced: £115 Cortleferry, £113 Cockburn, £109 Langraw, Broomilees, North Synton, Harelawside, Middlestead, £105 Broomiebank, £103 Shotton, Romney: £111, £103, £99 Towford, Lleyn: £101 Menslaws, Baillieknowe, £89 Ruletownhead, £87 Baillieknowe, Blackface: £89 Halterburnhead, £79 Cortleferry, Outerston, Jacob: £85 Harelawside, Ryeland: £81 Lower Ashtrees

RAMS-

Texel: £167 Bogend, £159 Greenhead, S, £149 Pilmuir, £121 Greenhead, S, North Country Cheviot: £119 Woodside, Beltex: £113 Faughhill