St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 54 Clean Cattle, 47 Cast Cows, 1563 Prime Lambs and 931 Cast Sheep

 Bullocks (10) averaged 255p per kg and sold to 267p  (+7p on the week) 
Heifers (40) averaged 253p per kg and sold to 280p (-1p on the week)

Young Bulls (4) averaged 206p per kg and sold to 220p (n/c on the week)

Cast Cows (46) averaged 171.5p per kg and sold to 246p (+9p on the week) Top price £1525
Cast Bulls (1) sold to £1356 (137p per kilo)

Lambs (1563) averaged 242p per kg, (n/c on the week) £105 per head and sold to £145 x 3
Top price 287p per kg for Beltex.x Lambs.

Cast Sheep averaged £90.33, and sold to £145 for Texel.x Ewes
Heavy Ewes averaged £112, light ewes sold to £113 for North Country Cheviots, and averaged £58

CLEAN CATTLE
Clean cattle met a high demand, with classes dearer.

Bullocks per head:
(465-555kgs): Old Castles, Faughhill £1407.60
(556kgs+): Faughhill £1613.92, Lurdenlaw £1559.28, Wester Ulston £1498.14
Bullocks per kilo: Old Castles 255p Mr G.Chapman, Faughhill 255p Hugh Black & Sons Ltd, Old Castles 255p Mr G.Chapman
(556kgs +): Lurdenlaw 267p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd, Faughhill 262p J.A Waters & Sons, Wester Ulston 261p Mr G.Chapman

Heifers per head:
(400-484kgs): Pathhead £1228.80
(485kgs+): Saughland £1829.64, Bee Edge £1639.44, Broachrigg £1590.68, Upper Nisbet £1579.20, Bee Edge £1548, £1541.76, £1525.76, Upper Nisbet £1517.96, Bee Edge £1513.84

Heifers per kilo:
(400-484kgs):Pathhead 261p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd
(485lgs+): Upper Nisbet 280p Foley Bros, Bee Edge 276p Forsyths of Peebles, Upper Nisbet 274p Forsyths of Peebles, Penston 270p Forsyths of Peebles, Broachrigg 266p Shaw Fine Meats, Penston 266p Foley Bros, Bee Edge 264p W.Kirkup & Sons, Lurdenlaw 263p Charles Wilson Ltd, 260p Michael Malone of Edinburgh Ltd,

Young Bull: Kirktonhill £1157.52(220p)

CAST COWS
Cast Cows per head: Dolphinston £1525.32, Saughland £1505, Woodhouse £1463.24, Buskin £1428.84, Haltree £1395.02, Burnhouse Mains £1335.04, £1332.10, £1324.92
Cast Cows per kilo: Broachrigg 246p, Woodhouse 233p, Burnhouse Mains 224p, Bankhouse 223p, Woodhouse, Buskin, Dunglass Home Farm 189p, Haltree, Dunglass Home Farm 187p, Shaws 185p

CAST BULLS
Headshaw L Moor £1356.30 (137p)

LAMBS
Good show of lambs forward with meat in high demand.

Lambs per head -  Texel: £145 (2), Highfield Farming, Butterdean, £143 Clarilaw, £141 South Common, £137 Crookston, £134 Clarilaw, £133 Crookston, £129 Highfield Farming, £127 Lochside, £126 South Common, Suffolk: £139 Butterdean, £130 Mowhaugh Schoolhouse, £129 (2) Haltree, £126, £121 Butterdean, £120 Ruletownhead, £118 Headshaw, L, £117 Hermiston, Mowhaugh Schoolhouse, Beltex: £128, £120, £118 Wauchope, £118 Threeburnford, £116 Wauchope, £115 Venchen, Threeburnford, Charollais: £119 Fairlaw, Reston, £104.50 Trabroun, £100 Ladyflat, Zwartble: £107 Wormerlaw, Whitlaw Cottage, Greyfaced: £101 Blackcruik Farming, Half Bred: £89 Blackburn, Hampshire: £86.50 Pilmuir

Lambs per kilo -  Beltex: 287.8p, 284.4p 282.4p Wauchope, 281p, 267.5p Threeburnford, 261.4p Venchen, 261p Rhodes Holdings, 260p Threeburnford, 256.8p, 255.6p Rhodes Holdings, Threeburnford, Texel: 275p Westerhouses, 274.1p South Common, 267.1p Corsbie, 266.7p Westerhouses, 264.7p Headshaw, L, 264.6p Lochside, 263.6p, 260.9p South Common, 260.5p North Synton, 259.8p South Common, 259.6p Headshaw, L, 259.5p Highfield Farming, 258.9p Butterdean, 258.7p Westerhouses, Stoneypath, Suffolk: 264.8p Butterdean, 260.5p Lochside, 258p (2) Haltree, 253.8p Headshaw, L, 249.5p Butterdean, 244.7p Stoneypath, 243.7p Butterdean, Charollais: 243p Trabroun, 237.8p Fairlaw, Reston, 234.6p Berryhill, Hampshire: 238.2p Pilmuir, Cheviot Mule: 233p Adderstonshiels, Greyfaced: 234.9p Blackcruik, Half Bred: 234.2p Blackburn

EWES
Many lean, horned and feeding sorts about drew back the sale average albeit a belter of a trade witnessed yet again here at St Boswells

Topping the sale at £145 was a powerful Texel.x Ewe from J.S & P Fleming, Lochside
Tups achieved up to £141, for a smart Beltex from A.Halliday, 9 Heriotsfield, Oxton

Texel: £145 Lochside, £137, £127, £125 Threepwood, £123 Headshaw, L, Woodhouse, Lochside, Middlethird, £119 Woodhouse, Stoneypath, Suffolk: £139 Headshaw, L. £131 Cammerlaws, Threepwood, £125 Ruletownhead, £123 Middlethird, £115 (2) Brothershiels, Beltex: £127 (2) Faughhill, £119 Threeburnford, Zwartble: £115 Whitlaw Cottage, Bluefaced Leicester: £115 Threepwood, Cheviot Mule: £115 Saughtree, £113 Whitehill, Kelso, North Synton, Greyfaced: £113 (2)North Synton, £99 Headshaw, L, £97 Saughtree, £95 Whitehill, £93 Gilston, £91 Middlethird, Lleyn:  £107, £101 Friarshaw, Charmoise: £77 Fairlaw, Herdwick: £71 Huntlaw

RAM -  Beltex: £141 Heriotsfield, £139 Threepwood, Suffolk: £125 Threepwood, Blackface: £107, £81 Horseupcleugh