ST BOSWELLS
AT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 106 clean cattle, 75 OTM cattle, 2,880 old season lambs and 988 ewes.
Bullocks (41) averaged 215.5p per kg and sold to 238p (+0.4p on week), heifers (63) averaged 217.6p per kg and sold to 240p (-1.7p on week), two young bulls averaged 187p per kg and sold to 189p (n/c on week) and 75 beef type OTM cattle averaged 144.3p per kg and sold to 195p (-1.9p on the week).
The 2,880 old season lambs averaged 162.2p per kg and sold to £87 (n/c on week), 38-42kg averaged 167.5p, heavy ewes averaged £62.51 selling to £107, light ewes averaged £40.87 selling to £57 and rams to £99.
Principal prices per kg: Saughland 2.40, 2.36 M/s J Penny and Sons, 2.35 M/s J Gilmour and Co Ltd; Upper Hundalee 2.40 Charles Wilson Ltd; Bee Edge 2.39 M/s WTS Forsyth and Sons, 2.38, 2.35 M/s J Gilmour and Co Ltd, 2.34 (3) M/s J Penny and Sons (2) and Robert Wilson Butcher; Mosstower 2.38 M/s WTS Forsyth and Sons; Inland Pastures 2.37 M/s Moor; Humebyres 2.36 (2) M/s J Penny and Sons; South Falaknowe 2.36 M/s WTS Forsyth and Sons; Upper Nisbet 2.34 M/s J Penny and Sons.
Principal Prices per head: Shidlaw £1694, £1611.60, £1460.60; Milkieston £1455.30; Bee Edge £1428, £1426.
Cows per head: Kersknowe £1352, £1322.05; Corsbie £1295; South Falaknowe £1270.50; Humebyres £1266.30; Inland Pastures £1216.80, £1122.55; Yew Tree Lane £1159.10, £1105.05; Mailingsland £1131; Huntington £1089.15; Haughhead £1086.30.
Cows per kg: Mailingsland 1.95; Kersknowe 1.93, 1.69; Humebyres 1.89; Newstead 1.87; Haughhead 1.85; Muircleugh 1.83, 1.65 (2); Rumbleton 1.79;
Corsbie 1.75, 1.65; Yew Tree Lane 1.73; Inland Pastures 1.69, 1.67; South Falaknowe 1.65.
Bulls: Skelfhill £1515.80 (1.43); Commonside £1410.85 (1.39); Haughhead £1378.25 (1.85); Tushielaw £1192 (1.49).
Principal prices, hoggs per head: Tex.x;- £87 Bow, £85.50 Crookston, Suff.x;- £87 Burnhouse Mains, £83, £81 Cortleferry, Bel;- £85 Crookston, £82 Hartside and Crookston, BFL;- £78.50 Hartside, GF;- £75 Hartside, £71.50 Cortleferry, £70.50 Drinkstone, Chev;- £75 Gospelhall, £72.50 Haltree, Zwa;- £72, £71, £70 Hoscote Est., Char;- £70, £68.50 Hollybush, BF;- £69.50, £69 Hartside, MB;- £69 Craiglea.
Principal prices, hoggs per kg: Bel;- 200 Hartside, 198.6 Mid Harrietsfield, Tex.x;- 196.3 West Moneylaws, 196.2 East Middle, MB;- 181.6 Craiglea,
Suff.x;- 179.7 Whitchesters, 172.1 Tagmaster, Lleyn;- 179.2 Over Whitlaw, Chev;- 179, 177.1 The Shaws, BF;- 160.9 Heriotmill.
Cast ewes: Suff;- £107, £87 Oxmuir, Tex;- £95 Upper Ashtrees, £89 Threepwood and Shoestanes, Suff.x;- £89 South Riccalton, £85 Hermiston and Headshaw.L,
HB;- £87 Bonjedward Mill and Smailholm Mains, Zwa;- £73 East Bridgelands, Chev;- £73 Drumreoch, £69 Headshaw.L, GF;- £69 Hollybush, £65 Mossilee and Craiglea, Lleyn;- £67 Meikle cleuch, BFL;- £65 Edston, CM;- £65 Rawburn, BF;- £57 Headshaw.L, £53 Toxside.
Rams: Suff;- £99, £97 Burnhouse Mains, Tex;- £97 Burnhouse Mains, £95 Ladylands, £93 Lower Ashtrees, BFL;- £97 Edston, Suff.x;- £93 Meikle cleugh.
WOOLER
AT their weekly Primestock Sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 900 hoggs and 326 ewes.
Hogg numbers tight but all classes dearer on the week, selling vendors delighted with returns
Leading prices per head:- Tex.x:- £79 Holy Island, £76.50 Kettleburn, £75.50 Elwick and Holy Island, £75 Lickar Moor and Henlaw, £74.50 West Longridge, £74 Shotton, Lickar Moor and Linhope Farming (Roddam)(2). Suff.x:- £77 Lickar Moor, £76.50 Newstead, £76 South Lyham, £74 Brockley Hall and Newstead, £73.50 Brandon. Bel.x:- £74, £73.50, £73 (2) Ladykirk. Mule:- £72 Ladykirk. Ven:- £69 South Lyham. E.C:- £69, £68.50 Henlaw. Hamp:- £68 Kettleburn.
Leading prices per kilo:- Bel.x:- £185p Ladykirk. Tex.x:- 183.8p Cockhall, 176.3p Elwick, 175.6p Hillcrest Livestock, 175p West Longridge, 174.4p Todrig, 173.8p The Hagg, 173.2p Goswick, 172.5p Elwick and Hillcrest Livestock, 171.4p Biddlestone Home Farm, 170.5p Henlaw. Suff.x:- 174.3p Cockhall, 170.7p Biddlestone Home Farm. Chev:- 173.1p Biddlestone Home Farm.
Slight increase in numbers, with more flesh on show.
Leading prices:- Suff.x:- £95, £94, £93, £90 Wandon, £90 Holy Island, £86 Holy Island (M Patterson), £80 West Longridge and Kettleburn. Tex:- £87 South Lyham, £81 Milfield Demesne, £80 Holy Island, £76.50 The Hagg. HB:- £87 Wandon. BFL:- £83 Alwinton. GF:- £60 Holy Island and Greenhead, Reston, £59 Wandon, £57 Springhill (Seahouses), £55 Kettleburn. BF:- £50 Roddam (D Donovan). Chv:- £49 Milfield Demesne.
Rams:- Tex:- £104, £78 Burradon Mains. BFL:- £100 Roddam (D Donovan).