FARMING
By Neale McQuistin
Harrison & Hetherington sold 63 clean cattle, 51 cast cows, 2,058 prime lambs and 730 cast sheep at St Boswells yesterday.
Sixteen prime bullocks sold to 256p/kg and averaged 230p (-10p), while 47 prime heifers peaked at 275p to average 250p (-4p).
In the cast ring cows peaked at £1,701 and 189p to average 162p (n/c), while four cast bulls sold to £1,551 and 131p to average 121p.
Prime lambs sold to £149 and 290p/kg for Texels to average £103 or 228p/kg (-12p).
Heavy cast sheep sold to a top of £169 for Texel ewes to average £115 (+£3), while light ewes peaked at £109 for North Country Cheviots to average £59 (n/c).
The firm also sold 23 prime heifers at Carlisle yesterday which peaked at 288p/kg to average 263p (+7p), while 17 beef-bred bullocks sold to 268p and levelled at 246p (+14p).
Fifty-five, beef-bred young bulls peaked at 257p and averaged 205p (+4p), while 27 dairy-bred young bulls sold to 202p and levelled at 180p (+6p).
In the rough ring 95 cast beef cows peaked at 239p to average 168p (+15p), while 223 cast dairy cows sold to 199p to average 119p (+3p). Eleven cast bulls sold to 148p to average 132p (-9p).
There were also 2,454 prime lambs that sold to £180 or 409p/kg to average 242p (-2p).
Lowland cast ewes (146) peaked at £180 for a Texel to average £101 (+£16), while 83 hill ewes sold to £80 for a Hill Cheviot to average £59 (+£13).
Caledonian Marts sold 361 store cattle at its fortnightly sale at Stirling yesterday which included their September show and sale of suckled calves.
Bullock calves sold to 321p/kg or £1,480 for the overall champion to average 243p/kg or £1,180 overall.
Heifer calves peaked at 311p and £1,480 for the overall champion pen of 4 to average 258p or £1,158 overall.
Store bullocks sold to 255p/kg for a pen of Limousins and £1,440 for a pen of Aberdeen Angus to average 218p, while store heifers sold to 240p for a pen of Limousins and £1,190 for a single Limousin to average 208p overall.
Black and Whites averaged at 166p and sold to 210p and to £1020.
Messrs Craig Wilson sold 2902 prime lambs and 1041 cast sheep at Ayr yesterday.
Top price prime lamb was £130 for a single Beltex, while top price per kilo was 315p for a pen of Beltex.
Mule lambs sold to £110 on three occasions.
The whole sale averaged 236p or £103 per head.
It was a larger show of ewes this week which met an increased trade with a high proportion of feeding ewes forward.
Top price was £188 for Texels.
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