By Alec Ross
Bullocks at St Boswells yesterday averaged 303p/kg and sold to 334p/kg, while heifers averaged 304p/kg and sold to 344p/kg, and cast cows averaged 216p/kg and sold to 285p/kg or £2,072 gross.
Lambs fell by 24p/kg on the week to an average of 271p/kg or £127/head and sold to £161/head for Texels or to 311p/kg for Beltexes, while cast sheep averaged £100/head and sold to £250 gross. Heavy ewes averaged £156/head, while light ewes averaged £92/head and sold to £135 gross.
Prime lambs at Ayr met with less demand yesterday, averaging 271p/kg and selling to 329p/kg or £171 gross for a Beltex from South Corton. Cast sheep were also back on the week, but the biggest fat ewes still met with interest and sold to £242 for a pure Texel from Limond, and tups sold to £159/head for Beltexes from Lyonston. Mules sold to £143 for Over Glasnick, with Cheviots peaking at £119 for Knockgerran.
Meanwhile, store cattle on Thursday sold to £1890 gross for a Limousin bullock from Muitlaught or to 331p/kg for Limousins from Farden, while heifers peaked at £1,890/head or 359p/kg for Limousins from Gass, and Friesian bullocks topped at £1600 for Girgenti or 274p/kg for Laigh Tarbeg.
A large consignment of store cattle at Newton Stewart on Friday sold to £1830/head for British Blue bullocks from Fineview or to 314p/kg for Limousins from Creechan Park. Heifers peaked at £1,760/head for Charolais from Knockencule or at 402p/kg for Limousins from Isle, and Friesian bullocks topped at £1430/head for Over Airies or 241p/kg for South Cairnweil.
Organic bullocks at Thainstone on Friday averaged 315p/kg and sold to 338p/kg or £1690 gross for Aberdeen Angus crosses from Wester Manbeen, while organic heifers averaged 296p/kg and sold to 341p/kg or £1790/head for Anguses from the same home.
Bullocks averaged 292p/kg and sold to 370p/kg for a Limousin cross from Mains of Lurg or to 1,880 gross for the same breed from Lower Cushieton, while heifers averaged 290p/kg and sold to 364p/kg for a Limousin cross from Hunchaquoy or to £1860 for a Simmental cross from Newbigging. And bulls sold to 295p/kg for an Angus cross from Feorlig or to £1090 gross for a British Blue from Stripeside.
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