SOME 359 store cattle sold through Harrison and Hetherington and met a buoyant trade throughout as bullocks averaged 232.24p per kg or £1280 while heifers levelled at 215.69p or £1220. 

Charolais calves from MEssrs Wardlaw, Haughhead, topped the pence per kg trade at 279.4p for bullocks and 249.2p for heifers, while Messrs Anderson, Boon, led the gross trade at £1280 with Aberdeen-Angus bullocks and £1220 with Limousin heifers.


LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Per head – A-A – £1280 Boon; £1210 Stouslie; £1160, £1150 Shaws. Lim – £1120 Muircleugh; £1070 Broom; £1045, £970 New Smailholm; £1025 Easter Fodderlee; £965 Timpendean. Sim – £1100 Trows; £1005 Haughhead; £940 Mount Benger. Char – £1035, £1005 Haughhead. BB – £1020, £975 Harwood on Teviot. Per kg – Lim – 279.4p Haughhead; 263.2p, 259.5p, 258.9p, 258.8p, 249.3p Greenknowe; 252.2p, 236.6p Greenhead; 247.2p Timpendean; 241.6p Broom. Char – 277.6p, 255.6p, 254.4p Haughhead; 258p Chapelhill H. Sim – 254.4p Haughhead; 240.3p, 230p Cocklawfoot; 236.6p Greenhead. BB – 226.7p, 225.9p, 224.1p Harwood on Teviot. A-A – 225.5p, 225.2p Shaws; 222.6p Boon. 

Heifers – Per head – Lim – £1220, £1140, £1070 (x2), £1050 Boon; £1150 Trows; £1035 (x2) Broom. A-A – £1140, £1070, £1050, £980 Boon. Sim – £900 Greenhead; £860 Mount Benger. BB – £855 Emslies Livestock. Char – £880, £862 Emslies Livestock; £830 (x2) Haughhead. Per kg – Char – 249.2p, 230.6p, 227.4p Haughhead; 216.3p Emslies Livestock. Lim – 248.4p Emslies Livestock; 247.1p, 238.9p Greenknowe; 235.8p, 230.8p Greenhead; 233.8p, 230p Broom. Sim – 230.8p Greenhead; 221.5p, 211.9p, 207.2p Mount Benger. A-A – 230.6p, 209.6p Haughhead; 225.3p, 205.9p Boon; 206.7p Emslies Livestock. BB – 213.8p, 208.7p Emslies Livestock.