Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 9,809 sheep comprising of 6,241 lambs and 3,568 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 11th December 2025.

PRIME LAMBS

Another great entry of 6,241 prime lambs was forward to a full ringside of purchasers ensuring all grades of well finished lambs were keenly sought after easily maintaining and in some cases surpassing last weeks high rates of return. Longtown's reputation as the most consistent platform to market prime lambs again held firm, being way in front of other centres this week. Keep the lambs moving when they are ready and we’ll look after everything else for premium returns.
 
Many more fed lambs are required for the next 2 weeks, which will be in demand and sold to advantage, with big numbers easily handled.   

Plenty runs of heavy lambs still achieving averages north of £165 proving to be short of purchaser requirements and export weights regularly trading 330-350ppk again.   

Top price per head of £222 for Texels from W.J. & J.G. Bell, Kinninghall with a top per kilo of 484p for Beltex from G. & W. Halliday, Crawthat with this run of outstanding lambs averaging 442ppk for 64 sold

Overall average 320.6ppk (SQQ 328.3ppk)

Principal prices (Per head)
Texel  - £222 Kinninghall, £192 High Stenries, £190 Newton Cottages, £186 The Ash, £182 Round Meadows and Aldery Terrace, £180 Leafield.
Beltex - £218, £212, £198, £192 Crawthat, £190 Bowsden Moor, £186 High Stenries and Howard House, £182 Bowsden Moor, £180 Hobbiesburn
Suffolk - £182 Grindon Hill, £180 Smailholm Mains, £178, £174 Tone Hall, £173 Steel Hall, £172 High Stenries.
Cheviot Mule - £174 West Scales, £171 Grindon Hill, £152 Roughet Hill, £146 Commonside, Gillahill and Grindon Hill, £145 Grindon Hill.
Hill Cheviot - £172 Kirkton, £166 Gillahill, £154 West Scales, £152 Grindon Hill, £151 Kirkton.
Half Bred - £168, £150 High Moat.
Leicester- £168, £144 Laverockbank, £143 Southdean, £142 Nunscleugh
Mule- £168 Cairnfield, £154 Roughet Hill, £153 High Creoch, £151 Finniness, £150 Cowburnrigg, £149 Round Meadows.
Charollais - £158 Tinnishall, £157 Howard House, £155 Tinnishall, £153 Upper Inverichnie, £150 Borthaugh, £148 Westernhopeburn.
Blackface - £154 Balliemeanoch, £146 Greenside, £141 Sorbie.
Jacob - £151 Gillahill.
Dorset- £146 Upper Inverichnie, £138 Gillahill.
Dutch Spotted- £145, £141 Bogrie, £137 High Moat
Gritstone - £136 Achamore.
Easycare- £134 High Trewitt.
Oxford- £131, £130, £125 Guards.
Hampshire - £126 Steel Hall.
North Country Cheviot- £124, £122 Carruthers, £118 Meadowside.
Roussin- £122 Castle Sinniness.
Swaledale- £110 Westernhopeburn
Herdwick - £96, £94 Pasture House.

Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex – 484p, 460.9p, 430p Crawthat, 423p Bowsden Moor, 419.5p Dykehead, 415.4p Lingey Field, 410.5p Killocraw, 409.8p Heathery Knowe, 409p Crawthat.
Texel – 387p Bowsden Moor, 386.4p Carran, 385.7p Nethermyers, 373p Ballinloan and Nethermyers, 372.1p Waltonwoodhead, 371p Heathery Knowe.
Suffolk – 351.4p Marchbank, 341p West Scales, 339p Coiliamy and Crosslee, 338p Northway, 336.4p Nethermyres, 336p Coiliamy.
Roussin- 349p Castle Sinniness.
Charollais – 347.5p Whiteside, 334p Howard House, 333p Upper Inverichnie and Carran, 322p Hallburn.
Hill Cheviot – 342.9p Muirfield, 337.8p Beckfoot, 336.1p Catslackburn, 336p Daill, 333p Catslackburn, 332p Falnash and Smith Terrace.
Cheviot Mule – 334p Crosslee, 323.8p Corriehills, 322.7p Commonside, 322.5p Crosslee, 320p Kinninghall.
North Country Cheviot- 329.7p, 317.9p, 314p Carruthers.
Mule – 325p Westernhopeburn, 320.6p Arnicle, 319p Tone Hall, 318.6p Ralphshield, 318p Broomhills.
Blackface – 323.8p Heathery Knowe, 318p Chapel Farm, 317p Glendearg, 315p Tone Hall and Balliemeanoch, 312p Balliemeanoch, 309p Tinnis.
Dutch Spotted – 320.5p Bogrie, 304p High Moat, 302p Bogrie.
Hampshire- 315p Steel Hall.
Easycare- 311.6p High Trewitt.
Dorset- 311p Upper Inverichnie, 306.7p Gillahill.
Gritstone – 309.1p Achamore.
Leicester – 306.5p, 294p Laverockbank.
Oxford- 305p, 298p Guards.
Half Bred – 294p High Moat.
Herdwick- 294p, 282.4p Pasture House.
Swaledale- 289p Westernhopeburn.
Jacob- 274.5p Gillahill.

CAST EWES AND RAMS

A similar show of 3,568 cast ewes and rams were forward to an increased ring of purchasers. Plain ewes and lightweight ewes definitely the trade of the day selling to extremely high rates of return whilst heavier ewes met some resistance albeit still looking well sold. Many more required over the coming weeks to satisfy demand.  

Heavy ewes topped at £330 for a pen of Texel ewes from NR Edmondson, Dairy House,  Berwick Upon Tweed.

Charollais ewes sold to £225 from J Watret, Burnside, Annan.

Mule ewes topped at £190 consigned by M Shearer, Lythmore, Thurso.  

Light ewes topped at £156 for a pen of  Blackface ewes from J & D Longlands, Tone Hall, Hexham.

Rams sold to £300 for Texels from W & PF Walton, Penpeugh, Bardon Mill.

Heavy ewes
Texel  £330 Dairy House, £325 Cleughbrae, £300 Dairy House & Mossband House, £300, £295 Laurels, £290 Bowsden Moor. 
Suffolk £230, £215 Beckfoot, £212 Smailholm Mains, £208 Beckfoot, £205 Thuster Mains.
Charollais £225 Burnside.
Cheviot Mule £200 Ashton, £190 Galleywreay, £180 Boulintogle & Castle Sinniness.
Bluefaced Leicester £200 Round Meadows.
Beltex £195 Drumcairn, £170 Kilnford Croft.
Mule £190 Lythmore, £185 High Barness & Round Meadows, £180 Pitland Hills, £175 Drumcairn.
North Country Cheviot £190 Lythmore, £188 Humbleheugh, £185 Lythmore.
Border Leicester £180 Lythmore.
Romney £158 Bowsden Moor, £145 Ardyne. 
Oxford £155 Guards. 
Half Bred £150 Smailholm Mains.  

Light ewes
Blackface £156 Tone Hall, £154 Pitland Hills, £141 Quarry House, £136 Pitland Hills.  
Hill Cheviot £142 Kinninghall & Kirkton, £136 Tarrasfoot, £135 Dunnabie, £134 Twislehope, £130 Dunnabie.  
Lleyn £134, £124, £122 Incheoch.
Easycare £134 Galleywreay.
Shetland £120, £102 Newseat of Tolquhon.
Swaledale £117 Marsh House, £114 Devonport, £108 Spital Shields, £107 Woodhall.
Herdwick £112 West Stobs Wood.

Rams
Texel £300 Penpeugh, £245 Haster, £220 Beckfoot & Bogra, £200 Miller Hill. 
Bluefaced Leicester £295, £245 Pitland Hills, £215 Marygate & Round Meadows.
North Country Cheviot £260, £248, £238, £230 Humbleheugh.  
Suffolk £235 Borthaugh.  
Beltex £220 Marygate.
Romney £220 Marygate.
Dorset £205 Marygate, £200 Beckfoot.
Charollais £195 Marygate.  
Blackface £165 The Haining, £140 Main Hill.   

Averages:
Lambs
Light to 326.7p (288.4p)
Standard to 415.4p (327.9p)
Medium to 484.0p (328.5p)
Heavy to 460.9p (313.7p)
Overweight 328.0p (296.9p)

Ewes
Light to £156.00 (£103.94)
Heavy to £330.00 (£156.15)
Rams to £300.00 (£164.86)

 

PRIME CATTLE & CAST COWS

A larger show of cattle forward to a busy ringside of purchasers

Prime cattle peaked at £3,165 for a Charolais bull shown by L Ralston, Edgerston Home, Jedburgh with Salers selling to £2,595 from Edgerston Trading Ltd, Jedburgh. Dairy bred Angus bullocks sold to £2,189 from Hewson Bros., Jerriestown, Blackford.

Cast bulls to £1,978 for a Hereford from Tanlawhill Farming, Lyneholm, Langholm with an OTM heifer from GF Davies & Co, Upper Glendiven, Langholm topping at 302ppk.

 

Please contact your auctioneers or fields personnel for further enquiries
John Walton 07880 527 066
Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489
Nick Woodmass 07442 246 063
Norman Douglas 07786 366 833
Helen Rickard 07741 313 029

corresponding week 2024 sale report