Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 9,801 sheep comprising of 5,398 prime lambs and 4,403 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 15th October 2020.
A mixed entry of cast cows were forward, with trade slightly easier in following with the national trend. The sale topped at £892 for a Luing from Gartnagrenach Farm Ltd, Argyll with Limousins to £868 from G Smith, Campingholm, Gretna, who also topped the price per kilo at 119p.
A much larger show of 5,398 prime lambs. Again, a two tier trade with fed and well fleshed lambs selling to serious rates whilst grass fed lambs that are on the lean side would prove harder to sell. Please note small lean lambs are better marketed on a Tuesday in the store here at Longtown. Many more well fleshed lambs can be sold to a premium and are required on a weekly basis to satisfy demand.
Topping the sale at 297p was a wonderful pen of 5 Beltex lambs from TR & EA Milburn & Son, Wallend Farm, Greenhead.
Top price per head of £123 was achieved for Beltex lambs from Messrs Halliday, who had a great run of properly finished Beltex lambs which sold to average 43kg, 265p and £116.43.
Overall average of 193.2p (SQQ 201.9p)
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PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Beltex 297p Wallend, 284p, 279p Crawthat, 275p Oakwood, 272p, 270p Wallend, 262p Lees Hall, 260p Wallend, 259p Oakwood & High Mossthorn.
Texel 253p Minsca & Auchengool Cottage, 250p Riggheads, 248p Rotherhope, 245p Burn House, 241p Minsca, 239p Waterloo, 237p Auchengool Cottage & Maidencots.
Cheviot 228p North Shortcleugh, 215p Balure, 207p, 206p Langholm, 206p West Newlandhead, 205p Balure.
Suffolk 222p Greenburn, 210p Muirston, 206p Marygate, 205p Gartvaigh, 203p High Cattadale, 202p Codlaw Hill, 200p Knowe & Lees Hall.
Blackface 215p Baitlaws, 207p, 203p Chapelhope, 201p Chirdon, 200p Todsykehead & Linton.
North Country Cheviot 209p, 204p The Shaws.
Charollais 206p Low Knockrioch.
Cheviot Mule 205p High Dovecote.
Herdwick 204p, 203p Orthwaite Hall, 197p Satchells.
Mule 194p Merkland, Langholm & Stell Green, 193p Burnfoot, 192p Archerbeck, 191p Longlea, Minsca, Chirdon & Corsencon, 190p Burnfoot.
PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)
Beltex £123, £122, £112 Crawthat, £111 High Mossthorn, £110, £109 Oakwood, £107 Wallend, £106 High Mossthorn & Tinnishall.
Texel £120 Belzies, £118 Kilncroft, £117 Castlehill, £113 Fenwick & Westernhopeburn, £112 Kirk House, £111 High Mossthorn & Auchengool Cottage, £109 Minsca & Roxburgh.
Suffolk £112 Sceugh Dyke, £104 Kinninghall, £98 Archerbeck & Greenburn.
Berrichon £107, £103 Sceugh Dyke.
Cheviot £106 Farnbury.
Cheviot Mule £103 Maidencots, £93 Codlaw Hill, £92 Kirk House.
Charollais £100 Maidencots.
Mule £95 Greenburn & High House, £91 Whiteside.
Bluefaced Leicester £95 Ghyll Brae, £94 Belzies.
Blackface £85.50 Sewing Shields, £82 Minsca.
Another large entry of 4,403 cast ewes and rams sold to a fast trade, easily maintaining last week’s high rates of return. An abundance of hill ewes were on show, with continental ewes in short supply of which many more could have been sold to vendor advantage.
Topping the sale was Texel ewes which sold at £171 from both R Osborne, Castlehill, Dumfries and J & C Hastings, Kilncroft, Dumfries. Hill ewes topping at £81 for Cheviot ewes from Townfoot with cast rams to £142 from M Buchan, Torrax, Kirriemuir.
HEAVY EWES
Texel £171 Castlehill & Kilncroft, £162 Burnside, £160 Torrax, £150 Haven View & Langdyke Cottage, £148 Myrelandhorn, £144 Viewley.
Beltex £126 Lingey Field, £114 Sorbie.
Suffolk £110 Lingey Field, £108 Torrax, £104 Heatherglen, £103 Archerbeck, £97 Oneholmes Farm.
Charollais £105 Low Knockrioch, £103 Beckfoot.
Bluefaced Leicester £96 Peasemyres.
Romney £94 Castletown.
Mule £88 Fernoch, £83 Corries Mill, £82 Westernhopeburn, £80 Sceugh Dyke & Linton.
North Country Cheviot £88 Kelsocleugh, £86 Mallsburn, £84 Garth Farm, £81 High Moat.
Cheviot Mule £86 Hawthornside, £84 Gillesbie.
Zwartble £82 Townfoot.
LIGHT EWES
Cheviot £81, £75 Townfoot, £75 Maidencots, £74 Sorbie, £71 Kelsocleugh.
Blackface £74 Yatesfield, £70 Gartvaigh & Oneholmes Farm, £69 Brennanlea, £68 Golden Lane & Townfoot, £67 Whiteside.
Swaledale £58 Southdean, £53 Westernhopeburn, Netherton & Maidencots.
Kendal Rough £50 Gill Head.
RAMS
Texel £142 Torrax, £138 High Lovelady Shield, £134 North Shortcleugh & Wanton Walls, £128 Castlehill, £126 Wanton Walls, £124 Castletown.
Suffolk £108 Roanstree.
Charollais £106 Viewley.
Lleyn £102 South Bowerhouses.
Cheviot £100 Priesthaugh, £94, £93 Kelsocleugh.
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 215.0p (183.0p)
Standard to 297.0p (202.6p)
Medium to 284.0p (202.7p)
Heavy to 232.0p (193.4p)
Overweight to 202.0p (191.6p)
Ewes
Light to £81.00 (£47.86)
Heavy to £171.00 (£76.80)
Rams £142.00 (£86.08)
corresponding week 2019 sale report
