Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 7,150 sheep comprising of 2,054 spring lambs and 5,096 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 8th July 2021.

A larger show of 2,054 new season spring lambs proved to be slightly easier on the week across the board. Commercial export lambs traded between 245-255ppk whilst heavy lambs again were the trade of the week.    

Top per head of £148 for Suffolk’s from J Lamb, Ingleston, Ayr.

Top price per kilo of 297p for Beltex lambs shown by G Mitchinson & Son, High Greenhill, Brampton.  

Overall average 253.2p (SQQ 253.4p)

More lambs are required to fulfill demand on a weekly basis as customers are very keen for supplies, please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers, who would be pleased to assist, for any further entries or enquiries.

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 297p, 276p High Greenhill, 269p Baurch, 260p Cleughbraemill.   

Texel 295p High Greenhill, 283p The Land, 280p Bridgestone, 276p High Stenries, 275p Roughet Hill.  

Suffolk 273p, 269p Bridgestone, 269p Ingleston, 268p Hallburn, 265p The Land & Ingleston.  

Millennium Blue 268p Bridgestone.    

Charollais 267p Guardsmill, 260p Thirstane Cottage.    

Mule 255p Whiteside, 250p Penpeugh.

Berrichon 244p Carse Farm.    

Oxford 240p Guards.   

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Suffolk £148, £142 Ingleston, £130 The Land, £129.50 Guardsmill, £129 Grahamsfield & Bridgestone.   

Texel £143 Lanehead, £142 Fenton, £138 The Land, £137 Roughet Hill & Grahamsfield, £136 The Land & Bankhey.   

Charollais £139 Guardsmill, £133 Thirstane Cottage.  

Millennium Blue £129 Bridgestone.

Zwartble £122 Wormerlaw.

Beltex £120 Wyseby Hill Cottage, £116 High Greenhill.

Mule £120 Whiteside.

A much larger show of 5,096 ewes were forward to an increased ring of very competitive buyers.

Heavy ewes sold to serious rates right through the sale, with commercial and overfat ewes seeing the biggest rise. Also, in demand were the well fleshed hill ewes which proved in short supply, whilst leaner hill types proved harder to cash on the week.

Heavy ewes topped at £205 for a pen of four Texels shown by A & H McColm, Crailloch, Port William.

Hill ewes topped at £124 for Cheviots from J Davidson, Grahamsfield, Kirkpatrick Fleming and £110 for Scotch Blackface ewes consigned by B Cheesbrough, Lanehead, Brampton

Mule ewes topped at £127 for a penful of 21 consigned by RS Catlin & Son, Hassendean, Hawick.

Rams to £160 for Continentals from Beckfoot.  

Numbers of ewes are required for next week’s sale, with a forecast much the same as this week’s trade.  More ewes can be sold on a weekly basis to vendor’s advantage. Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers for further entries or enquiries.  

HEAVY EWES

Texel £205 Crailloch, £188 Clea Hall, £184 Cracrop, £182 Allanshaws, £180 West Broadmoss, Muircleugh & Sharplaw.

Suffolk £162 Craigsford Mains, £148 Crumhaughhill, £143 Knock, £139 Marygate & Townfoot, £137 Kirkland Hall, £135 Craigsford Mains & Viewley.     

Beltex £156 Nutholm, £155 Wood Farm, £148, £142 Mains of Balhall.     

Charollais £140 Thackwood, £139 Beckfoot, £132 Shawhead, Thackwood & Maryholm, £130 Chaseside.

Bleu du Maine £140 Solway House.   

North Country Cheviot £138, £127 Allanshaws, £123 Nutholm, £120 North Boig.    

Cheviot Mule £134 Muircleugh, £133 Springfield Farm Court, £131 Shawhill, £127 Springfield Farm Court, £125 Muircleugh, £124 Wynholm.   

Mule £127 Hassendean, £126 Upper Tinwald & Viewley, £122 Staffler, £117 Stramolloch & North Corrielaw, £116 Old Rectory, Wyseby Hill Cottage & Kilnhill.  

Roussin £120 Coxhill.

Hampshire £115, £113, £110 Mains of Balhall.

Bluefaced Leicester £114 Batey Shield, £112 Gapshield.

LIGHT EWES

Cheviot £124 Grahamsfield, £106 Clea Hall & Fowrass, £94 Prestrie, £93 Garth Farm.  

Woodland £113, £96 Riggshield.  

Lleyn £114, £110 Coxhill, £111 Leapsrigg.  

Blackface £107 Lanehead, £104 Penpeugh, £96 Barr Hill Avenue & Toft House, £94 Clonrae, £90 Chapelhope.  

Kerry Hill £100 Coxhill, £96 Stramolloch.    

Easycare £98 Prestrie.

Swaledale £88 Stanger Hill.

RAMS

Continental £160, £150 Beckfoot.

Texel £157 Allfornaught, £152 Wood farm, £142 Allanshaws, £140 Muircleugh.

Blue Texel £144 Spittal Ridding Hill.

Suffolk £142 The Land.   

North Country Cheviot £130 Allanshaws, £128, £124 Caulside, £122 Barr Hill Avenue.   

Lleyn £126 Sharplaw.  

Beltex £124 Barr Hill Avenue.

Averages:

Lambs
Light to           247.0p (245.5p)
Standard to      297.0p (247.4p)
Medium to      295.0p (255.1p)
Heavy to         283.0p (252.5p)
Overweight to 269.0p (251.8p)

Ewes
Light to           £124.00 (£56.22) 
Heavy to         £205.00 (£111.26)

Rams   to      £160.00 (£106.91)

 

corresponding week 2020 sale report