Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 7,787 sheep comprising of 3,578 prime lambs and 4,209 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 28th October 2021.
A larger show of cast cows were forward to an increased ring of buyers with more quality on offer and all classes in demand. More numbers as ever required on a weekly basis to meet buyer requirements. The sale topped at £1,220 for Simmentals from J Higgs Farm, Arkleton, Langholm, with Luings selling to £1,060 from The Lamperts, Gilsland. Angus cows topped at £1,051 from Tanlawhill Farming. Lyneholm House, Langholm with Limousins selling to £1,029 from W & A Forster, The Nook, Penton.
Top price per kilo of 146p for an Angus from Tanlawhill, with other Angus cows selling at 126p from TN Cavers & Co., Sorbie, Langholm. Limousins sold to 141p from The Nook and 138p from JF & SJ MacDonald, Ladyhousesteads, Canonbie. Friesians to 138p from Messrs Beard, Dormansteads, Roweltown and Luings to 136p from The Lampert.
More cows wanted for next weeks sale as requested by new and returning purchaser enquiry for continental feeding and finished cows. Please don’t hesitate to contact our auctioneers for further enquiries.
A larger entry of 3,578 prime lambs were forward with all classes being very similar on the week.
Again, fed lambs and well finished lambs sold to blistering rates for October.
Heavy lambs sold to £168 for Beltex lambs consigned by D Budge, Brae Edge, Caithness. Regularly achieving £135 plus M/s J & D Longlands of Tone Hall, Hexham sold a tremendous run of 106 heavies topping at £138 for Suffolk cross lambs averaging 50kg and a mighty £125.38
Several pens of lambs broke 300ppk, topping at 320ppk for Beltex lambs consigned from
TR & EA Milburn & Son, Wallend, Greenhead.
Mule lambs also proved good to sell topping at 244ppk consigned by WH & DA Gass, Nunscleugh, Bewcastle and topping at £118 for a pen of 50kg lambs consigned by MG Robson & Son, Hole Farm, Hexham.
Fed Blackface lambs were very good to sell topping at 236ppk for a penful of very well finished lambs consigned by M/s C Caskie, Quickening Cote, Rothbury. Topping per head was a hefty pen of Blackie lambs weighing in at 50kg consigned by M/s E Thoburn & Son, Pitland Hills, Hexham realising £114.
Lightweight were in short supply selling to serious rates of return, being pounds in front of any collection centres or any other outlet. Well finished lambs, especially Continental cross, Blackie and Cheviot lambs weighing 31-37kg are very keenly sought after on a weekly basis to satisfy demand and are most definitely sold to vendor advantage.
All classes of well fed and properly finished prime lambs are keenly sought after on a weekly basis to satisfy an ever-growing customer base here at Longtown. For further enquiries please contact our auctioneers, who will be pleased to take your calls.
An overall sale average of 244.8p (SQQ 244.6p) was achieved.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Beltex 320p Wallend, 318p Upper Tinwald, 317p, 316p Heathery Knowe, 310p Bridgestone, 300p Heathery Knowe & Langdyke Cottage, 298p Wallend & Camphill, 295p Heathery Knowe & Ryehills.
Texel 286p Townfoot, 284p Linnhead, 281p Lingey Field, 279p, 278p Ashness, 277p Westernhopeburn, 276p Desoglin, West Millhills, Bombie & Swaites, 275p Lingey Field.
Dutch Texel 282p, 279p, 277p, 276p Burn House.
Charollais 267p Clatequoy, 245p Brookside, 244p Archerbeck & Knowe, 243p Hallburn.
Suffolk 257p Ashley Park, 256p Steel Hall, 253p Tone Hall, 253p Steel Hall, 252p Tone Hall, 251p Steel Hall, 248p Scarmclate, 247p Frankstown & Cowburnrigg.
Millennium Blue 254p Hallburn.
Cheviot 247p, 244p Catslackburn, 238p Quickening Cote, 236p Catslackburn, 234p Brookside.
Mule 244p Nunscleugh, 240p, 238p Hole Farm, 238p Westernhopeburn & Longlea, 236p Buteland, Longlea & Hole Farm.
Cheviot Mule 243p Douglas Square, 238p Annandale Estate, 237p West Millhills, 235p Byers.
North Country Cheviot 240p Galleywreay, 233p Lower Gills.
Blackface 236p Quickening Cote, 236p, 235p Pitland Hills, 232p Hole Farm & Chapel, 231p Chirdon, 230p Catslackburn.
Half-bred 236p High Moat.
PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)
Beltex £168, £165 Brae Edge, £162 High Moat, £148 Bridgestone, £140 Upper Tinwald.
Texel £163 Langdyke Cottage, £158 Hethermill, £152, £150, £146 Bombie, £146 High Floweryhirst, Lingey Field & Hethermill.
Half-bred £139, £130 High Moat.
Suffolk £138 Tone Hall, £136 Archerbeck & Frankstown, £133, £131, £130, £129 Tone Hall, £131 Cowburnrigg, £129 Scarmclate, £128 Archerbeck.
North Country Cheviot £138 Galleywreay.
Dutch Texel £137.50, £136, £134, £133 Burn House.
Charollais £126 Tinnishall, £122 Knowe, £120 Brookside.
Mule £118 Hole Farm, £116 Tone Hall, Cowburnrigg & Buteland, £115 Kirkton of Crawford.
Blackface £114 Pitland Hills.
Cheviot £110 Solwaybank.
A larger show of 4,209 ewes sold to a full ring of 16 purchasers with 49 active accounts ensuring all classes proved sharper on the week.
Best bred Texel ewes and heavy ewes were on fire, selling to an unprecedented demand here at Longtown for the time of year. Several pens breached the £200 barrier, topping at £218 for two pure bred Texel ewes, consigned by D & T Bradley, Wester Parkgate Farm, Dumfries who’s run of 19 ewes went on to average £190.37. Countless pens of ewes sold to £180 plus, many more better bred ewes are required to fulfill orders by retained customers.
Next in the que was an outstanding pen of 12 shapely ewes consigned by M/s Pickworth, Dotland Park, Hexham which went on to realise £212, this run of ewes averaged £196.40.
Light ewes sold to £105 for Blackfaces from H Smith, Wileysike, Gilsland.
A run of 207 ewes consigned by M/s Gledson, Buteland, Hexham sold to blistering rates with their Mules topping at £120, with a ring full of 72 Mules selling to £108, also selling another ring full of 58 Blackface ewes realising £90.
Cheviot ewes proved very good to sell topping at £136 consigned by M/s J Patterson & Son, Corrie Hills farm, Lockerbie
Cast rams sold to a serious trade topping at an eye watering £268 for an unliftable Zwartble tup consigned from BT Goldie, Townfoot, Mouswald.
All quantities of ewes are required for this week’s sale as the ewe trade has improved and 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 £218 Wester Parkgate, £212 Dotland Park, £208 Balgerran, £205 Greenwood, £202 Wester Parkgate, £200 Balgerran, £198 Aldermanseat, £195 Cubbyhill, £192 Raggetsyke & Wester Parkgate, £190 Dotland Park, Wileysike, Hallburn Croft & Wester Parkgate.
Suffolk £155 Corriehills, £146 Hermiston, £136 Wester Parkgate, £129 Glenart, £126 Dumbretton.
North Country Cheviot £136 Corriehills, £131 Old Hall, £129 Little Galla, £119 Corriehills, £118 Dunnabie.
Charollais £126, £120 Porterstown.
Bluefaced Leicester £124 Balgerran, £119 Broomhope, £116 High Burnfoot.
Beltex £122 Oakwood.
Mule £120 Buteland, £114 Aldermanseat, £113 Hermiston, £109 Glenart, £108 Brown Hill & Buteland, £106 Mossilee, £102 Spittal Riding Hill, £101 Teinside, £100 Viewley & Lingey Field
Cheviot Mule £112 Priesthaugh, £108 Corriehills, £107 Gillesbie, £106 Priesthaugh.
LIGHT EWES
Blackface £105 Wileysike, £100 Little Galla, £96 Spittal Riding Hill, £90 Buteland, £87 East Fortissat & Little Galla.
Cheviot £98 Terrona, £96 Cooms, £89 North House, £88 Twislehope, Auchlin & Catslackburn, £86 Shalmstry & Castlehill Avenue, £85 East Deloraine.
Romney £88 Holme Farm.
Easycare £87, £81 Harwood on Teviot.
Lleyn £80 Pirntaton.
RAMS
Zwartble £268 Townfoot.
Texel £200 Buteland, £185 Falla, £150 Dotland Park.
Charollais £162, £140 Porterstown.
North Country Cheviot £152 Longoe.
Suffolk £148 Twislehope.
Bluefaced Leicester £145 Springfield.
Cheviot £145 Catslackburn.
Blackface £116 Little Tongue, £114 Catslackurn.
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 278.0p (224.7p)
Standard to 320.0p (236.9p)
Medium to 318.0p (246.5p)
Heavy to 279.0p (244.2p)
Overweight to 284.0p (244.1p)
Ewes
Light to £105.00 (£58.29)
Heavy to £218.00 (£102.68)
Rams £268.00 (£119.52)
corresponding week 2020 sale report
