Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 10,138 sheep comprising of 5,079 prime hoggs and 5,059 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 3rd March 2022.
A much improved show of cast cows were forward to a very competitive ringside of buyers, with more numbers required to satisfy demand. The sale topped at £1,406 for a Charolais shown by Messrs Baxter, Moss Side, Hethersgill, who sold others at £1,340. Luing cows sold to a top of £1,299 from The Lamperts, Brampton.
Top price per kilo of 190p again for Charolais from Moss Side.
A much larger show of 5,079 prime hoggs were forward. Another very mixed entry of hoggs forward and a two-tier trade. Well finished, best Beltex hoggs and Continental export types were a pleasure to sell, being short of requirements.
Beltex hoggs topped the price per kilo at 405p from M & J Kennedy, Lurgan, Perth.
Top price per head of £167 for Texel hoggs shown by Muircleugh Partners, Muircleugh, Lauder.
Incorporated in this week’s prime hogg sale was the Annual Prize Show and Sale of Blackface prime hoggs. A fantastic entry of 23 pens were present in big form, which were a credit to all vendors involved. Judging was in the capable hands of Mr Jimmy Blenkhorn of Yorkshire Halal who went about the difficult task in a very professional manner. After much deliberation the judge duly awarded the Championship to a Longtown regular,
Mr J Jardine, Yett Farm, Lockerbie.
An overall sale average of 246.7ppk (SQQ 251.6ppk) was achieved.
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PRIZE LIST:
Class 1 (Heavy)
1st – Jardine, Yett £120 to Shan
2nd – McWhirter, Garvilland £117.50 to West Scottish Lamb
3rd – Reid, Glendearg £119.50 to M Lomax
Class 2 (Medium)
1st – Wanwood Partners, Wanwood Hill £110.50 to West Scottish Lamb
2nd – Reid, Glendearg £108 to Farmers Fresh
3rd – McWhirter, Garvilland £107.50 to Shan
Class 3 (Light)
1st – Wanwood Partners, Wanwood Hill £108 to West Scottish Lamb
2nd – Reid, Glendearg £98 to Farmers Fresh
3rd – Wanwood Partners, Wanwood Hill £103.50 to Shan
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Beltex 405p Lurgan, 403p Easter Ochtermuthill, 385p Lurgan, 357p Easter Ochtermuthill.
Charollais 321p Upper Auchenlay.
Texel 311p Cheeseburn Grange Hall, 310p Upper Auchenlay, 297p Parks, 296p Maidencots & Millriggs, 295p Netherhirst.
Hill Cheviot 297p Lurgan, 285p Allfornaught, 279p East Rackwood Hill, 275p Upper Auchenlay.
Millenium Bleu 291p Lurgan.
Herdwick 287p Millriggs, 275p Allfornaught.
Suffolk 284p Brae Edge, 268p Moss Side, 261p Blackcleugh, Maidencots & Hallees 260p Parks, Stud Farm & Dranigower.
Dutch Texel 281p Burn House.
Mule 264p Stud Farm & Old Irvine, 254p Nunscleugh, 253p Stud Farm & Mains of Collin.
Blackface 256p Garvilland, 255p Allanfuald, 255p, 252p Silloans, 252p Wanwood Hill.
Easycare 254p Muircleugh.
Cheviot Mule 253p Allfornaught.
PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)
Texel £167, £164, £158 Muircleugh, £158 Nunscleugh, £153 Viewley.
Beltex £161 Easter Ochtermuthill, £154 Lurgan, £150 Easter Ochtermuthill, £149 Drumcairn.
Suffolk £149 Lynegar, £140 Easter Ochtermuthill, £136, £130 Lynegar, £130 Guardsmill.
Hill Cheviot £136 Rigfoot.
Blackface £134 Allanfauld, £127 Skelfhill.
Leicester £130 Silloans & Saulmore.
Half-bred £128.50, £124 Aimster.
Mule £128 Old Irvine.
Cheviot Mule £125 Glenshanna.
A larger show of 5,059 ewes were forward to an increased ring of 15 purchasers operating on 49 accounts, ensuring all classes of ewes were electric from start to finish
Heavy ewes were a blistering trade with no fewer than 101 ewes realising £210+ as Texel ewes topped at £250 from Dalchirla Farms Ltd, Meikle Fieldie, Perth,
Suffolk ewes sold at £200 from H Martindale, The Land, Ecclefechan.
Mule ewes to £143 from MR Dunn, Buttermere Close, Carlisle. A shortage of heavy Mule ewes was evident and many more are required to fulfil an ever increasing demand.
Hill ewes were shown in fine form and the trade had to be seen to be believed, topping at £120 on two separate occasions for Cheviot ewes from J Halliday & Sons, Springwells, Lockerbie and a fine pen of Blackfaces consigned by J Gunn, Mavesy, Caithness.
Rams again sold to a serious trade topping at £196 for Bluefaced Leicesters from Marygate.
All quantities of ewes are required for this week’s sale as the ewe trade is set to hold at this week’s extreme rates of return 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 £250 Meikle Fieldie, £248 Viewley, £245 Auchengool Cottage, £242, £240 Muircleugh, £238 Auchengool Cottage & Thackwood, £232 Beckfoot, £230 Lochside Cottage & Wallend.
Suffolk £200, £180, £170 The Land, £168 Viewley, £166 The Land, £160 Chaseside & Twislehope.
Charollais £198 Thackwood, £175 Beckfoot.
Beltex £194 Orton Rigg.
Zwartble £177 Millstone Moor.
Cheviot Mule £152 Greenbun, £148 Springwells, £144 Ballie.
Bluefaced Leicester £151 Millstone Moor, £148 Arnicle.
North Country Cheviot £147 Chaseside, £142 Hownam Grange, £140 Beckfoot, £138 Twislehope.
Mule £143 Buttermere Close, £139 Greenburn, £138 Culdrain, £135 Mains of Collin, £134 Killeonan, £131 Fellend & Solwaybank, £130 Birks.
LIGHT EWES
Hill Cheviot £120 Springwells, £114 Yett, £108 Hownam Grange, £106 Priesthaugh, £105 Twislehope & Upper Auchenlay.
Blackface £120 Mavesy, £119 Prestrie, £118 Eastside, £112 Allfornaught, £111, £108 Mains of Collin, £107 Laingshill, £106 Mains of Collin.
Swaledale £107 Low Stokoe, £104 Golden Lane, £92 Leapsrigg.
Herdwick £94 Achrimsdale.
RAMS
Bluefaced Leicester £196 Marygate, £180 Millstone Moor, £172 Arnicle.
Texel £188 Cannon Park, £180 Broomhills, £178 Porteath, £172 Margate.
Suffolk £185 Viewley.
North Country Cheviot £160 Ballie, £158 Tister.
Romney £157 Hallrule Mill.
Beltex £150 Maidencots.
Cheviot £136 Causey View & Tushielaw, £126 Mainside & Fold Head.
Blackface £122 Dranigower, £120 Beckfoot.
Swaledale £120 Spital Shields, £118 Marygate.
Averages:
Hoggs
Light to 325.0p (243.4p)
Standard to 405.0p (248.5p)
Medium to 403.0p (254.7p)
Heavy to 292.0p (238.8p)
Ewes
Light to £120.00 (£80.76)
Heavy to £250.00 (£123.11)
Rams to £196.00 (£120.05)
corresponding week 2021 sale report
