Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 6,210 sheep comprising of 3,926 prime hoggs and 2,284 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 21st April 2022.

A smaller offering of cattle were forward, yet remain still as dear with more numbers required to fulfil buyer demand. The sale topped at £1,183 for Limousins from E & D Barker, Palmer Hill, Brampton, with top per kilo of 182p from the same home.

A smaller show of 3,926 prime hoggs were forward to the same competitive ring of purchasers ensuring all classes were dearer on the week.

Beltex hoggs topped the price per kilo at 373p from S & M Pickworth, Dotland Park, Hexham.  

Top price per head of £195 for Texel hoggs shown by AR Bell & Son, Kirkton, Hawick.

Lightweight and commercial export hoggs were in serious demand and well short of customer requirements with runs of handyweight good meated hoggs regularly achieving 290p – 310p. Many more can be sold to vendor advantage.  

A very satisfying overall sale average of 278.0ppk (SQQ 291.3pk) was achieved.

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 373p Dotland Park, 362p Petty Farm, 345p Dotland Park, 338, 337, 336p New Hummerbecks.  

Texel 323p Heathery Hall & Newhope, 313p South Road, 308p Home Farm & Newhope, 305p Nutholm.  

Charollais 310p New Hummerbecks, 306p Cottage Farm.       

Hill Cheviot 309p Petty Farm, 307p, 305p South Road, 304p Petty Farm, 303p Roughet Hill & West Houses, 302p Raeburnhead & Cleughbrae.   

Suffolk 308p Home Farm, 303p Cottage Farm, 294p Outertown, 290p Nutholm.  

Blue du Maine 302p Home Farm.

Blackface 300p Home Farm, 298p Raeburnhead, 297p Pasture House, 295p Heathery Hall. 294p Haresteads, Kirkhouse, Plumpe & Longburgh Fauld.  

Shetland 299p Upper Auchenlay.

Dutch Spotted 290p Coxhill.

Herdwick 289p Pasture House, 279p Rowhead, 275p Achingills.    

Mule 279p Nutholm, 273p Kirkhouse, 272p Plumpe, 271p Riggshield.  

Cheviot Mule 278p Thornship.

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Texel £195, £185 Kirkton, £166 Bank Top & Sykehead, £158 Mossband Hall, £156 Falla.  

Beltex £164 Drumcairn, £162 West Scales, £157 Dotland Park, £155 Bank Top, £150 Middle Farm, Drumcairn & Dotland Park.

Suffolk £158 Falla, £150 Colmslie Hill, £146 Falla, £144 Cardewlees, £142 Evening Hill & West Newlands.       

Roussin £150 Coxhill.   

Charollais £142, £130 New Hummerbecks.  

North Country Cheviot £141 Carruthers.

Hill Cheviot £138 Yett, £135 South Road, £134, £133 Petty Farm, £133 The Land, £132 Creca Hall, South Road, Yett & The Land.

Cheviot Mule £134 South Road, £130 Sharplaw.  

Blackface £130 Wanwood Hill, £129 Soilzarie, £126.50 Plumpe, £126 Kirkhouse, £125.50 Plumpe.

Mule £126 Nutholm, £125 West Newlands, High Mossthorn & Cottage Farm, £124 Nunscleugh, £123 Kirkhouse & Millantae.

A similar show of 2,284 ewes were forward selling to a full ringside of purchasers ensuring all classes £5-£8 up on the week. A shortage of best bred Texel and Beltex ewes was noticeable and quantities of this grade of ewe are requested by purchaser demand. With this said, a fantastic sale average of £137.93 per head was achieved.

Heavy ewes sold to £248 for Texel ewes from C & I Angus, Oldfield, Thurso.  

Mule ewes sold to a top of £150 from D Story, Greenburn, Canonbie.  

Hill ewes topped at £138 for Blackfaces from W & PF Walton, Penpeugh, Bardon Mill with Cheviot ewes selling at £137 from RM Fishwick, Thornship. Shap.  

Rams again in very big demand topping at £268 for Texels from A & D Bell, Mossband Hall, Longtown with Rouge rams also selling at £268 from GA Haston & Son, Swordwell Rigg, Annan.  

All quantities of ewes are required for this week’s sale and more ewes can be sold on a weekly basis to vendor’s advantage with an unprecedented demand here at Longtown. Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers, who will be pleased to take your calls for further entries or enquiries

HEAVY EWES

Texel £248 Oldfield, £242 West Park, £240 Sharplaw, £232 High House, £228 Woodhead, £222 Viewley, £220 Dykehead.   

Suffolk £210 The Cottage, £200 Calf Park, £194 Oldfield, £192, £190 Burgh Head, £190 Bleatarn & Great House.

Charollais £210, £192 High House, £190, £182 Benton Farm, £176 Viewley.  

Zwartble £195 Viewley, £185 Great Easton Drive.

Beltex £195 Woodhead, £180 Ghyll House.

Bluefaced Leicester £190 Wanwood Hill, £170 High House.   

North Country Cheviot £170 Oldfield, £158 Longrow, £154 Viewley, £151 New Hummerbecks, £149 Swinside Townfoot, South Road & Carruthers.

Blue du Maine £162 Stanger Hill.

Cheviot Mule £153 Morwood, £138 Falnash, High Chesters, Shaw Head & Colmslie Hill.

Mule £150 Greenburn, £148 Spoutbank, £147 Nunscleugh, £146 Burnstones, £145 Benton Farm & Mossburnford, £142 High House, £141 Stemster & Heatherglen.    

LIGHT EWES

Blackface £138, £137 Penpeugh, £130 Lilburn Estate, £128 Longburgh Fauld, £123 Lanehead, £120 Lawston.

Hill Cheviot £137, £135 Thornship, £132 West Park, £129 Colmslie Hill, £127 Carruthers, Greenburn & Catslackburn, £126 Colmslie Hill, £125 Buchtrig & Boreland.

Jacob £124 Colmslie Hill.

Kerry Hill £120 Thornship, £118 Birsca.      

Swaledale £118 Fordlands, £116 Spoutbank, £111 Hollin Close.

Herdwick £97 Dyekeside.

RAMS

Texel £268 Mossband Hall, £222 Benton Farm, £220 Viewley & Mossburnford.

Rouge £268 Swordwell Rigg.    

Berrichon £255 Swordwell Rigg.

Suffolk £222 Benton Farm, £212 Viewley.   

Zwartble £222 Benton Farm.

Bluefaced Leicester £188 Wanwood Hill, £172 Fordlands & Colmslie Hill.

Oxford £178 Guards.

North Country Cheviot £150 Buchtrig.

Charollais £150 Benton Farm.   

Blackface £136 Easter Denhead, £124 Roughet Hill.

Cheviot £134 Catslackburn, £130 Falnash, £128 Setthorns, £126 Colmslie Hill.  

Averages:

Hoggs
Light to           303.0p (278.7p)
Standard to      362.0p (288.9p)
Medium to      373.0p (293.6p)
Heavy to         312.0p (256.6p)

Ewes
Light to           £138.00 (£94.49) 
Heavy to         £248.00 (£149.29)

Rams to           £268.00 (£160.17)

 

corresponding week 2021 sale report