Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 8,863 sheep comprising of 5,031 prime lambs and 3,832 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 17th November 2022.
A larger show of cast cows and bulls was forward, again to a full ring of competitive purchasers ensuring all classes met a marvelous trade with many more required on a weekly basis to satisfy buyer demand here at Longtown. The sale topped at 211p for a Simmental from first time vendor D Mackay, Lednabirichen, Caithness, who sold others at 188p and 172p, with dairy bred British Blue cows topping at 170p from GF Davies & Co., Upper Glendiven, Langholm. Salers to 168p from A Reid & Co., Glendearg, Eskdalemuir, which also topped at the price per head at £1,797. Simmental cows to £1,616 from Lednabirichen and Blues sold to £1,377 from Upper Glendiven. RW Telfer, Spadeadam had Angus sell to £1,184 with Beef Shorthorns to £1,036 from J Anderson, Rowanburnfoot, Canonbie.
A larger show of 5,031 prime lambs was forward.
Top price per kilo of 384p for a Texel lamb consigned by Oli Harrison of Aimshaugh, Alston, consigned a lamb which was donated to raise money for SCBU Equipment Fund for the Special Care Baby Unit. This lamb also topped the price per head at £200 and was purchased by J Gittins of Ystum Colwyn Farms Ltd, with a further £500 given from Ystum Colwyn Ltd and West Scottish Lamb Ltd. £320 was donated each from T Holmes, Pickstock Foods Ltd and MacTaggart Bros, £300 from Field Fresh Trading Ltd, Farmers Fresh Ltd and ALHR Farms Ltd with an additional £260 from A Watret and C&D Auction Mart. A Blackface lamb was also very kindly donated from Messrs Walton, Wanwood Hill for the charity and sold for £100 to Ystum Colwyn raising a fantastic grand total of £3,680.
The directors, auctioneers and all the staff at Longtown Auction Mart thank all the purchasers who stepped forward to raise funds for this well worthy cause. Your support is appreciated by both the families involved and by Longtown Auction Mart.
Lambs on a whole sold to a slight resistance as more numbers piled forward nationwide. Heavy lambs were forward in massive numbers with trade slightly easier than last week’s high rates of return. Best export lambs regularly exceeded 300ppk. achieving a very satisfying sale average of 245ppk.
Out with the charity lambs, heavy lambs Topped at £185 for Texels consigned by Messrs Ward, Whitstonehill, Lockerbie.
Top price per kilo of 332p for handy weight Beltex lambs consigned by Messrs Marrs, Broomhills, Carlisle.
Overall average 245.3p (SQQ 245.6p)
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Texel 384p Aimshaugh, 304p Peela Hill & Pasture House, 298p Corneyside, 297p Cubbyhill & Chirdon.
Beltex 332p Broomhills, 330p Thornthwaite Close, 328p Waterloo, 320p Kilnford Croft & Huntley Lodge.
Dutch Texel 320p Kirkhouse.
Suffolk 279p, 269p Kilnford Croft, 251p Achscrabster, 250p Chirdon, Kilnford Croft, Pasture House & Westernhopeburn.
Blackface 270p Wanwood Hill, 250p Nutholm, 238p, 235p Wanwood Hill, 235p Greensburn.
Charollais 269p Basco Dykehead, 265p Parkhill, 262p Achamore.
Millenium Blue 254p, 250p Aldermanseat.
Cheviot 249p Balure, 248p Nether Overhill, 244p, 242p Lawesknowe, 240p Huntly Lodge.
Herdwick 248p Ashness.
Cheviot Mule 246p Langholm, 241p Nether Overhill.
Mule 244p Greensburn, 242p Langholm, 241p Dalbhraddan, 240p Low Dunashery & Wanwood Hill.
North Country Cheviot 240p, 232p Westerloch.
PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)
Texel £200 Aimshaugh, £160, £156 Prior House, £155 Achamore, £152 Kirkhouse, £149 Achamore.
Beltex £185, £175 Whitstonehill, £156 Kilnford Croft, £149 Whitstonehill, £145 High Stenries.
North Country Cheviot £156 Westerloch.
Cheviot £148 Lawesknowe, £132 Kirkton.
Suffolk £144 Slealands, £143, £141 Kilnford Croft, £139 Upper Auquhadlie, £137 The Land.
Dutch Texel £144, £140 Kirkhouse.
Millenium Blue £135, £130 Aldermanseat.
Half-bred £133 High Moat.
Charollais £131 Achamore, £127, £125 Tinnishall.
Mule £129 Brookside, £114 Parkdargue, £112 Miller Hill & Nether Stenries.
A smaller show of 3,832 cast ewes and rams was forward to the same ringside of competitive purchasers ensuring all classes were sold to increased rates of return. With next to no pure bred Texel ewes in, the three quarter bred ewes took a big lift. Best bred Texel/Beltex ewes are keenly sought after and wanted in numbers for next week’s sale. Heavy horned ewes and Mules also took a big lift and again are actively sought after for next week’s sale.
Heavy ewes topped at £250 for Texels shown by Gillesbie Farms, Gillesbie, Lockerbie.
Umpteen amounts of Mule ewes received returns from £110 - £125, topping at £138 from Viewley
Hill ewes topped at £120 for Hill Cheviot ewes from D Henderson & Son, Moorside, Wick. Whilst Blackface ewes topped at £115 and £105 for 2 penful’s consigned by Messrs Ballentyne, Cowburnrigg, Haltwhistle.
Rams were forward in great numbers and sold to a top of £225 for Texels from PH McVittie, Burn House, Haltwhistle.
Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers, who will be pleased to take your calls for all further enquiries or entries. Heavy ewes of all breeds are wanted by purchaser request for next weeks sale.
John Walton 07880 527066
Sam Hogg 07584 207323
Norman Douglas 07786 366833
HEAVY EWES
Texel £250 Gillesbie, £235 Roughet Hill & Eastside, £228, £222 West Nubbock, £222 Viewley, £218 Dormansteads.
Beltex £152 Finnieness.
Suffolk £150 Firth View, £148 Viewley & Hallees, £142 Mindork, £140 Bowsden Moor.
Cheviot Mule £142 Dormansteads, £137, £134 Mindork.
North Country Cheviot £138, £133, £122 Achscrabster, £120 Nether Stenries & Viewley.
Mule £138, £130 Viewley, £129 West Nubbock, £125 Killeonan, £124 Beckhall.
Bluefaced Leicester £138 Underwood, £130 Nutholm.
LIGHT EWES
Hill Cheviot £120 Moorside, £117, £114 Low House, £108 Devonport Farms, £98 Nutholm, £97 Glendearg.
Blackface £115, £105 Cowburnrigg, £91 West Nubbock, £90 Wanwood Hill.
Jacob £112, £96 Killeonan.
Romney £89, £86 Holme Farm, £82 Nutholm.
Kerry Hill £85 Nutholm & Westerloch.
Lleyn £85 Huntly Lodge.
Swaledale £82 Gallowberry, £79 Devonport Farms.
Easycare £73 Huntly Lodge.
RAMS
Texel £225 Burn House, £205 Achscrabster, £188 Viewley & Nunscleugh.
Charollais £185 Brookside.
Blue Texel £175 Nether Stenries.
North Country Cheviot £160 Devonport Farm.
Beltex £152 Finnieness.
Romney £148, £145 Pearsby Hall.
Suffolk £135 Stemster, £128 Nutholm.
Cheviot £130 Lawesknowe, £116 Nutholm, £110 Crosscleugh.
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 256.0p (185.5p)
Standard to 332.0p (244.4p)
Medium to 330.0p (248.2p)
Heavy to 384.0p (244.7p)
Overweight to 276.0p (246.5p)
Ewes
Light to £120.00 (£52.58)
Heavy to £250.00 (£105.60)
Rams to £225.00 (£105.72)
corresponding week 2021 sale report
