Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 7,595 comprising of 3,631 prime hoggs, 148 spring lambs and 3,816 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 9th May 2024.

Cast cows remain in demand with more numbers required on a weekly basis to fulfil demand. The sale topped at £1,725 for a Charolais from BE Davidson, Bellfield, Longtown with Angus topping at £1,428 from Messrs Barrow, Powheads, Wigton. British Blues cows sold to £1,376 from Bellfield. Top per kilo of 238p for an Angus from Powheads with Charolais selling to 230p shown by Messrs Davidson.    

A select show of spring lambs sold to a top of 505p per kilo for Badgerface Texels shown by JH Scott, East Ingliston, Forfar with Beltex selling to 500p from A Hambleton, Merkland, Thornhill. Top per head of £250 and £235 for Suffolks lambs again from Merkland, and to £235 from HM Martindale, The Land, Ecclefechan. Many more are required as purchasers left with orders incomplete. Trade is set to stay with numbers slow to come forward nationally. Please contact our auctioneers for further enquires. 

A very mixed show of 3,631 hoggs forward. Fed good meated hoggs regardless of weight in big demand being dearer in the week whilst store hoggs proved harder to place. All meat a real treat! Top per kilo of 545p for Beltex shown by JP Mason, East Farm, Malton who also topped the price per head at £300. This tremendous run of hoggs went on to average £260.85 and 490p per kilo.

Overall average 381.9p (SQQ 382.2p)

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 545p East Farm, 512p Drumcairn, 510p, 500p, 490p East Farm, 484p Drumcairn, 483p East Farm.  

Texel 438p, 433p Creca Hall, 429p Shethin & Hillside, 426p Glendoe & Mallsgate Hall.

Cheviot 420p Creca Hall, 416p Patties Hill, 415p Heathery Hall, 413p, 411p West Scales, 411p Glendoe. 

Mule 418p, 417p, 405p Glendoe, 400p Castlehill, 397p Glendoe & Silloans, 395p Glendoe.

Charollais 412p Shethin. 

Suffolk 410p High Dalrioch & Weeds, 409p Ryehills, 408p Viewley, 402p Broomhills, 400p Beckfoot.

Blackface 409p Hillside, 407p Sykehead, 404p Westernhopeburn, Sykehead & Dyke, 400p Yett, Glendoe, Galleywreay & Sykehead. 

Herdwick 406p Cockley Beck.

Easycare 389p Easter Denhead.  

Swaledale 385p Westernhopeburn.   

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Beltex £300, £290, £285, £275, £265, £260, £255 East Farm.

Texel £250 Todburn, £242 Barnglies, £238 Beechwood, £234 Beckfoot, £230 Westernhopeburn, Sykehead & Bogues.      

Suffolk £225, £222 Viewley, £220 Beckfoot, £218 Viewley, £210 Todburn.

Dutch Spotted £212 Hillside.

Lleyn £210, £200 South Bowerhouses. 

North Country Cheviot £208 Dormansteads & Todburn.   

Mule £205 Glendoe, £200 The Land, £191 Wanwood Hill, £190, £186 Sykehead, £185 Broomhills. 

Cheviot £204 Kirkton, £195 Toftholm, £194 Kirkton, £190 Bloch, £189 Creca Hall, £185 West Scales.

Cheviot Mule £204 Cadgillhead, £200 Todburn.

Blackface £200 Wanwood Hill, £188 Lanehead, £187, £186, £184 Sykehead, £184 Dyke.

Herdwick £200, £190 Kilnhill. 

Charollais £198 Shethin, £190 The Land.

Swaledale £154 Westernhopeburn, £150 Sykehead.

A larger show of 3,816 ewes were forward. All classes of ewes still in big demand showing no signs of letting up, more required on a weekly basis to fulfill purchasers orders. 

Countless pens of heavy ewes £200 plus, best Texels way short of requirements also. Keep them coming. 

The sale topped at £305 for Texel ewes from Black Park Farms.   

Hill ewes sold to £150 for Blackfaces from B Cheesbrough, Lanehead, Kirkcambeck.

Rams to £205 for Charollais from Beckfoot.  

All classes of primestock are wanted here at Longtown on a weekly basis to satisfy an ever-growing demand. Primestock travel from all four corners of the United Kingdom to take advantage of the 19 active, competitive purchasers who operate on a weekly basis providing a very transparent and competitive marketplace here at Longtown. Haulage can be arranged easily and efficiently, so please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers who will be pleased to take your calls and assist you and your business in any way possible.

John Walton 07880 527 066 (Prime Sheep Auctioneer)

Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489 (Prime Sheep Auctioneer)

Sam Hogg 07584 207 323 (Prime Cattle and Cast Cow Auctioneer)

Norman Douglas 07786 366 833 (Fields Person)

Helen Rickard 07741 313 029 (Fields Person)

HEAVY EWES

Texel £305 Black Park, £285 Shethin, £275 Beckfoot, £245, £235 West Farm, £245 Townfoot.

Suffolk £255 The Land, £240 Tullochallum, £220 The Land, £215 Beckfoot, Longyester & Findowrie.   

Beltex £255 Corstane. 

Charollais £228 Viewley, £225, £220 Rigghead, £225 Viewley, £215 Shandford.  

Cheviot Mule £190 Barnglies.

Mule £188 Viewley, £175 Dallowie, £170 Longyester & Shitlington Hall, £166 Barsalloch, £165 Barnglies.    

Zwartble £182 Townfoot. 

Bluefaced Leicester £180 Beckfoot, £165 Tremeer.

North Country Cheviot £175 Shethin & Boulintogle, £172 Viewley, £168 Longoe.  

LIGHT EWES

Blackface £150 Lanehead, £148 Todsykehead, £140 Longyester, £130 Clonrae & Todsykehead.

Cheviot £142 Crosscleugh, Bloch & Kirkton, £140 Birsca, £132 Clackmae & Todburn, £130 North House & Birsca.   

Kerry Hill £138 Thornship, £136 Birsca.     

Easycare £135 Twizell.

Swaledale £130 Hillside, £104 Spoutbank, £94 Fordlands.

Herdwick £100 Ashness.

RAMS

Charollais £205 Beckfoot, £200 Viewley.

Texel £200 Viewley, £185 Mainside, £162 Twizell, £160 Towiemore.  

Oxford £200 Guards.

Suffolk £180 Viewley, £172 Shethin, £170 Towiemore, £162 Ashness.  

Zwartble £178 Towiemore.

Beltex £170 Aucharroch, £168 Newton of Logierait, £158 Wadley.

North Country Cheviot £155 Wadley, £150 Shethin.  

Bluefaced Leicester £146 Glendoe, £140 Merkland. 

Blue Texel £140 Towiemore.

Averages:

Hoggs
Light to           397.0p (325.1p)
Standard to      426.0p (376.2p)
Medium to      512.0p (394.3p)
Heavy to         545.0p (386.5p)

Ewes
Light to           £150.00 (£96.25) 
Heavy to         £305.00 (£147.34)

Rams to           £205.00 (£133.28)

 

corresponding week 2023 sale report