Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward another huge entry of 9,013 sheep comprising of 4,286 prime lambs and 4,727 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 3rd October 2024.

The Board of Directors and Auctioneers thank all their office staff and yard staff who have both worked tirelessly throughout this week seeing a throughput of over 29,000 sheep pass through the doors. This being an increase of over 2,500 sheep on the year. Well done to all involved.

We go again next week with 9,000 store lambs on Tuesday, 1,100 Texel, Suffolk, Bluefaced Leicester and Cross Bred rams on Wednesday and 10,000 prime and cast sheep for Thursday.     

A smaller offering of cows were forward to a competitive ringside of buyers with Beef Shorthorns selling to £1,493 from Meikle Whitriggs, Corrie, Lockerbie, who also achieved top per kilo of 192p. Numbers are sought after on a weekly basis to satisfy buyer demand here at Longtown.

A larger show of 4,286 prime lambs were forward to the same ring of competitive purchasers ensuring all classes were well bid for albeit slightly easier on the week. Fed lambs and heavy lambs were still sought after and can be sold to vendor advantage here at Longtown.  

Beltex lambs topped the sale at 337p from Black House.

Top price per head of £188 for a Mule lamb consigned by regular vendors Messrs Reed & Hill, Lingey Field, Hexham.

Overall average of 286.1p (SQQ 285.9p)

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 337p Black House, 332p Braehead, 329p Heithat, 326p Crawthat, 325p Whitstonehill.

Texel 326p Viewley, 313p Corneyside, 312p Carran & Smerral, 311p Knock & Tullochallum.         

Suffolk 317p Black House, 313p Shandford, 306p Coiliamy, 300p North House & Shandford.    

Cheviot 308p Catslackburn, 293p North House, 292p Gall. 

Charollais 297p Staffler, 289p Brocklebank, 287p Larel.          

Herdwick 297p Causey View.   

Easycare 295p, 282p, 280p East Fortissat.

Cheviot Mule 286p Todsykehead, 280p West Lodge South & Terrona.

Lleyn 286p The Height, 285p South Bowerhouses. 

Mule 282p Gall, 280p North Corrielaw, 279p Clonrae & Todsykehead, 278p Gall.

Blackface 282p, 278p East Fortissat.   

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Mule £188 Lingey Field, £135 Todsykehead, £131 Grindon Hill, £127 Culdoach. 

Texel £186, £175 Smerral, £175 Greensburn & North Corrielaw, £172, £170 Viewley.   

Cheviot Mule £182 West Lodge South.

Suffolk £170 Coiliamy, £168 Archerbeck, £164 Langraw & Shandford, £162 Blackcleugh, £160 Snab.

Beltex £168 West Lodge South, £160 Hen Moss & Blackcleugh, £154 Dykehead, £153 Crawthat. 

Charollais £164 Larel.  

Easycare £140 East Fortissat, £138 Braidley.

Dorset £140 Brae Edge.    

Lleyn £135, £124 The Height.  

Cheviot £128 Chesters Brae, £125 Clatequoy.

Another large show of 4,727 ewes and rams were forward to 21 active purchasers, being the most competitive auction in the country. All classes maintained recent high rates of return with customers, both purchasers and vendors alike, flocking from all over the British Isles and the Isle of Man to take advantage of the competition and numbers in the sheep ring at Longtown.   

Do not hesitate to come to Longtown to take advantage of an ever-increasing ring of purchasers and contact our auctioneers or field personnel who will be delighted to take your calls regarding the marketing of your cast ewes and tups.

The sale topped at £300 for Texels from J & C Hastings, Kopje, Dumfries.

Suffolk ewes sold to £185 from Highfield Farming, Knock, Duns.

Mule ewes topped at £168 consinged by M/s Ballantyne, Cowburnrigg, Northumberland.

Hill ewes sold to £125 for Blackfaces from JM Wight & Son, East Fortissat, Shotts.

Rams to £235 for Texels from Viewley.  

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 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

Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489

Sam Hogg 07584 207 323

Norman Douglas 07786 366 833

Helen Rickard 07741 313 029

HEAVY EWES

Texel £300 Kopje, £290 Southwoodhead & Roxburgh Mains, £260 Cooilingel, £250 Stooprigg, Flex & Roxburgh Mains.

Suffolk £185 Knock, £180 Viewley, £178 Elfhills & Roxburgh Mains, £170 Beckfoot.  

Charollais £180, £168 Beckfoot.

Mule £168 Cowburnrigg, £140 Littlegill, £139 Cooilingel, £138 Cowburnrigg & Swallowdene.   

North Country Cheviot £159 Seaview, £136 Carruthers, £132 Gall.

Cheviot Mule £155 West Millhills.    

LIGHT EWES

Blackface £125 East Fortissat, £116 Whiteside, £106 Craigdarroch, £96 Grindon Hill.

Cheviot £109 Smith Terrace, £92 Crossdykes, £88 Croft House.  

Easycare £102 East Fortissat. 

Kerry Hill £90 Borthwickshiels.

Swaledale £78 Grindon Hill.

RAMS

Texel £235 Viewley, £205 Beckfoot, £200 Commonside.

North Country Cheviot £230 Borthwickshiels, £200 Fordlands.

Border Leicester £175 Justenlees.

Bluefaced Leicester £162 Philiphaugh.

Beltex £160 The Craggs.   

Charollais £155 Craigens.

Kerry Hill £140 Bankhead.

Blackface £130 Grindon Hill.

Averages:

Lambs
Light to           337.0p (257.8p)
Standard to      311.0p (284.0p)
Medium to      332.0p (287.0p)
Heavy to         326.0p (287.1p)
Overweight to 312.0p (287.5p)

Ewes
Light to           £125.00 (£54.65) 
Heavy to         £300.00 (£106.14)

Rams to           £235.00 (£110.23)

corresponding week 2023 sale report