Longtown Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts, Longtown held their fortnightly sale of 106 store and breeding cattle on Tuesday 30^th January 2018.

A mixed show of stores with a shortage of bigger cattle. The sale topped at £1,100 for a Limousin heifer sold by Messrs Teasdale, Kellah, with the next best coming at £1,060 for a pair of Hereford bullocks shown by TS Brass, Espland.

The breeding section sold to £1,550 for a Limousin cow with heifer calf from CA Grieve & Sons, Snab, following that was a British Blue cow with a heifer calf making £1,420 also from Messrs Grieve.

PRINCIPAL PRICES: -

BULLOCKS

Hereford £1,060 (x2) Espland.

Limousin £1,035 (x2), £1,020 Espland, £1,010 Chapel House, £965, £880, £870 (x2) Kellah.

Shorthorn £980 Espland.

British Blue £950 (x2) Westwinds, £700 (x2) Gibstown.  

Angus £740 (x2), £720 (x4) Birneyknowe.  

HEIFERS

Limousin £1,100 Kellah, £900, £890 Chapel House, £890, £860 (x2) Ryehills, £840 (x2) Chapel House.

Charolais £960 (x2), £830 (x2) Shankbridge End.  

British Blue £900 Ryehills.

Angus £740 Girnwood, £700 Birneyknowe.  

BULLS

Limousin £980, £940, £890 Dumbretton.

Whitebred Shorthorn £730 Blackburn.

British Blue £630 (x2) Gibstown.

Stabiliser £550 Dumbretton.

Angus £510 Girnwood.

Luing £500 Geltsdale.

BREEDING CATTLE:-

Limousin cow wit heifer calf £1,550, £1,220 Snab.

British Blue cow with heifer calf £1,420, £1,380 Snab.

Stabiliser cow with heifer calf £1,300 Snab.

Continental cow with bull calf £1,220 Snab.

Limousin in calf cow £1,130, £910, £880 Snab.

Limousin cow with bull calf £1,120 Snab.

Angus cow with heifer calf £1,000 Snab.

British Blue in calf cow £1,000, £960 Snab.