Longtown Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their Annual Hillbred Suckler Calf sale alongside Store Cattle of all classes at Longtown on Saturday 24th October 2020.

All cattle sold to a fast trade ensuring vendors left the sale ring at Longtown highly delighted with their days trading, with averages up £165.43 on the year.  

An outstanding run of mainly Charolais bred calves consigned by regular vendors M/s D Story, Greenburn, Canonbie stole the show, selling very well indeed, topping at £1,030 on two separate occasions, firstly for a pen of 5 Charolais bulls and again for a pen of 7.

Limousin calves topped at £950 for an outstanding steer consigned by M/s Walton, Wanwood Hill, Alston. The same firm sold the top priced Limousin heifer at £940.

All producers are commended as all cattle turned out for sale were in fine form. A full ringside of potential purchasers were in attendance and many more calves could easily have been sold to vendor advantage.

Suckler Calves

PRINCIPAL PRICES:

BULLS:

Charolais £1,030 x2, £900, £880 Greenburn.

Limousin £900 Dumbretton.

BULLOCKS:

Limousin £950, £920 Wanwood Hill, £910, £900 Sorbietrees, £880 Wanwood Hill, £840 Greenburn, £840, £820 Sorbietrees, £820, £800 Stonehall.

Angus £890, £880, £830 Spadeadam.

Blonde £710, £650 Hepplehill.

Charolais £690, £640, £610 Whintingstown.

HEIFERS:

Limousin £940 Wanwood Hill, £910 Sorbietrees, £900, £820 Wanwood Hill, £70 Greenburn, £760 Dumbretton, £750 Sorbietrees.

Charolais £850, £840, £810, £800 Greenburn.

Hereford £760 Greenburn.

Beef Shorthorn £750 Greenburn.

Angus £660 Greenburn.

Store Cattle

PRINCIPAL PRICES:

BULLOCKS:

Limousin £1,070 Hethermill.

Angus £1,030 Hethermill.

Friesian £985 Hethermill.

British Blue £970 Hethermill.

Charolais £860, £810, £800 Linnbridgeford.