Longtown Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their February sale of 428 store cattle on Tuesday 13th February 2024. A quality show of younger cattle were forward, with all classes highly contended for by purchasers travelling a distance to witness the fine offering here at Longtown. Top price of the day was a beautiful blue roan heifer consigned by Reed & Hill, Lingey Field, Riding Mill realising £2,150.

A large show of feeding bulls also attracted buyers from far and wide, selling to a top of £2,000 for a pen of four well bred Angus bulls from WP Ross-Taylor, Littlegill, Abington with others to £1,980 shown by JF & JK Hayward & Son, Fell House, Colwell.

Bullocks peaked at £1,800 for a Simmental x from JDM Thomson, Newlands, Eaglesfield.

The next sale will be Tuesday 27th February 2024 – early entries are sought after to fulfil buyer requirements here at Longtown.

The pre sale show was in the capable hands of Mr C Malone, Fife, who had a marvellous show presented to him, and after much deliberation awarded the prizes as follows: 

PRIZE LIST:

Limousin Bullock

1st – Gass, Nunscleugh £1,680

2nd – Gass, Nunscleugh £1,770

3rd – Gass, Nunscleugh £1,770

Limousin Heifer

1st – Gass, Nunscleugh £1,680

2nd – Gass, Nunscleugh £1,680

3rd – Wanwood Partners, Wanwood Hill £1,550

Charolais Bullock

1st – Telford, High Parkfoot £1,540

2nd – Telford, High Parkfoot £1,550

2rd - Telford, High Parkfoot £1,520

Charolais Heifer

1st – Shankbridge End Farm £1,400

2nd – Telford, High Parkfoot £1,440

3rd – Telford, High Parkfoot £1,420

AOB Bullock

1st – Byers, Whitehill (BB) £1,620

AOB Heifer

1st – Reed & Hill, Lingey Field (BB) £1,440

2nd – Reed & Hill, Lingey Field (BB) £1,320

3rd – Reed & Hill, Lingey Field (BB) £1,320

Bulls

1st - Reed & Hill, Lingey Field £1,740

2nd - Reed & Hill, Lingey Field £1,620

3rd - Reed & Hill, Lingey Field £1,740

Champion

Gass, Nunscleugh – Limousin bullock

Reserve Champion

Byers, Whitehill – British Blue bullock

PRINCIPAL PRICES:

BULLOCKS:

Simmental £1,800 Newlands. 

Limousin £1,770 Nunscleugh, £1,750 Tinnishall, £1,640 Dodgsonstown, £1,610 Tinnishall, £1,590, £1,580 Little Swinburne, £1,580 Wanwood Hill & Tinnishall, £1,560 Little Swinburne, £1,560, £1,550 Nunscleugh. 

British Blue £1,700 Whitehill, £1,650 Camphill, £1,620 Whitehill, £1,560 Smallholms, £1,520 Camphill. 

Charolais £1,670 Newlands, £1,550, £1,540, £1,520 High Parkfoot. 

Hereford £1,630 Newlands.

Angus £1,460, £1,370, £1,260 Smallholms.

Blonde £1,210 New Hummerbecks.

Norwegian Red £1,135, £1,120 New Hummerbecks.

Beef Shorthorn £1,040 Gilside.

HEIFERS: 

Limousin £2,150, £1,920 Lingey Field, £1,860 Orchard, £1,720 Whitehill, £1,700 Lingey Field, £1,690, £1,680 Tinnishall, £1,680 Nunscleugh, £1,640 Tinnishall & Dodgsonstown, £1,600 Nunscleugh.  

Angus £1,600 Greensburn.

British Blue £1,580, £1,520 Knarr, £1,520 Lingey Field.

Charolais £1,490, £1,440, £1,420, £1,400 High Parkfoot, £1,400 Shankbridge End. 

Beef Shorthorn £1,110, £1,040 Gilside.

BULLS:

Angus £2,000 Littlegill, £1,980, £1,680, £1,600 Fell House. 

British Blue £1,740, £1,690, £1,620 Lingey Field. 

Limousin £1,690 Lingey Field, £1,480 Orchard. 

Charolais £1,540 Lingey Field.