Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 2,511 store hoggs at Longtown on Tuesday 10th February 2026.

A smaller show of store hoggs on offer seen dearer again on the week especially the longer term hoggs, many more numbers still needed each week to fulfil demand around ringside.

Topping the sale was a massive Suffolk x hogg from J McQuistin & Son, Barnshangan realising £170.

Store Hoggs 

Suffolk - £170 Barshangan, £158 Windy Hill

Texel - £160 Windy Hill, £158 Cloverfield Cottage, £150 Windy Hill, £148 Cloverfield Cottage, £144 Dykehead

Beltex - £154 Dykehead

Lleyn- £134 Felkington

Hill Cheviot - £130 Bloch, £127 Bowhill Farming, £124 Bloch, £123 Sundhope

Mule - £128 Gill Head & Little Swinburne, £125 Spoutbank, £124 Broomhills, £120 Spoutbank

Blackface - £127, £117 & £110 Drummuckloch, £110 Bogra

Cheviot Mule- £126 Leapsrigg

North Country Cheviot - £116 Carruthers 

Kerry Hill- £114 Backbraes

Romney- £111 Burnfoot of Ewes

Easycare- £102 The Knocks & Wester Cottage

Kendal Rough- £94 Hill Head

Tup Hoggs

Texel- £150 Lingey Field

Cheviot- £139 Bloch, £130 East Redfordgreen

Mule- £121 Spoutbank

Blackface- £118 Drummuckloch

Lleyn- £116 Felkington

 

Feeding ewes follow suit, a jump up a gear with more faces around ring side looking for feeding ewes. Topping the sale was Texel cross ewe from I & L Weatherley, Windy Hill realising £185. Many more feeding sheep needed every week to fulfil buyer’s demand. 

Ewes

Texel - £185, £178 Windy Hill, £165 Bennan, £158 Wallley Thorn, £152 Windy Hill, £150 Walley Thorn, £142 Bennan

Mule - £160 Riverside, £152 Whiteclose, £142 Riverside, £122 Wester Cottage

Cheviot Mule - £175, £160 Windy Hill

Blackface -  £117 Bowhill Farming, £108 Drummuckloch, £102 Gillalees, £100 Riverside

Easycare- £116 Wester Cottage 

North Country Cheviot - £92 North Synton

Swaledale- £90, £82 Whitfield Estate, £70 Gill Head & Shankfieldhead

Rams 

Texel - £170, £150 Bennan

Bluefaced Leicester- £135 Beacon Rigg