Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Reports

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 3,045 store hoggs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 18th March 2025.

761 In lamb sheep and dry hoggs forward

Topping the sale at £275 for a pen of North Country Cheviot regular aged ewes scanned inlamb to a Blue Face Leicester from JJ Patterson, Kirkton Hill Farms.

This tremendous dispersal of Scotch Mules and North Country Cheviots went on to average £253 per head.

Geld Ewe hoggs topped at £225 for a sharp Park type Cheviot from JJ Patterson, Kirkton Hill Farms.

Breeding Sheep

Ewes
North Country Cheviot - £275, £265 Kirkton Hill, £155 East Mains
Mule - £258, £255 x4, £250 x4, £242, £235 Kirkton Hill, £192, £190, £188 x2, £182, £180, £175, £170 East Mains
Suffolk - £205, £198 Crake Trees Manor, £195, £172 East Mains
Dutch Spotted - £188 East Mains
Texel - £170, £160, £148, £110 East Mains
Blackface - £165, £152 Halflawkiln
Zwartbles - £138 x2 East Mains
Herdwick - £102 Bridge End

Gimmers
Mules - £270, £255 Kirkton Hill
Suffolk - £198, £125 East Mains

Ewe Hoggs
North Country Cheviot - £225, £185 Kirkton Hill
Cheviot Mule - £180 Kirkton Hill
Mule - £170 Corsencon
Texel - £110 x2 Hyndlee

Ewes & Lambs
Suffolk - £120, £112 East Mains
Texel - £105, £100 Leapsrigg
Mule - £98 x2 Leapsrigg
 
Store Hoggs (2,683) - A mixed show of store hoggs forward, with a strong demand for all classes as purchasers continue to travel from all ends of the country to take advantage of the quantity of sheep placed Infront of them.
Topping the sale at £170 was a tremendous Suffolk cross gimmer hogg from Jake Bailey, Greenside Farm.
A fantastic run of 39 Texel cross hogg from GB Milroy, Mains of Machermore went of the average and impressive £140.

Principal prices

Store Hoggs
Suffolk – £170, £142 Greenside, £160, £130 Drinkstone, £154, £131 The Crossings, £148 Escart, £148, £117 Kirkton Hill, £138 Tarrasfoot, £135, £120 Wiza, £134, £124 Hallrule Mill, £130, £126 Merkland, £130 Bloch, £119 Mains of Collin
Beltex - £166 Mains of Machermore, £165, £162, £130 Burnside, £160 Mains of Collin, £142 Killipol, £142, £122 Ballochgair, £136 Home, £132 Lingey Field, £130 Cooilingel, £128 Shankcastle
Texel - £159 Burnside, £156, £152 Mains of Machermore, £155, £144 Hallrule Mill, £149 Falgunzeon, £149 Drinkstone, £147, £146, £144 Walley Thorn, £146 Ramseycleuch, £146 Seat Hill, £146 Kirkton Hill, £146 Lingey Field, £142 Barsalloch, £142 Congeith
Blackface -  £150 Caladh-Reidh, £126 Mains of Collin, £123, £117 Tangy, £122, £114 Carskiey, £122 Romesbeoch, £118 Laverhay, £115 East Skeronlin, £115 Home, £112 Dalmore
Cross - £150, £138, £132 Mains of Collin, £144 The Crossings, £140 Lingey Field, £134 Killipol, £132 Romesbeoch, £128, £126 Saddell Home, £128 Tangytavil, £127 Fell View, £126 Dalmore
Hill Cheviot - £146, £119 Bloch, £125 Catslackburn, £120 Newbank
Hampshire - £136 Congeith
Cheviot Mule - £134 Tangy, £110 Allfornaught
Dutch Spotted - £130 Dirnow
North Country Cheviot - £129, £104 Allfornaught, £125 Mains of Machermore, £100 Kirkton Hill, £99 Wasdale Head Hall
Charollais - £126 Hallrule Mill, £104 Allfornaught, £84 Burnside, £84 Birchcraig
Halfbred - £119 The Crossings
Lleyn - £102 Clonhie
Shetland - £90 South Port O Spittal, £90 Oaklands, £74 Tomaig
Badgerface - £88 Greenside
Easycare - £86, £84 Coolingel
Herdwick - £84 Wasdale Head Hill
Swaledale - £78 Keskadale, £72, £70 Whitfield Est
Dorset - £72 Greenland

Feeding Ewes and Cast Rams (357) - A slightly larger show of feeding ewes were on offer this week. Top price of the day went to S Dalton, Greenside Farm at £182 for a pen of Texel cross ewes.

Principal prices

Feeding Ewes
Texel - £182 Greenside, £178 Cronkbreck, £174 Killeonan, £158 Romanway, £152 Allfornaught, £144 Mains of Machermore, £142 Coolingel, £122 Low Old Shields, £116 Airy Holm
North Country Cheviot - £174 Blaebeck, £148 Tarrasfoot, £138, £114 Newbank, £134 Archbank, £132 Mains of Machermore, £124 Corran
Cheviot Mule - £162 Archbank
Cross - £156 Mains of Collin, £153 Cronkbreck, £145 Barsalloch, £124 Killeonan, £120 Low Old Shields, £118, £116 Hensol
Suffolk - £139  Meikleholm, £110 Saulmore
Beltex - £138 Mains of Machermore, £132 x2 Greenside
Lleyn - £138 Clonhie
Romney - £136 Barsalloch
Hill Cheviot - £125 Ramseycleuch, £121, £102 Hensol, £106 Harden, £100 Cronkbreck
Blackface - £118 Miltonise, £110 Killeonan, £95 Corsencon, £92 Barsalloch, £80 Saulmore
Swaledale - £90 Corran

Cast Rams
Texel - £150, £142 Ramseycleuch
Kerryhill - £115 Greenland
Blackface - £90, £88 Kilmichael

For any enquiries contact our auctioneers:
Daniel Lynn 07584 200489
John Walton 07880 527066
Joe Conley 0777 168 5073