Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 4,494 Store Lambs at Longtown on Tuesday 17th December 2024.

A seasonal show of store lambs forward met a sharper trade for all classes as purchasers look for numbers leading up to the festive period. Next sale is January 7th when numbers will be highly sought after with high presence of buyers expected.

Topping the sale was a fantastic Texel cross ewe lamb from J Baxter, Kilnhill that was very kindly donated to the Foxhounds hunt, realising £190.

Beltex lambs lead the way at £164 per head for a fantastic pen of seven. This tremendous run of lambs averaged £145 for 35 sold from Messrs Spittel, Greenside Hill 

Longer keep lambs were dearer on the week as more faces turned to the ring-side to source lambs before the festive break. The wet weather certainly did not deter them from getting stuck into the numbers that were placed in front of them here at Longtown.

North Country Cheviots topped at £134 for a pen of 10 outstanding park type lambs from G Davies & Partners, North Synton. Blackface lambs topped at £108 for 29 well bred ewe lambs from TN Cavers & Co, Sorbie Farm.

Texel - £190 Kilnhill, £144 Aar-Dar, £143, £128 x2 Cowden Burn, £140, £137 x2 North Synton, £139, £124 Craighead, £137 Powheads, £135, £131 Hallrule Mill, £134 Justnlees, £132 Sweetbit, £130 Gillalees, £130 Redgate Head, £130, £120 Wadley, £130 Greenside Hill, £129 Newham Hagg, £128 Knockenhair, £128 Drissaig, £122 Ballaquinnea Beg
Beltex - £164, £146, £144, £140, £136 x2 Greenside Hill, £118 Kionslieu, £117 Sorbie
Border Leicester - £160 x2 Kionslieu, £130 Gibbs Hill
Dutch Spotted - £145, £136 Kinninghall, £128, £120, £110, £102 Sunbeam
Suffolk - £138 Kinninghall, £133, £122 Drinkstone, £132, £124 Aar-Dar, £130 Hallrule Mill, £127 Twislehope, £125 Knockenhair, £122 Middlesteads, £117 Whitstonehill, £117 South Port O Spittal, £115 Dyke, £113 Middlesteads, £110 Colmslie Hill, £109 Littlegill, £109 Trawknowes
North Country Cheviot - £134, £120 North Synton, £131, £123, £95 Mollin, £118 Blaebeck, £112, £96, £92 Archbank,  £111, £95 High Dovecote, £106 Clarghyllfoot, £101 Littlegill, £100 Nookclose, £90 Crailloch
Charollais - £132, £95, £90 x2 Cooilingel, £100 Wadley
Romney - £127 Justenlees
Hill Cheviot - £128 Crossdykes, £125 Lawesknowe, £120 Twislehope, £116 Crailloch, £110 Greenside Hill, £107 Westerhall, £105, £99, £98 Yetholm Mains, £101 Carlenrigg, £100 Whitstonehill, £100 High Green Est, £100 Tushielaw, £96 Terrona, £92 Glenshanna
Cheviot Mule - £120 Coldchapel, £119 Mollin, £119 Bennan, £114 Justenlees, £113, £108 Littlegill, £107 Craighead, £106 Colmslie, £105 Stobo Hill
Cross - £118 Ardentraive, £117 Cowden Burn, £117, £108 Gibbs Hill, £117 Drinkstone, £113 Bayles, £113 Middlesteads, £111 Belsay Barns, £104 Killipol, £100 Littlegill, £98 Trowknowes
Blackface - £126 Cowden Burn, £108 Sorbie, £101 Acharonich, £101 Littlegill, £95 Drissaig,  £94 Westerhall, £94, £91, £82 Merkland, £90 Bowland, £90 Coulinlongart, £115, £108, £97, £91, £90, £85, £82 Ballaquinnea Beg, £90 Nookclose, £84 Cooilingel, £84 Littlegill, £82 Keepersshield, £82 Stonehouse
Easycare - £113, £112, £110, £108, £105, £100, £94 Chatton Park, £112 Field Head, £112 Greenside Hill, £111 Wadley
Herwick - £112, £109, £86 Whitstonehill
Jacob - £102, £78 Wadley
Ryeland - £100 Gall House
Shetland - £99, £91 x 2, £84 Port O Spittal
Swaledale - £90, £87, £68 Bayles
Lleyn - £77 Ballaquinnea Beg
Dorset - £77 Ellwood

Feeding Sheep
A smaller show of 218 feeding ewes and cast tups met an electric trade, topping at £210 for a pair of Texel ewes from GB Milroy, Mains of Machermore. This strong run of ewe averaged £141 for 30 feeding sheep sold.

Ewes
Texel - £210, £174, £142, £140, £136, £120, £116, £110 Mains of Machermore, £96 Barkbeth
Blue Faced Leicester - £160 Kionslieu
Beltex - £150 Kionslieu, £135, £122 Mains of Machermore,
Suffolk - £145 Bowland
North Country Cheviot - £140, £137 Mains of Machermore, £112 North Synton, £112, £92 Cour
Border Leicester - £140, £114 Bowland
Cheviot Mule - £138, £130 Mains of Machermore
Hill Cheviot - £130, £124 Arkleton, £88, £78 Cooilingel, £86 High Green Est
Cross - £119, £105 Bowland, £118 Sweetbit, £84 Cour
Blackface - £112 Barkbeth, £92, £70, £68, £64 Bowland, £90, £83 Ballaquinnea Beg, £90 Burdonside, £70 Middlesteads, £68 High Green Est
Romney - £94 Bowland

Rams
Texel - £185, £170 Sweetbit, £150 Mians of Machermore,
Suffolk - £150 Sweetbit, £112 Bowland
Cross - £130, £104 Hamburn Hall
Kerry Hill - £120 Sweetbit
Swaledale - £95 Hamburn Hall
Blackface - £94 High Green Est, £80 Drissaig, £78 Westerhall
Blue Faced Leicester - £90 Sweetbit