Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward 4,692 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 16th December 2025.

A slightly smaller show of store lambs forward were dearer on the week with buyers continuously supporting throughout the year from up and down the country ensuring all classes are highly contended for.

A big thank you to all our vendors and purchasers for your support this year, we look forward to seeing you again in the new year.  All the best. 

Top price of the day was £148 for Suffolk x ewe lamb from W & J Thomson, Hownam Grange.

Store Lambs
Suffolk- £148 Hownam Grange, £142 Jubilee Cottage, £140 Hownam Grange, £130 Nethertofts, £128 North House
Dutch Spotted- £146 Gillalees, £109 The Parks
Texel – £144 Loophill, £140  Serrick Road & Gillalees, £138 Archbank, £136 North Synton, £135 Becton Hall Bar
Beltex- £136, £135, £128, £124, £123 Whitehouse
Charollais- £136 Moss Side, £124 Glenart
North Country Cheviot- £136 Parks, £131, £127 Hownam Grange, £125 North Synton, £118 Hownam Grange
Hill Cheviot- £128 Archbank, £119 Crossdykes, £115 Crosslee, £112 Langholm Street, £109 Crosslee
Half- Bred- £126 Pilmuir
Cheviot Mule- £126 Nethertofts, £122 North House, £118 Swaites, £115 Ballaggan, £112 Howman Grange
Mule- £122 Moss Side, £118 Coldchapel, £117 Drinkstone, Swaites & Cold Chapel, £115 Penlaw, £113 Cold Chapel & Coatlith Hill
Shetland- £111 Auchlin, £76 Keepershield
Hampshire- £109 Cooilingel
Blackface- £108 East Redfordgreen & Westerkirk, £101 Cold Chapel, £99 East Redfordgreen, £97 Cooilingel, £95 Faradale
Blue Faced Leicester- £106 Clayshant
Easycare- £96 Grange House
Charmoise- £94 Halterburnhead
Herdwick- £90 Faradale, £78 Millbeck Hall
Romney- £87 Craiglearen
Jacob- £87 Old Chapel

Tup Lambs
Charollais- £146, £138 Moss Side
Mule - £144  Belsay
Texel - £142 Whitehouse, £136 Loophill, £125 Gillalees, £120 Park Nook
North Country Cheviot- £141 Parks, £118 Highfield Farming £115 Belsay, £109 Langhope & Granton
Suffolk- £120 Nethertofts, £118 Helmburn, £116 Muirhead
Blackface- £118 East Redfordgreen, £110 Glenshanna, £108 Coldchapel
Beltex- £116 Greengate
Romney- £110, £107 Cockcroft
Charmoise- £100 Harden
Kerry Hill- £100 Newbigging Bush
Herdwick- £78 Millbeck Hall
Bluefaced Leicester- £72 Whitehouse

A smaller picking of feeding sheep this week, with the fleshed ewes jumping £15 on the week. More feeding sheep needed for our first store sale on the 6th January 2026 to fulfil buyers demands.

Feeding Ewes
Texel – £190 Banks Head, £182 Ballaggan & Gillalees, £170 Ballaggan
Blue Faced Leicester- £170 Beacon Rigg
Hampshire- £164 Cooilingel
Cheviot Mule- £156 Ballaggan, £142 Coatlith Hill, £122 Airyholm
Hill Cheviot- £155, £152 Ballaggan,£139 Ballaggan £120 Arkleton
Mule- £150 Ballaggan, £135 Cooilingel, £124 Whinney Hill, £122 Ballacooley, £118 Gillalees
Blackface- £122 Gillalees, £115 East Redfordgreen, £110 Cooilingel & Gillalees, £102 Coldchapel
Easycare- £115 Whitchesters, £102 Ballacooley
Herdwick- £95 Moorside
Swaledale- £88 Cooilingel
Dartmoor- £88 Cooilingel

Rams
Hill Cheviot- £165 East Redfordgreen
Texel- £145 Whitchesters, £140 Legavallon
Easy Care- £140 Whitchesters
Blue Faced Leicester- £130, £112 Beacon Rigg
Charollais- £95 Legavallon
Herdwick- £82 Moorside