Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward 6,330 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 2nd December 2025.

A larger show of store lambs forward with a great demand for all classes, selling with ease to a ringside of buyers from up and down the country. More numbers needed weekly to fulfil buyers demands.

Top price of the day goes to a Texel tup lamb from F Jenkinson, Fallside realising £175. 

Store Lambs
Texel – £170 Greenridge, £160, £154 Dykehead, £154 Drinkstone, £150 Bridgestone, £150 Drinkstone, £149, £147 Dykehead, £144 Ardnacross, £144 Stooprigg, £143 Pilmuir & Thistledown, £142 Pilmuir.
Mule- £150 Howman Grange, £146 Oaklands, £146 Howman Grange, £136 Springwells, £128 Rhoin, £127 Low Old Shield, £126 Rhoin & £126 Keepers Cottage, £124 Archbank.
Suffolk- £150 Drinkstone, £144 Archbank & Longburgh Fauld, £143 Rhoin, £138 Dykehead, £136 Archbank & Keil, £134 Shaw Cottage.
Romney- £148 Albyn Avene, £90, £89, £86 Old Station Court.
Blue Faced Leicester- £144 Shankfieldhead.
 Beltex- £140 Bridgestone, £138 Albyn Avenue, £132 Dykehead.
Cheviot Mule- £135 Keil, £131 Archbank, £129 Corran, £128 Drinkstone & Keil, £122 Boreland, £118 Priesthaugh, £117 Keil, Marwhirn & Stooprigg.
Hill Cheviot- £134 Gillesbie Farms, £130 Springwells, £125, £122 Twislehope, £122 Stooprigg, £118 Gillesbie Farms, £117 Stooprigg, £116 Mount Benger, £116 Snar Farm.
Charollais- £129 Hallrule Mill.
North Country Cheviot- £128 North Synton, £115 Earlside, £112 Shaw of Dryfe, £111 North Synton, £108 Braidley Farm, £96 Whitstonehill & Dalhanna, £94 Marwhirn, £92 Earlside & Whitstonehill.
Hampshire- £117 Beechgrove.
Easy-care- £116 Braidley Farm, £114 Cleongart, £104 South Healey.
Berrichon- £116, £98 Low Longlands.
Blackface- £112 Albyn Avenue, £110 Faulding Cleugh, £108 Snar Farm, £100 Hazelton Rigg, £99 Killeonan, £94 Homestead, £92 Drinkstone, £90 Garrachoran, £89 Glen House.
Half-bred- £110 Earlside.
Kerry Hill- £108 Morwood.
Herdwick- £98, £90 Low Longlands, £90 Longrow.
Shetland- £87 Shaw Cottage, £79 Crailloch.
Swaledale- £88 Pry Hill, £80 Keskadale Farm, £67 Millden, £66 Keskadale Farm, £62 Allendale Estate.

Tup Lambs
Texel - £160, £145 Beechgrove, £136, £134 Skipness Estate, £130 Beechgrove, £118 Greenmerse, £118 Moss Park & Whinnery Hill, £116 Shaw of Dryfe.
North Country Cheviot- £149 Drumyeonmore, £124 Bloch Farm, £122 Howman Grange, £110 Bloch Farm, £101 Skelfhill.
Suffolk- £138 Shaw of Dryfe, £116 Greenmerse, £114 Hallrule Mill, £112 Helmburn.
Beltex- £130 Beckstones.
Mule - £128 Shankfieldhead, £120 Beechgrove, £114 Greenmerse.
Hampshire- £120 Beechgrove.
Blackface- £117 Mount Benger, £80 Chapelhope Trust, £70 Greenmerse, £69 Crosslee.

A much larger show of feeding sheep on offer, all classes dearer on the week with much larger quantities needed each week to fulfil the ever-growing demand. Top price was a pen of Mule ewes realising £152 from Kerr, Keppoch. Blackface ewes top at £126 from D Gillies, Killipol Farm.

Feeding Ewes
Mule- £152, £148 Keppoch, £130 Skipness, £110 Orchard House, £110 Killeonan, £105 Merkland, £102 Millar Farm.
Texel – £142 Killeonan, £128 Beckstones, £126 Lyneholm, £122 Bennan, £115 Lyneholm, £112 North Mausdale, £108 Killipol.
Hill Cheviot- £135, £128 Boreland, £128 Marwhirn, £118 Crosslee, £110 Brenchoille, £102 Bloch Farm, £98 Stooprigg.
Suffolk- £135 Hallrule Mill, £120  Keppoch.
Blackface- £126 Killeonan, £98 Millden Agri, £96 Glen House, £92 Beinn Fraoich & Millden Agri, £90 Oaklands, £88 Milden Agri, £84 Pole Farm.
Hampshire- £90 Lyneholm.
Swaledale- £74 Orchard House.
Herdwick- £72 Dalhanna Farming.

Rams
Hill Cheviot- £200, £150 Boreland, £118 Bloch Farm.
Texel- £185 Boreland.
Suffolk- £160 Boreland.
Charollais- £160 Boreland.
Blackface- £122 Albyn Avenue, £82 Pole Farm, £80 Garrachoran.
Herdwick- £98 Lyneholm.