Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc had forward 6379 store lambs and feeding ewes at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 2nd December, 2014.

A large company of buyers ensured a very good trade for a quality show of lambs.  Top was £77 for Hill cheviot tup lambs from Dalgare.

Store Lambs

Charollais £75, £74, £70 Aikers

Texel £75 Glenkiln, £73 Birchcraig & Gillhead

Suffolk £69 Hunderlee, £65 Wynd & Drinkstone

North Country Cheviot £66.50 Yetholm Mains, £66 Waterhead of Dryffe & North Synton

Lleyns £72.50 Harperhill, £66 Height

Halfbreds £63.50 Earlside

Cheviot Mules £69, £65.50 Flatt

Greyfaces £65 Drinkstone, £64.50 Bayldon, £62.50 Hudspeth

Hill Cheviots £62 Dalgare & Granton, £60 Cooms & Toftholm

Blackfaces £59.50, £59, £58.50, £58 Greyside, £58 Blackburn & Yatesfield

Swaledale £50 The Pole, £49 Laverhay

Herdwicks £60 Braemar, £58.50 Rowhead

Feeding ewes £82 for Texels from Wynd.  Hill ewes £66 for Cheviots from Attonburn