Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

STORE LAMBS

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 6,316 store lambs at their sale at Longtown on Tuesday 27th September 2016.

A similar show of lambs attracted Welsh buyers for the first time. Medium lambs much sharper, all other classes similar.

Top of £74.50 for Texels from JA & D Forster, Gillalees, West Hall and Danny Creer, Cooilingel, others to £73 High Lovelady Shield. Beltex to £68.50 Sharplaw Farms. Suffolks to £72 High Lovelady Shield and £71 Cooilingel Farm. Charollais to £62 Tarrasfoot. Greyface to £64.50 Penpeugh, £59.50 High Lovelady Shield and £58 Carnavel. Cheviot Mule to £60 Glenkiln. Kerry Hill to £57.50 Newbiggin and £55 Stockwell Hall. Swaledale to £33 Hesleywell. Shetland to £52 Cronklea.

Feeding ewes to £58.50 Wester Alemoor. Hill types to £47.50 from Penpeugh. Cast rams to £109 from Crindledykes.

The 1,708 Cheviot lambs met a similar trade with strong pens easiest sold. Top of £64 for Hill Cheviots from Skelfhill, others to £60 Glendinning and Twislehope. Hill Northies to £61 from Lymiecleugh.

The 1,585 Blackface lambs met a fast trade with strong lambs again easiest to cash. Top of £53 from The Lamperts, £50 Sundhope and Black Mountain Farms, £49 Whintingstown.

BREEDING SHEEP

C & D Auction Marts Limited had an excellent entry of 3,286 breeding sheep of all classes forward at Longtown on Tuesday 27th September 2016, where a packed ring of buyers ensured a buoyant trade throughout with a near total clearance.

In the ram section, 56 head topped at £400 for a Charollais x Beltex shearling from R & M Paterson, Upper Auchenlay to Messrs Smith, Cocklakes, Penrith.

Principle prices:-

Ram lambs:

Suffolk - £250 Burgh Head.

Shearlings:

Charollais x Beltex - £400, £300 (x2) Upper Auchenlay.

Texel - £380 Kirtleton House, £300 (x2) Burgh Head.

Beltex x Texel - £380, £350, £300 (x3) Dormansteads.

Charollais - £250, £220 Upper Auchenlay.

Suffolk - £240 Burgh Head.

Aged rams:

Texel (2 shear) - £250 Nether Brotherstone.

In the female section trade was fast all day resulting in the sale being topped at £165, £158, £155 and £152 for pens of Texel ewe lambs from regular consignor A R Bell & Son, Kirkton, Hawick, who averaged £152 for 77 head.

Principal prices:-

Ewe lambs

Texel - £165, £158, £155, £152, £142, £140 Kirkton.

Greyface - £96 Longriggthorn, £92 Hill Brae, £90, £86 Westhills.

Suffolk - £88, £80 Traquair Knowe.

Bleu Du Maine - £88 Ormiston Lodge.

Cheviot Mule - £86, £84 Gilston, £80 Westerhouses & Gilston, £79 Airyolland & Carterton.

Beltex x - £78 Aimshaugh.

Gimmers sold to £144 for Texels from Kedzlie Farms, Housebyers.

Principal prices:-

Shearlings

Texel – £144 Kedzlie Farms, £122 Kirtleton House, £120 Kedzlie Farms, £116 Courance Farms, £114 Southdean Lodge, £112 Barrocks, £110 Eastnewburn.

Suffolk - £132 Courance Farms, £112 North Deanhead, £108 Greystone House.

Greyface - £120, £118 Eastnewburn, £120 Kingfield, £114 Barrocks.

Beltex - £120, £110 Nether Brotherstone.

Lleyn - £86 Low House.

Easycare - £86 Synton Mains.

Roussin - £76 The Mark.

Ewes topped at £128 for one crop Cheviot Mules from D Coulter, Glenrath Cottages.

Breeding ewes

Cheviot Mule - £128 North Deanhead & Courance Farms, £102 Nether Brotherstone, £92 Courance Farms, £90 Nether Brotherstone.

Texel - £122 Kirtleton House, £114 Harwood House, £108 Southdean Lodge, £102 Harwood House, £100 Parcelstown, £98 Southdean Lodge, £94 Nether Brotherstone.

Suffolk - £100 Nether Brotherstone, £92 Eastnewburn.

Greyface - £98 Nether Brotherstone, £97, £92 (2 shear), £90 (3 shear) Furzedown.

Beltex - £90 Famington.

North Country Cheviot - £88 Parcelstown.

Lleyn - £85, £83, £82 Harwood House.