Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 601 head at their sale of ewes with lambs at foot on Tuesday 18th June 2019.
A great ringside of buyers all still keen for sheep late in the season. Many more could have been sold to vendors advantage. Sale topped at £88 a life for a pen of Suffolk x 2-3 crop ewes with strong single lambs.
Principal prices:
Hoggs with single
Tex £85, £80 Quarry House, £75 Low Stanley & Longrigg, £70, £68 Low Stanley.
Chev. Mule £66 Low Stanley.
Shearlings with twins
Cross £75 Quarry House.
Ewes with single
Suff £88, £69 Wallend.
Tex £80, £74, £72 Wallend.
Chev £59, £58, £48 Brewery House Barn.
Cross £58 Birchcraig.
Wood £49, £47 Dalefoot.
BF £43 Bayles & Craigshields.
Ewes with twins
Cross £76 Quarry House, £60 Marshes Gill.
Tex £68, £65 Wallend, £62 Dalefoot, £58 Cannerheugh.
Chev £52 Brewery House Barn.
Swale £39 Brewery House Barn.
Herd £36 Craigshield.
Geld Ewe Hoggs
Tex £96 Low Stanley.