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.