Longtown Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward an enormous late season show of 3,900 breeding sheep at Longtown on Wednesday 14th October 2020.

All sheep sold to a great ringside of socially distanced purchasers, with many travelled buyers gracing the ringside. All classes of breeders would exceed expectations selling to a top of £160 & £155 from JT & EM Marrs & Sons, Broomhills for a great run of Beltex x gimmers, with Texel x two crop ewes trading at £152 from Messrs Duncanson, Marchbank.

The 2nd sale of hill ewes seen a top of £132 for a pen of North Country Cheviot gimmers from A. McCuish, Bruilain, Tarbert with a top of £128 for Blackface gimmers from Clints Farming Partnership, Crookston. All averages would be remarkably up on the year.

Principal Prices

Ewes
Texel £152 Marchbank, £136 Fenwick, £120 Rosyth & Broomhills, £118 Fenwick & Rosyth, £116 Rosyth & Fenwick.
Mules £118, £108, £88 Mackilston.
Suffolk x £118, £112 Fenwick.
North Country Cheviot £110 Uppercleuch, £108 West Millhills, £100 Kelsocleugh & West Millhills, £98 Potholm & Uppercleuch, £95 Potholm.
Cheviot £105 Priesthaugh, £90 Megdale, Skelfhill, Windyhaugh & Chapel.
Blackface £88 Chapel, £85 Belsay, £80 Bayles, Upper Hindhope & Bowanhil.
Swaledale £75 Allerbeck.
Shetland £55 Kelsocleugh, £40 Belsay.

Gimmers
Beltex x £160, £155, £120 Broomhills (Marrs).
Texel £148, £138 Broomhills (Marrs), £142 Allerbeck, £140 Fenwick, £112 Uppercleuch.
North Country Cheviot £132 Bruilain.
Blackface £128 Crookston.
Mule £118 Mackilston.
Suffolk £116 Fenwick.
Cheviot £100 Wardlaw.

Ewe Lambs
Beltex £112, £108, £100 Broomhills (Marrs), £100 Uppercleuch.
Texel £102 Broomhills.
Mules £96 Barsalloch, £91, £90, £88 Southdean, £86 Low Closegill.
Cheviot £88, £80 Upper Hindhope, £78 Megdale.
North Country Cheviot £70 Byers, £65 Birneyknowe, £64 The Shaws.
Blackface £60 Bowanhill.