Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 701 store hoggs, cast ewes and rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 30th March 2021.

A seasonal sale of store hoggs attracted the usual buyers, with all classes easily maintaining late high rates.

Top £120 for a Suffolk hogg from Shaw Cottage, others to £110 Cumstone; Rouges to £89 Lochwood Mains; Texels to £117 East Foreshields, £111 Edston Estates & Cumstone; Beltexs to £99 Park Nook; Greyfaces to £119 Keskadale Hill, £111 Edston Estates; Cheviot Mules to £92 Cassington; Dorsets to £89 Rammerscales; Blackfaces to £109 Edston Estates, £99 Speddoch Farms, £96 Beoch Farms, £91 Drumblair; Cheviots to £107 Cumstone; Swaledales to £99 Edston Estates; Hampshires to £92 Cassington.

Feeding ewes (93) still in strong demand. Top £114 for Leicesters from Cassington; Greyfaces to £107 Waterhead of Dryffe; Cheviot Mules to £107 Cassington; Beltex to £95 Shaw Cottage. Hill ewes to £91 for Cheviots from Cumstone; Blackfaces to £69 Cassington; Swaledales to £52 Edston Estates. Cast rams to £123 for Texels from East Foreshield.

BREEDING SHEEP

A seasonal entry of breeding sheep sold to an eager ringside of buyers, all classes were well bid for.

In lamb hoggs selling to £144, geld hoggs to £124, ewes with lambs at foot to £98.

More ewes with lambs at foot are required for our weekly sales to satisfy buyer’s demand.

Ewes & Single Lamb

Texel £98, £79, £76, £73 High Acres, £95, £83, £74 Felton Demesne.

Mule £65 Felton Demesne.

Ewes & Twin Lambs

Texel £73 Felton Demesne.

In Lamb Hoggs

Mule £144, £132 Leapsrigg.

Geld Hoggs

Texel £124, £122, £120 Rinnion Hills.