Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
Great Annual Ram Fair
C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their Great Annual Ram Fair at Longtown on Wednesday 6th October 2021, where one of the best shows of quality commercial rams of all classes was seen for many years. Buyers from all ends of the country were competing to buy the sires of next year’s lamb crop, with buyers willing to invest heavily in top quality stock. A great trade was witnessed with extreme clearance rates.
Lot 134 Texel Ram Lamb from Highfield Farming Knock sold for £1400
The sale was led for third year in succession by Bryden Nicolson, The Knock with the 2nd prize tup lamb, after strong competition the hammer fell at £1,400, selling to TW Hamilton & Son, Kirkton of Crawford.
Lot 38 Champion Texel from J Runciman and Sons Allanshaws sold for £1000
Texel shearlings met a huge demand with customers galore for all classes of tups, especially for those with size, length, skins and shape. Topping at £1,000 twice, firstly for the overall champion Texel from Roderick Runciman, Allanshaws, next from Jim & Sharon Robertson, Becks.
Top Prices
Texel Shearlings £1,000 Becks & Allanshaws, £950 Bank Top, £900 Duke Street, £900 (x2) Becks, £880 Arkleby House, £850 Allanshaws & Commonside, £800 Becks, £780 (x2), £750 Robbiesland, £750 Allanshaws, Kirtlevale, Crumhaughhill, Catslackburn (x2), Whitstonehill (x2) & Glenrath, £720 Blakehopeburnhaugh, £700 Falla, Arkleby House, Becks, Catslackburn (x2) & Housebyres.
Texel Lambs £1,400, £900 Knock, £900 Harene, £850, £700 Knock, £700 (x2) Harene, £650 Knock.
Texel Aged £900 (2 shear) Commonside, £650 (4 shear) Crumhaughhill.
Champion and Reserve Texel with judge
Prize list:
Texel Shearling 1st & Champion – Allanshaws £1,000
2nd – Commonside £850
3rd – Whitstonehill £750
4th – Robbiesland £750
Texel Ram Lamb 1st & Reserve – Hill of Errol £480
2nd – Knock £1,400
3rd – Knock £900
4th – Harene £900
Leading Flock Averages
Texel Shearlings
Allanshaws £866 (3)
Becks £860 (5)
Whitstonehill £673 (3)
Robbiesland £634 (9)
Pilkington £604 (8)
Kedzlie £580 (5)
Texel Lambs
Knock £780 (8)
Harene £628 (7)
Kilncroft £503 (3)
Hillhead £462 (5)
Hill of Errol £434 (5)
Cross bred and other continental rams with power and shape again sold to serious demand, although smaller tups lacking power and length being very hard to place. This section was topped at £1,200 twice, firstly for the champion Crossbred ram, a powerhouse of a Beltex x tup from Messrs Ward, Whitstonehill and secondly for an unshown Beltex x from Messrs Halliday, Linnhead.
Top Prices
Shearling Rams
Beltex x Texel £1,200 Whitstonehill, £1,200, £1,000 Linnhead, £950 Whitstonehill, £900 Kingside & Corstane, £820 Linnhead, £780 Arkleby House, £750 Maryholm & Corstane.
Beltex £900 Chirdon, £780, £750 Corstane, £700 Chirdon & Sorbie, £650 Corstane (x2) & Chirdon.
Dutch Texel £820 Riggshield, £520, £500 Woodhead, £520 Flex.
Texel x Beltex £800 Glenrath.
Beltex x Charollais £650 Thackwood, £620 Whitstonehill.
Charollais £580 Great Tosson, £550 Satchells, £520 Lesson Hall.
Suffolk x Texel £520 (x2) Crumhaughhill.
Texel x Suffolk £500 (x2), £420 Glenart.
Texel x Bluefaced Leicester £400 Raggetsyke (x2).
Ram Lambs
Beltex £500 Beck Farm, £350 (x2) Burgh Head.
Dutch Texel £420 Riggshield.
Dutch Spotted £380 Whintingstown.
Texel x Suffolk £320 The Snab.
Charollais £300 Grayrigg House, & Springfield (x3), £300 (x3), £250 Shaw Head.
Champion and Reserve Any other continental
Prize list:
Beltex/Crossbred shearling 1st & Champion – Whitstonehill £1,200
2nd & Reserve Champion – Linnhead £1,000
3rd – Glenrath £800
Beltex/Crossbred Ram Lamb 1st – Beck Farm £500
Leading Flock Averages
Cross Bred Shearlings
Linnhead £1,000 (3)
Whitstonehill £923 (3)
Corstane £706 (10)
Chirdon £644 (5)
Kingside £560 (5)
Lot 712 Suffolk Shearling Ram from G Beattie Guards Mill sold for £1300
A good entry of Suffolk shearling rams and ram lambs met an animated demand surpassing all other centres and early sales, with several four-figure prices and a massive upsurge in averages and prices, with an 100% clearance rate.
Top Prices
Suffolk Shearling Rams £1,300 Guardsmill £1,100 Crumhaughhill, £1,000 Kinninghall (x2) & Guardsmill, £900 Crumhaughhill, £880 Ridings Hill, £800 Allanshaws, Nether Tofts & Guardsmill.
Suffolk Ram Lambs £1,000, £950 Burgh Head, £800, £700 Castleview, £650, £620 (x2) Burgh Head.
Lot 712 Suffolk Shearling Ram from G Beattie Guards Mill sold for £1300
Lot 738 Champion Suffolk Ram Lamb from Messrs Hewson Burgh Head sold for £1000
Prize list:
Suffolk Shearling 1st & Reserve Champion – Crumhaughhill £1,100
2nd – Ridings Hill £880
Suffolk Ram Lamb 1st & Champion – Burgh Head £1,000
2nd – Castelview Terrace £800
A better-quality entry of Bluefaced Leicesters attracted a full ring of buyers from a wide area. Trade opened brisk from the start with the majority of shearlings selling between £400-£700 and to a top of £750 from S Mabon, Howden Farm, Jedburgh.
BFL Ram Lamb from TJ Hall and Son sold for £1200
Ram lambs sold to £1,200 from TJ Hall & Son, Horlsey Hill Cottage, Hawick, with most of them selling between £300-£450. With again an 100% clearance of Bluefaced Leicesters.
Top Prices
Bluefaced Leicester Ram Lambs £1,200 Horsley Hill, £480, £450 Peela Hill, £450 Grassknop.
Bluefaced Leicester Shearling Rams £750 Howden Farm, £720, £700 (x2) Colmslie Hill, £700 Laverhay, £680 Howden Farm, £670 (x2) Colmslie Hill, £600 West Rennington & Howden Farm.
Bluefaced Leicester Aged Rams £550 (2 shear) Hawthornbank.
Prize list:
Leicester Shearling 1st – Old Police House £450
2nd – Howden Farm £750
Champion BFL
Leicester Ram Lamb 1st & Champion – Burgh Head £380
2nd – Grassknop £280
Champion any other continental Ram
Reserve Champion BFL Shearling Ram
Reserve Champion other continental a Shearling Ram
Reserve Champion Suffolk Shearling Ram
Reserve Champion Texel Ram Lamb from R Cockburn Hill of Errol
