Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 4,466 store lambs and feeding ewes at Longtown at their weekly sale on Tuesday 14th December 2021.

Another excellent entry, forward lambs similar and longer keep types easier on the week.

Top £137 for Beltexs from Pallet Hill, Penrith, others to £134 & £125 & £120 Crookston, Heriot, whose consignment of 92 averaged £114.17. Texels to £133 Halfway House, others to £131 & £127 The Hott, £125 The Row (Parsons); Suffolks to £117 & £115 High Keenley Fell, £113 Nethertofts & Wallend; Half-Breds to £108 Earlside; Greyfaces to £111 Beaconrigg, £108 Broom Hills, £106 Nethertofts; North Cheviots to £109 North Synton & Clerk Hill. £108 Routin Lynn, £107 Earlside; Leicesters to £116 Crookston, Romneys to £117 Dipton; Kerry Hills to £81 Derskelpin.

Hill lambs sold to £96 for Hill Northies from The Shaws, £91 Cumstone; Hill Cheviots to £94 Pilmuir, others to £93 Arkleton, £92 Unthank; Blackfaces to £89 Highland Livestock, others to £87 Uigle & Glenkiln, £85 Little Tongue; Swaledales to £76 & £70 Sundaysight; Herdwicks to £85 Millbeck Hall.

Feeding ewes (276) a massive trade. Top £111 for Texels from South Port o Spittal, £110 High Dovecote; Greyfaces to £89 Hamburn Hall; North Cheviots to £105, £95 Meikle Whitriggs; Romneys to £85 South Port o Spittal. Hill ewes to £84 for Blackfaces from Main Street, others to £73 Queensberry Farming, £71 Kilmichael; Swaledales to £70 Hamburn Hall; Cheviots to £87 Greenside; Herdwicks to £51 Scales Farm. Cast rams to £120 for a Cheviot from Earlside, £101 for Texels from Thornborough Farm.