Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 2,817 store hoggs, feeding ewes and cast rams at Longtown at their weekly sale on Tuesday 25th January 2022.

Another good show attracted a very large company of distant buyers, trade was by far the dearest of the season, many more could have easily been sold to vendors advantage.

Top £129 for Beltex from Gillalees, West Hall, Brampton; Texels to £128 High Parkfoot, £127 Broom Hills, £125 Brae Head & Ballagan & Lingey Field; Suffolks to £118 Westerhall, £117 Hallrule Mill, £116 Nether Tofts; Greyfaces to £107 Gillalees & Bayldon & £105 High Parkfoot; Charollais to £104 & £101 Moss Side (Baxter); Cheviot Mules to £127 Shepherd Cottage; North Cheviots to £111 Highfield, £107 Ryehills; Leicesters to £107 Sheperds Cottage; Easy Cares to £100 Glenlea;.

Hill hoggs to £99 for Beulahs from Howcleugh; Cheviots to £97 Priesthaugh, £91 Skelfhill, £90 Routin Lynn; Swaledales to £93 Whitfield Estate; Blackfaces to £91 Townshields & Highfield, £88 Garvilland, £87 Glen House; Lleyns to £87 Trostrie.

Feeding ewes (224) dearer. Top of £128 for Cheviot Mules from Awhirk; Texels to £118 Mains of Machermore; Greyfaces to £95 Cleugh Head; North Cheviots to £107 Mains of Machermore; Easy Care to £87 Glenlea. Hill ewes to £90 for Blackface from West Hottbank; Cheviot to £77 Hawthornbank; Swaledales to £61 Overcairn; Lleyns to £97 Trostie. Cast rams to £112 for Texels from Ballagan; Cheviots to £100 Milsington; Leicester to £92 Beacon Rigg.

BREEDING SHEEP

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward a fantastic show of 1,000 breeding sheep of all classes. A huge ring side of customers all keen for breeding sheep, all stock would be seriously well bid for, with many buyers leaving empty handed. Selling to a top of £215 for a tremendous Beltex x three shear from R. Smith, Glenzier Gardens, who sold several other pens of shearlings at £205 & £200 x2.

R. Fry, Wynholm dispersed his lowland flock of Texel x and Suffolk x ewes to a top of £178 x2, £176 x2, £174 x2, to average £166.50 for 193.

WT Evans, Awhirk sold a run of enormous predominantly North of England Mule three and four crop ewes, scanned full of lambs to a top at £190 for Texel x, £175 & £168 for Cheviot Mules and North of England Mules to £170, £168, £165 x4.

PRINCIPAL PRICES

Ewes

Beltex £215 Glenzier.

Texel £190 Swordwell Rigg, £190 Awhirk, £174, £165 Wynholm.

Suffolk £176, £162 Wynholm.

Cheviot Mule £175, £168 Awhirk, £160 Wynholm.

Mule £170, £168, £165 Awhirk.

Welsh Mule £162, £152 Frankstown.

North Country Cheviot £128 Lukeston Stud

Blackface £88, £82 Llwyn Ifan, £82 Glenzier.

Shearlings

Suffolk £205 Glenzier.

Texel £200 Glenzier, £178, £176 Wynholm.

Cheviot Mule £178 Wynholm.

Berrichon £162 Swordwell Rigg

Geld Ewe Hoggs

Mule £116 Cairncross