Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 3,432 store hoggs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale on Tuesday 15th February 2022 at Longtown.

Another similar entry for numbers, attracted a good ring of buyers, stronger hoggs cheaper as against the prime trade, with medium and smaller hoggs very similar.

Top £131 for Texels from Pond House, others to £120 Powheads, £119 North Corrielaw; Beltexs to £126 North Corrielaw, £117 Powheads & Nether Locharwoods, £115 Ellerslea; Suffolks to £111 Ellerslea, £107 Powheads, £105 Longrigg; Charollais to £107 Nether Locharwoods; Greyfaces to £103 Powheads, £99 Langholm, £97 Albie Rigg & North Corrielaw; Cheviot Mule to £99 Halflawkiln; North Cheviots to £100 & £95 & £92 Hownam Grange; Easycare to £100 & £99 Cleongart Farm; Romneys to £89 Rammerscales & £87 Castletown.

Hill hoggs to £95 for Blackfaces from Albie Rigg, £93 Brown Hill, £89 Skelfhill; Cheviots to £91 Terrona & Cooms, £90 Skelfhill & Twislehope; Swaledales to £74 Branthwaite, who also sold Herdwicks to £64; Lleyns to £78 Whitchester.

Cast ewes (402) all classes much dearer. Top £138 & £130 for Texels from Edgerston Home Farm, others to £124 Drimsyne Estate; Charollais to £123 Margher-E-Kew; Suffolks to £129 Edgerston Home Farm; Greyfaces to £114 Halflawkiln, £109 Drimsyne Estate; North Cheviots to £119 Ballagan; Romneys to £106 Castlemilk Estate; Leicesters to £99 Toll Cottage.

Hill ewes to £83 for Blackfaces from Albie Rigg, £77 Ballagan; Cheviots to £64 Cooms; Swaledales to £60 Park House. Cast rams to £139 for Suffolk from Halflawkiln Farms; Texels to £102 Margher-E-Kew; Leicesters to £102 Brieredge; Cheviots to £77 Branxholm Braes.