Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of ewes with lambs at foot, at Longtown on Tuesday 21st May 2024.

A smaller show of Ewes & Lambs on offer as the foragers get fired up, topping the day was a strong pen of Texel x shearling’s realising £135 a life from Cowden Partners, Cowden Burn.

Hoggs & lambs still, continue in strong demand. Topping today was a fantastic pen of North of England Hoggs with Suffolk lambs at foot realising £155 a life from Winter Bros, Clickham.

Ewes with singles

Texel - £128 & £112 Reddis Hall, £117 East Foreshield

Chev.M - £125 Thornship

Suff - £112 Reddis Hall

Ewes with Twins

Texel - £128 & £118 Reddis Hall

X - £105 Thornton Tower

Suff - £105 Barrockstown

Shearlings with singles

Texel - £135 Cowden, £108 High House

Shearlings with Twins

Texel - £112 Cowden

X - £90 Moss Kennels

Hoggs with Singles

X - £155 & £135 Clickham

Suff - £140 Thornton Tower, £134 Wanwood

Texel - £138 Wanwood

Btex - £135 & £132 Thornton Tower

STORE SHEEP

Store Hoggs still proving very sellable with plenty of active buyers still looking for store hoggs, achieving £145 for a pen of Beltex X Hoggs from D Bell, Mosshill.

Beltex - £145, £132 & £120 Mosshill, £120 & £112 The Barns

Cross - £130 Wooplaw

Blue Tex - £120 Mosshill

Texel - £92 Swinside, £90 Mossgrove

Feeding ewes following the Hogg trade with a lot of active buyers looking for feeding ewes as the grass keeps on coming. Topping at £138 for a Texel X Ewe from J D M. Thomson, Pilmuir.

Texels - £138 & £130 Pilmuir

Chev.m - £128 Pilmuir

Beltex - £100 Mosshill

Cross - £98 Pilmuir, £86 Whitfield Est, £84 Swinside

Blackface - £88 Wooplaw

NCC - £84 Greenside