Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 6,075 Store Lambs on Tuesday 20th August 2024.

Store lamb numbers growing every week bringing more buyers to the ring side from all four corners of the United Kingdom, a larger show of long-term lambs forward this week with a shortage of best lambs around. Topping today was a tremendous pen of Texel x Ewe lambs from MJ Irving, Braehead Farm realising £148. Suffolks topped at £135 from LM Laing, Tarrasfoot for a pen of 111 lambs in the ring.

Prior to the sale was a show of store lambs ably judged by William Tindale, Paradise Farm whose awards were as follows:-

Mule lambs –    1st prize Haliburton sold at £108
                        2nd prize Haliburton sold at £106

Suffolk x lambs -1st prize Tarrasfoot sold at £135
                        2nd prize Whitstonehill sold at £119

Texel x lambs - 1st prize Knock sold at £112
                        2nd prize Knock sold at £99

Beltex x lambs - 1st prize Whitstonehill sold at £138

Store Lambs
Texel - £148, £138, £135 Braehead, £138, £132, £120 Whitstonehill, £136 Church view, £132, £120 Berach Estate, £128 Reddis Hall, £128, £126 Southwoodhead, £126 Kilnford Croft, £125 Nelson, £124 x2 Burdonside, £123 Meikle Whitriggs, £120 Dalmakethar, £120 High Tirfergus, £116 Elmbank, £116 Home, £110 Bloch
Cross - £142, £105 Ragithwhaite, £111 Bayldon, £108 x2, £106 Haliburton, £107 Burdonside, £102 Balliemore, £100 Maidencots
Beltex - £136, £135, £116 Southwoodhead, £134, £123, £121, £116 x2 Kilnford Croft, £130 The Hagg, £122, £118 Monk, £119 Heddon View
Suffolk - £135, £119  Tarrasfoot, £130 Kilnford Croft, £129 Burdonside, £128 Ragithwhaite, £125 Burdonside, £123, £120 Fauld o Wheat, £122, £119  Cumstone, £119 Hepplehill, £117 Meikle Whitriggs, £117 Mouldyhills
North Country Cheviot - £126 Kilnford Croft, £110 Hownam Grange, £110, £107 x2, £100 Kelsocleugh
Dorset - £113 Reddis Hall
Charollais - £112 Knock, £105 Monk
Dutch Texel - £111 Monk
Cheviot Mule - £110 Springwells
Cheviot - £104 Kilnford Croft, £98 Bloch
Romney - £89 Castlemilk
Blackface - £86, £74, £67 Kirkton Drive, £82 The Row, £69 Embley, £67, £58 Saulmore, £66, £58 Butterbridge, £62 Crosshill, £61 Argyll & Lochaber Est, £58 Pole
Herdwick – £80 Romanway
Hebridean - £58 Fauld o Wheat

Breed Averages
Texel - £198.90
Suffolk - £113.32
Dorset - £113
Beltex - £111.36
Dutch Texel - £111
Cheviot Mule - £107.11
Charollais - £100.89
Cross - £96.02
Hill Cheviot - £98
North Country Cheviot - £89.14
Romnay - £89
Zwartble - £81
Blackface - £57.68

A smaller selection of feeding ewes forward met a sharper trade with plenty of purchasers on the hunt for feeding sheep many more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage. Topping today at £160  were Texel ewes from L Mcivor, Hartree Mill.

A smaller selection of feeding ewes forward met a sharper trade with plenty of purchasers on the hunt for feeding sheep many more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage.

Many more well-bred lambs are needed to fulfil the ever-growing purchaser demand here at Longtown. Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers for enquires or entries. Sales are held weekly and lambs can definitely be sold to vendors advantage.

Daniel Lynn 07584 200489
John Walton 07880 527066
Norman Douglas 07786 366833
Helen Rickard 07741 313029
Willie Skilling 07774 603103

 

BREEDING SHEEP

1,082 breeding sheep were forward at the early breeding sale.

A fantastic show of quality first draw breeding sheep graced the ring at Longtown today, with demand as high as it’s ever been.

Included in the annual breeding sheep sale was a run of stock Mule ewes consigned by Cairness Ltd, Home Farm, Aberdeenshire. This stock of ewes were shown in fine form being seriously well bred, simply the finest stock of Mule ewes to be sold at Longtown in recent history. Credit must go to flock masters M/s Moir for the quality brought forward.

Topping the sale was a pen of outstanding Northumberland bred stock Mule gimmers consigned by Cairness Ltd, Home Farm, Aberdeenshire realising £250 with others to £228 and £220.

Texel gimmers topped at £235 for a pen of bonny Texel cross gimmers ex Cheviot Mule ewe consigned by M/s R Smith, Glenzier Farming, Canonbie, this good home also topped the English Mule section at £208 and also selling Cheviot Mules at £205. This noted run of sheep showed an improved return on the year of just over £25 per head.

Ewes were shown in full bloom being very good to sell topping at £228 for a pen of 1 & 2 crop Mule ewes again consigned by Cairness Ltd, Home Farm who also sold 3 & 4 crop Mule ewes to £212 on two separate occasions.

All breeding stock is in high demand and can be sold to vendor advantage. Our next mixed breeding sheep sale will be held on Wednesday 4th September 2024. To be included in this sale are several dispersals so please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers and field personnel for all enquiries and info on the dispersals.

John Walton 07880 527066
Daniel Lynn 07584 200489
Norman Douglas 07786 366833
Helen Rickard 07741 313029
Willie Skilling 07774 603103
    
PRICES
Ewes
Mule £228, £212 x 2, £210, £208 x 3, £205 Home Farm
Texel £210, £200 Rhoin, £210, £202 Cochranes Nurseries, £200 East Field, £200 Catlins  
Cheviot Mule £165, East Field
North Country Cheviot £140 East Field .

Gimmers
Mule £250, £228, £220, £210 Home Farm, £208, £205, £190 Glenzier
Texel £235 Glenzier, £210 Rhoin, £200 Catlins.
Cheviot Mule £205 Glenzier
Dorset £170
Kerry Hill £170