Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 8,124 Store Lambs on Tuesday 15th October 2024.

Numbers were very similar on the week, with a large show of longer keep lambs once again met by a ringside of buyers from up and down the country, ensuring all lambs were keenly bid for.

Short keep lambs of all breeds were also very much still in high demand. Topping the sale was a pen of Texel lambs from J & W Puden, Spinning Wells realising £138.

Show and sale of blackface store lambs

A thank you must go out to the Blackfaced Sheep Society for sponsoring the show and also to Mr Alistair Watret for judging. Placing his champions of the day to a pen of 55 wether lambs from T J C Bradbury, Haliburton, making £110.

Show Results

1st - £110 TJC Bradbury, Haliburton

2nd - £89 Brieredge Farm, Bellingham

3rd - £83 M Moscrop, Collin Bank

Champion - £110 TJC Bradbury, Haliburton

Similar numbers of feeding ewes were forward, with 898 meeting a brisk trade. Topping the sale was a pen of Suffolks from Peter Baillie, Thornley, realising £116. Not far behind at £115 were Texels also consigned by Peter Baillie, with Meikle Whitriggs Farms topping the North Country Section at £115.

Store Lambs

Texel - £138, £122, £120 Spinning Wells, £131 Old Chapel, £130 Penlaw, £129, £124 Philiphaugh, £118 Petteril Bridge End, £117 Craigshield, £117 Barkbeth, £110 Barsalloch, £104 Millbeck, £90 Gillalees

Beltex - £118 Penlaw, £116 Barkbeth, £114, £110 Spinning Wells, £110 Quarryfield, £110 High Hermitage

Cross - £120 Cooilingel, £118, £100 Goodfellow, £112, £84 Greensburn, £102 Gillalees, £100, £94, £91 Soutdean, £96 Hoscote, £92 Craigshield, £87 Barsalloch, £86 Ettleton

Charollais - £115 Purgavie, £98 Petteril Bridge End, £91 Justenlees, £86, £84, £83, £81, £70 Ballanea, £80 Raby Grange, £72 Barnbackle, £60 Westernhopeburn

Continental - £112 Craigshield

Blackface - £110, £79 Haliburton, £97, £89 Brieredge, £87 Blakehope, £84 Syart, £84 Greenmerse, £83 Collin Bank, £82, £80 Haliburton, £79, £76 Town Shields, £78 Coldchapel, £78 Hoscote, £77 Little Tongue, £75 High Green  

Suffolk - £110, £95 Ballaquinnea Beg, £107 Philiphaugh, £106 Monklaw, £106 Skelfhill, £101 Larkworthy, £100 Cumstone, £99 High Hermitage, £97 Craik Foresty Cottages, £94 Petteril Bridge End

North Country Cheviot - £108 Philiphaugh, £104 Priesthaugh, £96, £89 Haliburton, £96 Monklaw, £95 The Heugh, £92, £86 Cooilingel, £92 North House, £91 Yethouse Fields, £90 High Green Manor

Hill Cheviot - £102, £85 Sorbie, £91 Skelfhill, £86 Wardlaw, £84 Blackhall, £83 East Redfordgreen, £83 Glenjaan, £83, £79 Westerhall Farms, £82 Cossarshill

Cheviot Mule - £102 Skelfhill, £100, £95, £88 Philiphaugh, £89, £84, £70 Penlaw, £81 Caulside

Romney - £87, £82, £72 Scalehill

Jacob - £80 Barrascroft, £68 Old Chapel, £66 Bonnyrigg Hall

Dorset - £80 Whinney Brow

Dutch Spotted - £76 Todburn Steel

Swaledale - £61, £51 Hesleywell

Feeding Ewes

Suffolk - £116 Thornley, £86 Meikle Whitriggs

Texel - £115, £110 Thornley, £107, £96, £92, £83, £80 Barkbeth, £100 Barnbackle, £92 Cumstone

North Country Cheviot - £115, £85 Meikle Whitriggs,

Charollais - £90 Barkbeth

Blackface - £90, £71 Merkland, £73, £70 Little Larg, £70 Miltonise, £70 Syart, £67 x2 Cramalt

Cross - £83 Merkland, £83 Purgavie, £78 Barkbeth

Shetland - £60 Barkbeth

Swaledale - £54 Orthwaite

Herdwick  - £49 Orthwaite

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