Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts, Longtown held their weekly sale of 6,224 Store Lambs on Tuesday 22nd October 2024.

A smaller show of store sheep forward on the week, met new faces around the ringside. This ensured all classes of sheep were highly sought after. Topping the sale from M F Hall, Woodhill Farm was a fantastic Texel cross lamb realising £146.

A thank you must go to Robert King, Gospel Hall for judging the show of North Country Cheviot and South Country Cheviot store lambs. This was certainly a challenging job due to such a high class of cheviots forward.

First Prize Pen of North Country Cheviots from Stuart Gray Great Ryle sold for £110

First time vendor, R Gray, Great Ryle, received 1st place in the North Country Cheviot Section and JA Smith, The Burrows 1st place in the South Country Cheviot Section.

Show results

North Country Cheviots
1st - R Smith, Great Ryle £110
2nd - R Smith, Great Ryle £109
3rd - R Smith, Great Ryle £98

First Prize Pen of South Country Cheviots from James Smith, The Burrows sold for £87

South Country Cheviots
1st - JA Smith, The Burrows £87
2nd  - JT Fleming & Son, Falnash £97
3rd - JA Smith, The Burrows £68
Judge – R King, Gospel Hall

Likewise, a smaller show of 476 feeding ewes forward met a buoyant trade.
With some new faces around the ringside looking for feeding ewes, many more could have been sold to seller’s advantage. Topping the sale was a Texel cross ewe from previously mentioned from M F Hall, Woodhill Farm, at £190.

Store Sheep
Texel - £146, £144, £138, £132 Woodhill, £122 Courstein, £119 Longformacus, £116 Kames, £116, £114 Lugate, £113 Keil, £113 Lawesknowe, £112 Glenlea, £112 Hyndlee, £105 Ifferdale, £100 Sannox
Beltex - £140, £124 Woodhill, £108, £90, £70 Middlegill
Suffolk - £124, £110 Weeds, £120, £109 Keil, £115Hepplehill, £112, £93 Haliburton, £111 Hollows, £110 Priesthaugh, £108 Shaw of Dryfe, £108 Lugate
Charollais - £118 Woodhill, £115, £95 Weeds, £106, £89 Macherquhat, £96 Cleongart
Cross - £118 Mouldyhills, £112 Hill Brae, £112, £89 Hepplehill, £111 Keil, £108, £96 Hightown £98 Sannox
North Country Cheviot - £117 Keil, £110, £109, £98 Great Ryle, £86 Craig, £85 Mount Benger, £85 Hepplehill, £82, £75 Gospel Hall, £81 Kames
Blue Texel - £112 Hazelbank
Cheviot Mule - £109, £94 Great Ryle, £108, £92 Milsington, £100 Priesthaugh
Blackface - £105 Caladh-Reidh, £101 Dalhabboch, £96, £80 Sundhope, £92, £72 Town Shields, £84, £76 Mouldyhills, £81 Hott, £80 x2 Prospect House, £80 Town Shields, £78 Ardpatrick Est, £75 Craig, £75 Hareshaw, £72 Emblehope, £73 Shellfield, £72 Largie
Easycare - £102 Muirhouse, £77 Mainhill
Hill Cheviot - £98 Granton, £97, £92 x2 Mount Benger, £97 Falnash, £97 Skelfhill, £93 Whitstonehill, £92 Toftholm, £89 Drycleuchlea, £87 The Burrows, £80 Hepplehill
Kendal Rough - £86 Church View
Swaledale - £85 Hepplehill
Herdwick - £68 Buttermere, £67 x2 North House
Shetland - £68 Middlegill, £66 North House, £64, £60 Garvachy
Ryeland - £60 Garvachy
Soya - £28 Easter Newhouse

Feeding Ewes
Texel - £190, £170, £152 Woodhill, £100 Barron House, £78 Shaw of Dryfe, £78 North Muasdale, £78 Penlaw
Dutch Spotted - £155 Woodhill
North Country Cheviot - £120 Keil, £85 North Muasdale
Easycare - £100 Glenlea
Cross - £94 Skipness Est, £88 Cranberry Brow, £84 Shaw of Dryfe
Dorset - £90 Shaw of Dryfe
Beulah - £88, £80, £78 x2 The Hollies
Blackface - £73 Caladh-Reidh, £67, £64 Butterbridge, £62 Hareshaw, £60 North Muasdale, £56 Westerhall, £55 Stonefield, £54 Dalhabboch
Hill Cheviot - £66 Ramseycleuch
Herwick - £40 The Hollies
Swaledale - £32 Park House

RAMS

C & D Auction Marts also held their second sale of all types of rams.

Topping the trade today at £720 was an outstanding Texel Shearling sold by A R Bell & Son, Kirkton.

A Texel lamb from the same good home realised £520.

Cross Shearlings realised £480 for a Beltex X from J R Todd, Victoria Cottages.

Ram Lambs
Suffolk - £500 Corrie Mains
Texel - £520, £450 Kirkton, £300 Greenwood, £280 Peela Hill
Blue Faced Leicester - £250, £200 Ghyll Brae

Shearlings
Texel - £720, Kirkton, £700 Duke Street, £680 Raggetsyke, £680 Fallside, £550 Auchengool
Beltex x - £480, £400 Victoria Cottages, £360 Hillside
Texel x Beltex - £320 Victoria Cottages
North Country Cheviot - £320 Tister
Blackface - £250 North Corrielaw
Hill Cheviot - £220 Newham

Aged Rams
Texel - £400 The Ash