Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 5,780 Store Lambs on Tuesday 3rd December 2024.
A larger show of store sheep forward with numbers one can only dream of and purchasers travelling from all over the United Kingdom to take advantage of the quantity and quality of sheep put in front of them. Longer keep lambs jumping up a gear again, whilst short keep lambs in very short supply. Topping the sale with a tremendous pen of Beltex cross Lambs from D W Musgrave, Sowerby Wood realising £175 this fantastic run of 38 lambs went on to average £136.

A larger show of 591 feeding ewes forward met a sharp trade throughout with all classes highly contended for. Topping today at £142 was three Beltex Cross ewes from D Bell, Mosshill.

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Store Lambs

Beltex - £175, £155, £146 x2, £140, £132 x2, £131, £122, £118 Sowerby Wood, £142, £128 Hammerlands, £138, £114 Oakrigg, £130 Thorniethwaite, £128 Mosshill, £123 Greenwell, £117 Hill Court

Suffolk - £147 Sowerby, £140, £136 Ballakilley, £138, £124, £111 Bellochantuy, £134 Philiphaugh, £130 West Link, £126 Tarrasfoot, £126, £121 x2 Red Gap, £122 West Rennington, £121 Hallrule, £121 Drinkstone, £120 Long Dyke, £120 Cooilingel, £120 Moorhills, £119 Carruthers, £119 High Side, £117 Leapsrigg

Texel - £146 Over Cassock, £146 Ballakilley, £140, £136, £134 Craighead, £140 Greenwell Meadows, £134 Lockhills, £132 Brenchoille, £131 West Rennington, £130 x2 High Side, £130 North Synton, £130 Drinkstone, £129 Burrance of Courrance, £128 Hamburn Hall, £127 Benmore St, £125 Gillalees, £125 Lockhills

Cross - £142 Ballakilley, £118 Brieredge, £116 Craigshield, £111 Barsalloch, £111 Shankfield, £110 Gillalees, £109 The Ford, £108 Belsay Barns, £108 Sannox, £108 West Link Hall, £106 Shankfieldhead, £106 Kinnelhead, £105 Drinkstone, £104 Swaites, £103 Hillside, £102 Upperburnmouth

Herdwick - £124 Burrance of Courance, £108, £92 Millbeck, £107 East Mill Stables, £103 Orthwaite, £102 Sherwens Terrace

North Country Cheviot - £123, £117 North Synton, £121, £105 Stobohill, £120 Carruthers, £115 Oakrigg, £115 Hammerlands, £114, £108 Larkhall, £113 x2 Philiphaugh

Charollais - £118 Larkhall, £100, £90 Wadley

Blackface - £118 Granton Mill, £114, £90 Pennygowan, £110, £101, £93 Brieredge, £110, £104 Hammerlands, £102 Gartnagrenach, £100, £92, £90 Lilburn Est, £100 High Brae, £100, £94 Hott, £99, £92 Faradale, £97 Burrance of Courance, £94 Glenbeg

Romney - £116, £105, £102, £92 Holme, £91 Ballakilley

Zwartbles - £114 Hillside, £72 Blackyett House

Lleyn - £112 Wadley, £112, £111, £110, £108 x2, £96 Chatton Park

Hill Cheviot - £126, £100 High Brae, £112, £110 Branxholm, £108, £91, £80 Cooms, £103 Milsington, £87 Tushielaw, £80 

Dutch Spotted - £108 North Synton

Blue Texel - £107 Aar-Dar

Hampshire - £105 Meiklebob

Easycare - £105 Wadley

Swaledale - £100, £86, £78 Lilburn Est

Kerry Hill - £80 Borthwickshiels

Shetland - £80 Pennygowan, 376 Mosslands, £70 Auchenree, £70 Fold Head

Greyfaced Dartmoor - £68 Litharge

Badgerface - £60 Fold Head

Feeding Ewes

Beltex - £142 Mosshill, £110 Balliemore, £98 Greenside

Texel - £130 Stackyard Cottages, £128 Ballakilley, £124 Swaites, £110 Sherwens Terrace, £108, £100 Greenside, £104, £102 Mosshill

Charollais - £128 Faradale

Suffolk - £120 The Hagg, £105, £94 Mosshill

Herdwick - £116, £72 Faradale, £74 Craighead

Cheviot Mule - £114 The Hagg, £111, £103 Clonhie

Blackface - £110 Kirkton, £82, £80 Ramshope, £80 South Arran, £74 Craighead

Cross - £100 Gill Head, £100 Brenchoille, £94 Kirkton, £91 Craighead, £90, £80 The Hagg, £90 Poltalloch, £76 Craigshield

Lleyn - £98 Kirkton

Hill Cheviot - £95 Cooms, £80 Swaites

Beulah - £92 Stackyard Cottages

North Country Cheviot - £92, £78 Twislehope, £80 Kintraw, £76 Craighead, £74 Dalhanna, £70 Kielder Head

Zwartbles - £88 Blackyett

Swaledale - £66, £60 Gill Head

Jacob - £74 Low Meadow