Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 6,444 Store Hoggs and Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 21st January 2025.
The first offering of 445 in-lamb ewes here at Longtown topped at £300 per head for a fantastic trio of Texel cross gimmers in-lamb to a Texel tup from Kelsocleugh Farming, closely followed by a pen of Suffolk x Cheviot gimmers also from Kelsocleugh, realising £280.
Ewes with lambs topped at £105 per life for a Suffolk cross ewe with a single Texel lamb at foot from McNabney Bros, Barsalloch Farm.
Numbers just keep on coming in
the store sheep ring with 5,571 forward to meet a ring full of buyers from up
and down the country; topping at £250 for a Texel tup hogg from McNabney Bros,
Barsalloch Farm. Beltex cross hoggs topped at £174 from D W Musgrave, Sowerby
Wood Farm. Hoggs of all classes in strong demand here at Longtown with a buyer
for every type around ringside.
Feeding ewes and cast rams in strong demand with a larger show of 428 forward,
Texel ewes lead the way at £200 from Jack Weatherly, Cloverfield Cottage.
Suffolk ewes topped at £182 from RS Kennedy, Ballagyr Park.
BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes
Texel - £300, £245 Kelsocleugh, £250, £175, £165, £160 Newhope, £230 Sheepfields, £165 Barsalloch, £160 Stockholm
Suffolk - £265 Kelsocleugh, £205 Sheepfields
Charollais - £260 Sheepfields
North Country Cheviot - £200, £145, £125 Sheepfields
Dorset - £200, £165, £140 Sheepfields
Beltex - £195 Newhope, £128 Culcaigrie
Dutch Spotted - £148 Sheepfields
Cross - £128 Culcaigrie
Kerry Hill - £110, £95 Sheepfields
Blackface - £100 Hen Moss
Swaledale - £100 Hen Moss
Gimmers
Suffolk - £280 Kelsocleugh
Texel - £215, £190, £170 Newhope
Half-Bred - £150, £148 Stockolm
Cross - £250 Glen Darroch, £195 Lagganmore
Cheviot Mule - £250, £230 Glen Darroch
STORE HOGGS
Texel - £250 Barsaloch, £168, £154 Ballagyr Park, £162, £156, £147 Burrance of Courance, £159 Drinkstone, £158 Meikleholm, £151, £149, £143 Dranigower, £151 Tara, £150 Barngilies, £150, £147 Brayshaw, £150 Causey View and Sowerby Wood, £146 Tecket, £145 Tarrasfoot, £144 Conhess, £143 Banks Head, £143 Ellerslea, £142 Errington
Beltex - £174, £158, £151 Sowerby Wood, £160, £158 Tecket, £146 Cadgillhead, £142, £140, £137 Unity, £135 Low Garth, £134 Drinkstone, £134 Aar-Dar, £132 Bridgestone, £130 Priestdykes
Suffolk - £152 Banks Head, £145 Hallrule, £144, £140 Tarrasfoot, £139 Burnhead, £139 Tecket, £137 Barnglies, £136 Cleughhead, £134 Drinkstone, £131 Hepplehill, £130 Parkhill, £130 Tarrasfoot, £130 Ballacarnane, £129 Fellend and Lagganmore
Dorset - £148 Sheepfields
North Country Cheviot - £146, £124 Allfornaught, £140, £122 Whitedyke, £137 Halterburnhead, £132 Dormansteads, £127 Mollin, £125 High Townhead, £124, £120 Ballaharry, £124 Ballachristory, £121 Ballacarane, £120 Woodside, £118 Sheepfields,
Cross - £140, £122 Pryhill, £130 Lagganmore, £130 Halterburnhead, £128 Gibbs Hill, £126 Hepplehill, £126, £124 Banks Head, £125 Ballachristory, £124 Laverhay, £122 Cowden Burn, £120 Linhope, £117 Barron House
Hill Cheviot - £137, £127 Twislehope, £128, £125, £122, £119, £115, £111, £109 Beckfoot, £118 Meikledale, £117, £107 Falnash, £114 North House, £113, £103 Potholm, £112 Langholm, £109 Linhope, £104 North Shortcleugh
Ryeland - £136, £117 Conhess
Blue Texel - £134 Whitchesters
Cheviot Mule - £130 Dormansteads, £120 Mollin, £111 Parkhill
Blackface - £130 Lamperts, £121, £120, £109 Cowden Burn, £115 Garvilland, £113, £96 Little Larg, £112 Draingower, £110 Parkhill, £110, £103 Linhope, £108 Hepplehill, £105 Halfmark, £105 Meikleholm
Hampshire - £130 Glenlea
Charollais - £120, £104 Whitfield Est
Dutch Spotted - £113 Knock
Herwick - £110, £102, £93 Orthwaite Hall
Swaledale - £110, £100, £96, £89 Pryhill, £93 Coatlith, £80 Hepplehill
Shetland - £109 Ballachristory, £89 Kilnknowe, £88 Whitedyke
Easycare - £109, £86 Glenlea, £107 Whitchesters, £104 South Healey, £96 Whitchesters
Badgerface - £108 Newton
Romney - £82 Cadgillhead
FEEDING EWES
Texel - £200 Cloverfield, £190, £172, £158, Ballachristory, £188, £176 Windy Hill, £175 Parkhill, £174 Sunnybank Corvalley, £168 Ballagyr, £165 The Dykes, £155 Draingower, £154, £151 Ridley
Suffolk - £182 Ballagyr Park, £178 Windy Hill, £160 Parkhill, £150 Corvalley, £144 The Dykes
North Country Cheviot - £178, £145, £125 Enzieholm, £159 Windy Hill, £140 Ballachristory, £108 Meikledale
Romney - £150 Ballachristory, £113 Burnfoot of Ewes, £100 Sunnybank
Cross - £146 Corvalley, £139 Ballachristory, £138 Westhotbank, £134 Draingower, £132, £104 The Dykes, £124 Moaney Moar, £124, £116 Ballaquinnea Beg, £119 Capenoch, £114, £108 Ballaharry, £112 Sunnybank
Cheviot Mule - £145 Ridley
Half-Bred - £140 Enzieholm
Easycare - £130, £100 Glenlea, £128 Ballakelly
Blackface - £124, £115 Westhotbank, £92 Moaney Moar, £88, £84 Ballaharry, £88 Lamperts
Charollais - £119 Ballachristory
Kendal Rough - £112 Moaney Moar
Hill Cheviot - £110 Parkhill, £100 Langholm
Shetland - £102 Corvalley
Charmoise - £95 Halterburnhead
Welsh Mountain - £90 Ballaharry
CAST RAMS
Texel - £150 Ridley
Charollais - £140 Corvalley
Hill Cheviot - £129 Langholm, £128 Burnfoot of Ewes
Suffolk - £124 Ballakelly
Blackface - £118 Glenshanna, £112 Draingower, £112 Parkhill, £98 Lamperts
Easycare - £116 Glenlea
Lleyn - £107 Eriff Est
Herwick - £90 Burnfoor of Ewes
