Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Reports

C&D Auction Marts had forward 2,937 store hoggs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 25th February 2025.

Store Hoggs (2,451) –  store hoggs starting to dry up as a very mixed show was on offer.  The sale was topped at £178 for a fantastic Beltex cross hogg from JC & HA Charnock, Cumcrook Farm. Buyers still travelling from up and down the country on the hunt for numbers of store sheep here at Longtown Mart, especially the shorter keep hoggs as they are in very short supply.

Principal prices
Store Hoggs
Beltex - £178 Cumcrook, £168 Muirside and Unity, £165 Little Swinburne, £162 Unity and Little Swinburne, £153, £152 Unity, £148 Cumcrook and The Flatt, £137, £129 Cumcrook.
Texel - £164 Low Stokoe, £152 Croft House and Helmburn, £151 Barrasford Green, £150 The Harras and Coatlith Hill, £149 Barrasford Green, £148 Hallrule Mill and Muirhead, £147 Muirside and Little Swinburne, £146 The Flatt, £145 Unity, £141 Muirside and Barrasford Green.
Greyface - £150 Low Stokoe, £146 Westerlee, £136 Foregirth, The Flatt and Coatlith Hill, £135 Old Jeddart, £132 Mains of Collin, £131 The Flatt, £130 North Synton and Low Stokoe, £129 Balgerran, £128 Mains of Collin, £127 Low Dunashery and Auchaleek, £122 Hamburn Hall and Swaites,
Leicester - £144, £138 Quarry House, £126 Shepherds Cottage, £110 Quarry House, £106 Merkland, £102 Shepherds Cottage and Quarry House
Suffolk - £138 Haliburton, £135 High Floweryhirst and Hallrule Mill, £134 Helmburn, £132 Ryehills and Tomich, £130 Helmburn, £128 Tomich, £126 Cramond Hill.
Cheviot Mule - £137 Barrasford Croft, £134 Coatlith Hill, £125, £121 Marwhirn.
Hill Cheviot - £134 Gilnockie Tower Cottage, £128 Milnholm, £114 Rowhope, £105 North Synton.
North Country Cheviot - £145 Skipness, £138 Haliburton, £133 Barrasford Green, £129 Lawesknowe, £122 Barrasford Green, £120 Haliburton, £110 Marwhirn and High Dalrioch
Blackface -  £132 Quarry House and Carskiey, £130 Cruachan, £126 Mains of Collin, £124 Miltonise, £122 Quarry House and Henderland, £120 Merkland, £117 Miltonise, £115 Mains of Collin, £112, £109 Auchaleek.
Swaledale - £120 Skipness, £97 Branthwaite Hall, £82 Over Cairn, £80 Bayles, £76 Low Stokoe
Kerry Hill - £118 Rigfoot
Herdwick - £96 Linton, £84 High Dalrioch
Shetland - £74 Haliburton

Feeding Ewes and Cast Rams (485) – a slightly smaller show of feeding ewes forward with a lot of plain ewes on offer. A pair of Texel ewes topped the sale at £230 from Gavin Ralston & Son, Linton Farm, Mule ewes topped at £170 from Waterhead of Dryfe, Lockerbie.

Principal prices
Feeding Ewes
Texel - £230, £225 Linton, £168 Cruachan Cottage, £138 Old Jeddart and Little Swinburne, £122 Little Swinburne, £105 Little Swinburne
North Country Cheviot - £156 Shaw of Dryfe, £132 Arkleton, £128 Boreland and Home Farm
Cheviot Mule - £150 Trowknowes, £149, £110 The Laws, £148 Cleughead, £135 Meikleholm, £130 High Townhead, £130 Southdean Lodge, £122 Gillalees, £120 Hight Townhead
Greyface - £170 Shaw of Dryfe, £156 Macherquhat, £144 Milnholm, £110 Shaw of Dryfe
Suffolk - £195 Hallrule Mill
Hill Cheviot - £124, £98 Lymiecleugh, £82 Blackhall
Blackface - £130 Cruachan Cottage, £122 Sewing Shields, £112 Drumgrange and Quarry House, £106 Merkland
Leicester - £135 Merkland
Lleyn - £156 Bennan
Swaledale - £100 Park House, £84 Low Old Shield, £76 Little Swinburne, £74 Low Old Shield and Park House
Herdwick - £94 Linton
Kerry Hill - £85 Old Jeddart

Cast Rams
Blackface - £146, £125 Sewing Shields, £125 Stronchullin.
Texel - £145 Newham Hagg, £130 Macherquhat
Beltex - £140 Macherquahat
Lleyn - £130 Sewing Shields
North Country Cheviot - £112 Archbank

For any enquiries contact our auctioneers:

Daniel Lynn 07584 200489
John Walton 07880 527066