Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 10,648 comprising of 5,544 prime hoggs and 5,104 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 4th January 2024.

As the first sale of the new year arrived, another mammoth show of well over 10,000 sheep descended on Longtown, all classes of sheep continue to be wanted and can be sold to vendor advantage as numbers are handled with ease. Every major outlet in the UK are represented in the sheep ring here at Longtown on a weekly basis providing a consistent, competitive market place for producers to sell stock with confidence.  

A similar show of 5,544 hoggs were forward, best exports and heavy hoggs still in big demand whilst commercial hoggs saw some resistance.

Topping the sale per head was £176 for Beltex hoggs shown by TV & M Storey, Tinnishall, Canonbie.

Per kilo the sale topped at 361p for Beltex hoggs from D & C Rodger, Comlongun Mains Cottage, Clarencefield.

Good runs of heavy hoggs realising £150 + and best bred heavies £160 +

Not far behind was Master Alex Batey, Heathery Knowe sold a handy packet of heavy hoggs topping at £168 and achieving a staggering average of £162.

Messrs Tudhope, High Parsons Bridge sold a lovely run of heavy hoggs topping £165 and achieving another serious average of £162.

M/s Bryne, Thornthwaite Close, sold Beltex cross hoggs to £168 and averaged £150 or 350ppk.

M/s Nicholson, Bombie, sold a nice run of very well bred Texel cross hoggs topping at £168 averaging 300ppk or £144.

Mules topped at £152 for a pen of 10 Scotch Mules weighing in at 56kg consigned by M/s Simpson, Kirkhouse, whose run of Mules averaged over £140.  

All classes of well finished hoggs are wanted here at Longtown on a weekly basis to satisfy an ever-growing demand as numbers increase so do purchasers. Please do not hesitate to contact your auctioneers who will be pleased to take your calls.

Overall average 280.0p (SQQ 280.2p)

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 361p Comlongun Mains Cottage, 354p Mid Farm, 343p Thornthwaite Close, 342p Muirfield.

Texel 325p Stewart Farm, 315p Galleywreay, 314p Newton, 313p Newtown & Cumcrook, 311p Corneyside & Cumcrook.  

Cheviot 302p Cadgillhead, 294p High Rise, 292p, 290p Glendearg, 290p Cadgillhead.  

Suffolk 300p Chirdon, 296p Galleywreay, 295p Smallburn, 293p Galleywreay, 292p Wallend, Crossings Cottage & Glendearg.  

Charollais 293p Causey View, 292p, 290p, 288p Tinnishall, 288p Archerbeck.

Mule 285p Kirkhouse, 283p Newtown, 279p Paddockhole, 278p Hole Farm, 276p Chirdon.

Herdwick 282p Ashley Park.

North Country Cheviot 281p Earlside & Greenburn, 280p Woodhall, 279p North House.

Blackface 280p Blakehope, 277p High Croach & Little Larg, 275p Sonoma, 273p High Croach & Wanwood Hill.

Cheviot Mule 280p Marwhirn, 273p Solwaybank.    

Swaledale 242p Ottercops, 239p Woodhall, 235p Breckon Hill.  

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Beltex £176 Tinnishall, £170 Cottage, £168 Thornthwaite Close, £164 Heathery Knowe, £160 Pasturewood & Pretoria Road.    

Texel £168 Bombie, £165 Morwood & High Parson Bridge, £164 Heathery Knowe, £162 Bombie.

Suffolk £167 Tarrasfoot, £158 Galleywreay, £156 Overton of Knaven, £155 Tarrasfoot.

Charollais £164 Heathery Knowe, £162 Beckfoot, £160 Viewley.      

Mule £152 Kirkhouse, £146 Overton of Knaven, £137 Kirkhouse.

Half-bred £149 Pilmuir.

Cheviot £131.50 Glendearg, £128 Blakehope, £125 Glendearg.

North Country Cheviot £124 Earlside, £121 Greenburn & Oswie.   

Cheviot Mule £124 The Nook.

Blackface £118.50 Little Larg, £117 Burnfoot & Hole Farm, £115 Stewart Farm & Little Larg.  

A larger show of 5,104 ewes were forward and sold to the same trade, with best lean meated ewes in very short supply being in serious demand with over 210 ewes realising £200 +. Over half the entry consisted of hill ewes, which again proved good to sell.   

Topping the sale at £305 for a pure Texel ewe consigned by M & L Sinton, Harlaw Side others to £270 and £260 for Texel ewes consigned by J Elliot, Roxburgh Mains, Kelso.

Hill ewes sold to £104 for Cheviots from TE Hutchinson, Chapel, Moffat. Blackface ewes were forward in abundance topping at £95 for a pen of heavy Northumberland type ewes consigned by M/s BJ Haigh, Brecon Hill.

Mule ewes topped at £126 for a pen of Scotch Mule ewes consigned by W & J Jardine, Newbigging. Mule ewes regularly traded between £90-£110 with the heaviest Mules in short supply.

Rams to £170 for Texels from Beoch Farmers, Beoch, Stranraer and Smallburn Farms Ltd, Mayne Farm, Elgin.  

Early entries are appreciated for sales and for all further enquiries please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team as listed below.    

John Walton 07880 527 066 (Prime Sheep Auctioneer)

Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489 (Prime Sheep Auctioneer)

Sam Hogg 07584 207 323 (Prime Cattle and Cast Cow Auctioneer)

Norman Douglas 07786 366 833 (Fields Person)

Helen Rickard 07741 313 029 (Fields Person)

HEAVY EWES

Texel £305 Harlaw Side, £270, £260 Roxburgh Mains, £255 Blackadder Mains, £250 Kirtlevale, £245, £240 Roxburgh Mains, £240 Blackadder Mains & Beckfoot    

Beltex £250 Kirtlevale, £230 West Farm, £215 Finnieness & Wallend, £210 Blackadder Mains.  

Blue Texel £165 Wallend.

Suffolk £160 Thornington, £155 Roxburgh Mains, £148 Thornington, £142 Romesbeoch.     

Charollais £140 Beckfoot, £138 Viewley, £130 Chaseside & Greenside.  

North Country Cheviot £132 Earlside & Nether Locharwoods.     

Cheviot Mule £128 Halldykes & Townfoot.

Mule £126 Newbigging, £115 Breconiehill & Thornington, £114 Tone Hall, £113 Haregills, £112 Staffler.

LIGHT EWES

Cheviot £104 Chapel, £102 Upper Tinwald, £96 Allfornaught, £90 Drumreach, North House, Commonside & Baillie.

Blackface £95 Breckon Hill, £84 Peela Hill, £82 Tone Hall, £81 Breckon Hill, £80 Cowburnrigg & Parkdargue.

Easycare £82 Baillie.

Lleyn £78 Sharplaw.  

Swaledale £72 Round Meadows, £69 Tecket.

RAMS

Texel £170 Beoch & Smallburn, £155 Beckfoot.  

Bluefaced Leicester £150 Viewley, £135 Smallburn, £132 Tone Hall.    

Charollais £148 Chaseside.  

Dutch Spotted £122 Beckfoot.

Suffolk £120 Smallburn.

Cheviot £118 Solwaybank.  

Averages:

Hoggs
Light to           342.0p (261.7p)
Standard to      354.0p (283.0p)
Medium to      361.0p (278.1p)
Heavy to         343.0p (278.6p)

Ewes
Light to           £104.00 (£61.25) 
Heavy to         £305.00 (£119.45)

Rams to           £170.00 (£95.51)

 

corresponding week 2023 sale report