Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 7,958 comprising of 4,132 prime hoggs and 3,826 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 15th February 2024.

A mixed offering of cast cows and bulls was forward with a busy ringside of buyers ensuring a brisk trade throughout. The sale topped at £1,860 for a Beef Shorthorn from D & T Bradley Farmer, Wester Parkgate, Dumfries with Angus cows to £1,263 from WN Douglas, Catslackburn, Selkirk and Whitebreds to £1,020 from Messrs Johnson, Greenley Cleugh, Hexham. Top price per kilo of 200p from Wester Parkgate, Angus to 178p from Catslackburn and Whitebred Shorthorns selling to 170p from Greenley Cleugh.

A larger show of 4,132 hoggs was forward, with a high proportion of hill and grass fed hoggs forward, therefore all classes of fed hoggs proved to be in huge demand. 

Hoggs topped at £220 for Texels from Marygate, Berwick with top per kilo of 391p for Beltex from G & W Halliday, Crawthat, Waterbeck.  

Overall average 325.8p (SQQ 319.7p)

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. Prime stock travel from all four corners of the United Kingdom to take advantage of the 19 active, competitive purchasers who operate on a weekly basis providing a very transparent and competitive market place here at Longtown. Haulage can be arranged with easily and efficiently, so please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers who will be pleased to take your calls and help you and your business in any way possible.

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 391p Crawthat, 385p Cumcrook, 379p Shethin, 375p Crawthat, 369p Kilnford Croft, 365p Crawthat.    

Texel 355p Comlongun Mains & The Ash, 353p Bombie, 352p Shethin, The Ash & Kirkhouse, 350p East Kirk, Cumcrook & Westernhopeburn.

North Country Cheviot 346p Glendearg, 340p Corncockle, 336p Glendearg & Kilnford Croft.

Millenium Blue 342p Bombie.    

Suffolk 340p Kirkton of Kingoldrum, 336p Low Hallburn, 334p Foulshiels, 333p Archerbeck & West Foreshield.

Cheviot 333p, 330p Catslackburn, 325p, 321p Sorbie, 321p Catslackburn.   

Blue Texel 332p Langholm.

Blackface 331p Cowburnrigg, 327p Ardacheranmor, 325p Monreagh & Sorbie, 324p Ormsary.

Mule 330p Leckuary & Langholm, 328p High Cattadale, 320p Patties Hill.     

Herdwick 330p, 329p, 325p Orthwaite Hall.     

Charollais 325p Viewley, 323p Hall Farm.  

Cheviot Mule 324p Marwhirn, 319p Kirkhouse.          

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Texel £220, £198 Marygate, £198 Drumcairn, £196 High Parson Bridge, £195 Cleughbrae.

Beltex £198 Kilnford Croft, £190 Langdyke Cottage, £181 Hall Farm, £180 Crawthat.

Suffolk £177 Cowburnrigg, £176 High Machriemore, £170 Cleughbrae, £169 Kirkhouse.      

Cheviot Mule £174 Marwhirn. 

Millenium Blue £171 Bombie. 

North Country Cheviot £168 East Side, £156 Potholm & Oswie.

Charollais £164 Thackwood, £163 Viewley.  

Mule £158 North Corrielaw, £156 Cowburnrigg, £153 Overton of Knaven, £149 Camphill.

Hampshire £155 Corncockle.     

Cheviot £154 Mount Benger, £150 Becks, £148 Sorbie, £144 Becks.    

Blackface £150, £145 Craig Douglas, £145 Cowburnrigg, £144 Barnyards, £140 Sorbie.

Herdwick £145, £142 Orthwaite Hall.  

Swaledale £134 West Foreshield.

A smaller show of 3,826 ewes was forward, with many plainer and leaner sorts on offer and a shortage of the best bred and heavy ewes.

The sale topped at £290 for superb Texel ewes shown by W & C Ingram, Logie Durno, Inverurie.  

Hill ewes to £119 for Cheviots consigned by J & J Campbell, Wedderlie, Gordon.

Rams topped at £175 for Texels also from Wedderlie.  

Early entries are appreciated 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 £290 Logie Durno, £260 Knock, £255 Kirtleton House, £245 Logie Durno.

Beltex £200 Rigfoot, £190 Drumcairn. 

Charollais £185, £176 Logie Durno, £170 Thackwood.

Suffolk £175, £168, £165, £162 Logie Durno.

Blue Texel £166 Killeonan.

North Country Cheviot £144 Newbiggin, £136 Hallum, £130 Viewley.

Bluefaced Leicester £144 Logie Durno, £136 Laverhay.

Cheviot Mule £142 Marchbank, £134 Wedderlie, £130 Spittal Mains.

Goat £140, £132 South Muasdale.

Romney £134, £124 Marygate.

Mule £130 Birch Bush, £126 North Corrielaw & Buckies, £122 Peela Hill.  

LIGHT EWES

Cheviot £119 Wedderlie, £114 Ifferdale & Morebattle Tofts, £112 Lightbirks, £111 Morebattle Tofts, £110 Catslackburn, Tarrasfoot & Knock.       

Blackface £110 Beachmenach, £104 Tinnis, £103 Linkshead, £96 Cowburnrigg, £95 Mains of Collin.

Kerry Hill £108 Rigfoot.  

Jacob £104 Killeonan.  

Swaledale £88 High Parkfoot, £78 Westburnhope, £75 Hollin Close.

RAMS

Texel £175 Wedderlie, £158 West Deloraine, £152 Viewley, £150 Beckfoot.

Bluefaced Leicester £170 Linkshead.

Beltex £165 Knock, £154 Boreland, £150 Torbhlaren.     

Suffolk £136 Marygate.

Charollais £130 High Floweryhirst.

North Country Cheviot £128 Longoe, £124 West Watten.    

Cheviot £120, £118 Potholm, £118 Sundhope & Wedderlie.  

Blue Texel £120 Beckfoot.   

Averages:

Hoggs
Light to           338.0p (289.7p)
Standard to      385.0p (323.3p)
Medium to      379.0p (328.3p)
Heavy to         391.0p (310.0p)

Ewes
Light to           £119.00 (£76.08) 
Heavy to         £290.00 (£118.75)

Rams to           £175.00 (£106.53)

 

corresponding week 2023 sale report