Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 6,859 sheep comprising of 46 Spring Lambs, 4,249 hoggs and 2,569 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 1st May 2025.
SPRING LAMBS
An increased entry of commercial spring lambs sold to a very competitive trade with more being required on a weekly basis to satisfy purchaser demand.
Topping the sale were 3 Suffolks realising £180 from HM Martindale, The Land.
Top price per kilo were 3 Texel lambs at 394.9p from SD Allen, Ellerslea.
Principal prices (Per kilo)
Texel – 394.9p, 386p & 374p Ellerslea.
Suffolk – 388p & 366.7p Ellerslea, 362.5p Basco Dykehead & 360.9p Ellerslea.
Zwartbles – 321p & 308p Holmlea.
Principal prices (Per head)
Suffolk - £180 (x2), £171, £169 The Land, £166, £164 & £163 Ellerslea.
Texel - £166, £161 & £154 Ellerslea.
Zwartbles - £154 & £151 Holmlea.
PRIME HOGGS
An increased show of prime hoggs sold to a reduced enquiry of purchasers with all classes meeting some resistance.
Topping the sale was a Texel at £230 from Townhead of Culloch
Top price per kilo was a Beltex at 414.6p from Drumcairn
Overall average of 295.44p (SQQ 301.95p)
Principal prices (Per kilo)
Beltex – 414.6p, 409.1p Drumcairn, 393.8p Shethin, 391.5p Hillside, 378.7p Cardew Grange, 374p, 373p Uras,
Millenium Blue – 387.5p Lurgan.
Texel – 375.6p Uras, 368.8p Hillside, 359.4p Townhead of Culloch, 356p Greenside 348p Manfield Cottage, 346p Outertown.
Charollais – 347p Westernhopeburn, 307p Muirfield House, 305p Nether Cargen.
Suffolk – 341.7p Galleywreay, 340.4p Whins, 333p Outertown, 326.3p Third Farm, 323p Outertown, 322.2p Weeds.
Hill Cheviot – 328p South Bogbain, 326p Shethin, 320p Westernhopeburn, 319p Prior Rigg and Becks, 318.9p Greenside, 318p The Land.
Blackface – 326p, 320p Heathery Hall, 317p Fingland, 314p Hillside, 313p Muirfield House, 311.4p Shethin.
Cheviot Mule – 322p Tister, 304.4p Uras, 303.3p Kingside, 302p Parks, 300p Tister.
Roussin – 320.5p Coilamy Blue Texel – 311p Tercrosset,
Badgerface – 314p Shethin,
Herdwick – 311p Orthwaite Hall, 310.9p Hillside, 290p Cockley Beck,
Cross – 310p Muirfield House, 308p Weeds, 305p Muirfield House and Kingside, 300p Sonoma.
Welsh Mountain – 303p Pasture House.
North Country Cheviot – 302p, 293p Castle of Mey.
Clun – 295p The Inch.
Swaledale – 293p Westernhopeburn, 281p Hillside, 273p, 268p Cockley Beck, 256.1p The Craggs.
Shetland – 292.5p, 275p South Port o Spittal, 273p Weeds.
Dorset – 291.7p Weeds.
Easycare – 286.8p South Port o Spittal.
Woodland – 286p South Port o Spittal.
Zwartbles – 282.4p Hillside.
Half Bred – 280.8p Shethin, 276p Aimster.
Jacob – 257p Pasture House, 246p Parks.
Principal prices (Per head)
Texel – £230 Townhead of Culloch, £181 Torgornack, £175 Tercrosset, £170 Cambeckhill, Townhead of Culloch, Tercrosset and Crossgates, £169 Uras, £168 Torgornack, East Farm and Greenside.
Beltex – £184 Hillside, £180 Drumcairn, £178 Cardew Hall, £172 Uras and Townhead of Culloch, £170 Drumcairn, £168 Uras and Tercrosset.
Suffolk – £170 Greenside, £168 Shethin, £167, £166 Torgornack, £164 Galleywreay, £160 Whins.
Hill Cheviot – £165 Becks, £162 Kingside, £160, £158 Kirkton, £157 Drumreach, £153 Kirkton.
North Country Cheviot – £162 Torgornack, £160 Greenside, £154 Torgornack, £148 Kingside, £144 Castle of Mey.
Millenium Blue – £160 Oswie.
Hampshire – £159 Torgornack.
Charollais – £157 Heathery Hall, £152, £150 Nether Cargen, £147 Shethin.
Cross – £156 Greenside, £152 Muirfield House, £147 Sonoma, £144 Galleywreay, £134 Patties Hill and Hillside, £131 Kingside.
Badger Face – £150 Greenside, £135 Shethin.
Half Bred – £146 Shethin.
Blue Texel – £146 Tercrosset
Blackface – £144 Kingside, £143 Sonoma, £141 Heathery Hall, £140 Fingland, £134 Causey View, £130 Kingside and Fingland.
Zwartbles - £144 Hillside.
Herdwick – £143 Hillside, £141 Cockley Bank, £118 Orthwaite Hall, £113 Cockley Beck.
Roussin - £141 Coilamy
Border Leicester – £141 Greenside.
Cheviot Mule – £137 Uras and Westernhopeburn, £136.50 Kingside, £135 Tister.
Swaledale – £127 Low Stokoe, £123 Cockley Beck, £117 Westernhopeburn, £112 Hillside.
Woodland – £123, £120 South Port o Spittal.
Jacob – £118 Pasture House.
Shetland – £117 South Port o Spittal.
Welsh Mountain – £115 Pasture House.
Clun – £112 The Inch.
Easycare – £109 South Port o Spittal.
Dorset – £105 Weeds.
CAST EWES AND RAMS
A very mixed show of cast ewes and rams forward to the same full ring of purchasers. Heavy ewes would be easier on the week albeit still a big trade. Lightweight ewes continued at recent high rates of return
Heavy ewes topped at £330 for a pair of Texels from A&C Watson, Rowan Garth, Whitehaven.
Lightweight ewes topped at £158 for a pen of 5 Cheviots from J Halliday, Springwells, Johnstonebridge.
Rams to £240 for a pen of 6 Charollais from R Whittaker, Hundalee Pastoral, Roxburghshire.
Heavy ewes
Texel - £330 Rowan Garth, £315 Cambeckhill, £308 Rowan Garth, £305 Hassendeanburn, £285 Beckfoot, £280 Road Side, £275 Thackwood, £265 Townhead of Culloch.
Beltex - £276 Barrogill Mains, £250 Boulintogle, £245 Thackwood, £220 Crawthat, £200 Tercrosset, £200 Crawthat.
Suffolk - £230 Beckfoot, £225 Roadside, £220 Beckfoot, £218 Airyhassen, £212 Beckfoot, £210 Thackwood, £210 Torgornack, £210 Pilmore.
Cheviot Mule - £225 Uras, £198 Boulintogle, £190 North Corrielaw, £188 Beckfoot, £185 North Corrielaw, £185 Beckfoot, £180 Tister.
Charollais - £220 & £210 Thackwood, £210 Road Side, £208 Thackwood.
Cross - £215 Whiteside, £210 Pilmore, £210 Beckfoot, £200 Coiliamy.
Dutch Spot - £202 Pilmore, £165 Syke Head.
Oxford - £188 Guards, £120 Inch.
Lleyn - £185 Lustruther, £175 Swallowdene, £162 Huntly Lodge.
North Country Cheviots - £185 Road Side, £178 Tister, £172 Kingside, £168 Longoe, £168 Dalmakethar .
Bluefaced Leicester - £178 Pilmuir.
Border Leicester - £170 Pilmuir, £142 West Stobs.
Blue Texel - £155 Barrogill Mains, £140 Currie Inn.
Zwartbles - £165 Beckfoot, £158 10 Great Easton Drive.
Dorset - £134 Maidencots, £122 West Stobs.
Romney - £130 Huntly Lodge.
Light ewes
Cheviot - £158 Springwells, £155 Kilncroft, £145 Tister, £140 Currie Inn, £140 & £136 Drumreach, £136 Catslackburn, £135 Kilnford Croft, £134 Drumreach.
Blackface - £148 Whiteside,£132 North Corrielaw, £130 Drinkstone, £126 Kerfield, £124 Peela Hill, £122 Cassington.
Easycare - £140 Pilmore, £138 & £129 East Farm, £124 Tisterm, £120 Pilmore.
Swaledale - £130 Linton Bank Head, £124 Spoutbank, £102 Linton Bank Head.
Herdwick - £120 Pilmore, £120 Farlam Hill.
Shetland - £114 Auchlin, £100 Syke Head, 380 Gorthleck Mains .
Kendal Rough - £110 Lynnshield.
Jacob - £86 Brae Edge, £80 Syke Head.
Hebridean - £72 Huntly Lodge.
Rams
Charollais - £240 Hundalee Pastoral, £240 & £235 Pilmore, £230 Hundalee Pastoral, £220 Meadowside, £220 Pilmore.
Suffolk - £225 Pilmore, £222 Park Nook, £210 Falnash.
Texel - £222 Underwood, £210 Airyhassen, £205 Meadowside, £205 Fallaw.
Beltex - £220 Kilncroft, £190 Townhead of Culloch, £175 Dotland.
Cheviot - £202 The Ha, £145 Falnash.
Blue Leicester - £185 Meadowside, £185 Spoutbank, £170 Beckfoot, £165 Franzeal.
North Country Cheviot - £185 & £175 Tister.
Hampshire - £168 Linton Bank Head, £145 Cassington.
Lleyn - £160 Huntly Lodge.
Blackface - £148 Road Side.
Easycare - £145 Pilmore.
Herdwick - £98 Huntly Lodge.
Border Leicester - £90 Pilmuir.
Averages:
Spring Lambs
Light to 394.9p (358.76p)
Standard to 289.8p (289.83p)
Medium to 374.0p (370.63p)
Heavy to 327.0p (317.48p)
O/Weight to 291.0p (291.38p)
Hoggs
Light to 393.8p (259.14p)
Standard to 372.0p (302.14p)
Medium to 414.6p (306.75p)
Heavy to 391.5p (284.6p)
Ewes
Light to £158.00 (£107.77)
Heavy to £330.00 (£164.71)
Rams to £240.00 (£175.20)
OTM
A larger show of cast cattle sold to a large ring side of buyers ensuring all classes were highly sought after. Many more could be sold on a weekly basis here at Longtown.
Top price per kilo was 319p for a Saler cow from Edgerston Home Farm.
Top price per head was £2077 for a Saler cow from Edgerston Home Farm.
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER KILO
Saler – 319p, 310p & 305p Edgerston Home Farm
Blue Grey – 240p Kernal Rigg
Dairy Shorthorn – 215p Nether Collinhurst
Highland – 208p Edgerston Home Farm
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER HEAD
Saler - £2077, £2001.60 Edgerston Home Farm
Blue Grey - £1440 Kernal Rigg
Highland - £1209 & £1102 Edgerston Home Farm
Dairy Shorthorn - £903 Nether Collinhurst
Reminder that next Thursday is the opening sale of Northern Counties & Scottish Prime Cattle & Prime Bulls to commence Thursday 8th May at 1pm, following the weekly sale of cast cows. Sales of prime cattle & prime bulls thereafter will take place the first Thursday of every month.
For more information, please contact our auctioneers.
John Walton 07880 527 066
Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489
Norman Douglas 07786 366 833
Helen Rickard 07741 313 029
Joe Conley 07771685073
corresponding week 2024 sale report
