Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 6,780 sheep comprising of 224 Spring Lambs, 4,256 hoggs and 2,301 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 22nd May 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
A larger show of spring lambs forward, with in-spec lambs in high demand and out of spec heavy lambs seeing a slight resistance. Please keep in touch with our auctioneers who will be advise on when best to market your spring lambs.
Topping the sale was a single Suffolk reaching £170 from H. Martindale, The Land
Top price per kilo was 382.70p for a pen of 4 Texels from Messrs Elkin, Hall Farm
Overall average of 327.77p (SQQ 344.46p)
Principal prices (Per head)
Suffolk - £170 The Land, £158 Shandford, £155 The Land, £150 North Cowshaw
Texel - £168 Broomhills, £167 Kimmeter Green Cottage, £150 Kimmeter Green Cottage
South Down - £156, £149, £145 Steel Hall
Blue Texel - £150 Edendales
Charollais - £142 Hundalee Pastoral
Romney - £138 & £133 Lowfield House
Oxford - £137 Guards
Dorset - £130 Hazelbank
Principal prices (Per kilo)
Texel – 387.2p, 387.1p & 362p Hall, 361p Broomhillbank
Suffolk – 361.5p, 340p & 337.1p Hall
South Down – 355p Steel Hall
Charollais – 322.7p Hundalee Pastoral
Blue Texel – 319.1p Edendales
Dorset – 317.1p Hazelbank
Romney – 316.7p Lowfield House
Oxford – 269p Guards
PRIME HOGGS
A slightly smaller show of hoggs on offer with a very mixed show forward once again, less then quarter of the sale being ideal export weights. Customers are advised to keep selling as the season nears the final curtain. Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers.
Topping the sale was a pen of 3 Texel hoggs making £182 from Messrs Tudhope, High Parson Bridge.
Top price per kilo 369.6p for a Dutch Spotted from D. & H. Thompson, Fairfield.
Overall average of 285.56p (SQQ 289.41p)
Principal prices (Per kilo)
Dutch Spotted – 369.6p, 362.1p Fairfield
Texel – 353p Muirfield, 344.7p Hall Farm, 343p, 336p Rose Farm, 335p, 331p Byreburnside
Beltex – 351p, 334p, 327p Drumcairn, 349p, 338.5p Pasture House,
Suffolk – 340.5p Muirfield, 310.5p Haresteads, 308.5p Fala Hill, 304.4p Syke Head, 302.2p South Port O Spittal, 302p Pasture House
North Country Cheviot – 324p Sourhope Farm, 291p Whitecroft Mains, 290p Cleughbrae
Cheviot – 318p Becks Farm, 316p Heathery Hall, 315p, 315p Muirfield, 314.8 Dunrobbin
Blackface – 316p Haresteads, 315p Heathery Hall, 309.8 New House, 306p, 305p Sonoma, 305p Heugh Farm, 304.8p Galleywreay
Cross – 315.2p Haresteads, 305p High Croft House, 302.3p Heugh Farm, 300p Whitton
Cheviot Mule – 309.1p 6 Stonehouse, 281.5 Shop Farm
Herdwick – 308.1p Haresteads, 294.9p Mid Harrietsfield, 280p Pasture House
Jacob – 297.3p Haresteads, 263p Threepwood
Badgerface– 295.2p Heugh Farm
Charollais – 293.8p Haresteads, 276p Ireshope Plains
Zwartbles – 289p Haresteads, 279.1p Heugh Farm
Shetland – 284p, 248p, 246p,230p South Port O Spittal, 246.9 Pasture House
Woodland – 283.7p South Port O Spittal
Hampshire – 277.2p Justenlees Farm
Swaledale – 277p Shield Farm, 267.4, 256.4p Pasture House, 259.1p Whitton,
Clun – 265p Coldhome
Lleyn – 244p Dolphinston
Principal prices (Per head)
Texel – £182, £173 High Parson Bridge, £172 Byreburnside, £170 Nether Locharwoods, £170 Drumreach, £170 Fiddleton Bank End
Beltex – £175, £165 Nether Locharwoods, £174, £163 Crakeplace Hall, £165 Rose Farm
Suffolk – £174 Wilseydown, £170, £166 Whitelumbs, £160 Syke Head, £160 The Land, £157 Balglassie
Dutch Spotted - £170, £150 Fairfield, £150 Rose Farm
Hill Cheviot – £170 Becks Farm, £159, £157 Isauld Farm, £156, £155 Ireshope Plains
Charollais – £160 Ireshope Plain
Blackface – £160, £158 Heathery Hall £149, £144 New House, £146 Dyke Farm, £144 Sonoma
Hampshire - £158 Justenlees
Cheviot Mule – £152 Shop Farm, £136 Stonehouse
North Country Cheviot - £150 Syke Head, £148 Cleughbrae, £134 Whitecroft Mains
Cross – £151 Ellenbank, £150, £147 Syke Head, £144 Whitton, £144 Wood Farm
Clun - £130 Coldhome
Badgerface– £124 Heugh Farm
Swaledale – £123 Pasture House, £122 Shield Farm, £114 Whitton
Lleyn - £122 Dolphinston
Woodland – £122 South Port O Spittal
Herdwick – £115 Mid Harrietsfield, £114 Haresteads, £112 Pasture House
Jacob - £110 Haresteads, £100 Threepwood
Shetland – £108, £88, £82 South O Port Spittal, £100 Pasture House
CAST EWES AND RAMS
All classes of cast sheep in high demand with the plainer ewes seen dearer on the week, number needed every week to fulfil buyer requirements.
Heavy ewes topped at £365 was a Texel from Messrs Wilson, Wood Farm
Lightweight ewes topped at £178 for a Cheviot from Messrs Smith, Dyke Farm
Rams to £245 for a Charollais from Messrs Towler, Balgreen and a Texel from T.H. Grant, Bayldon
Heavy ewes
Texel - £365 Wood, £300 Raefield, £290 Whitelumbs, £270 Beckfoot, £270 Craigslea, £250 Bank House, £240 Whitelumbs
Beltex - £260 Hallhill, £205 Wallend, £200 & £180 Drumreach
Charollais - £248 Bogra, £240 Beckfoot, £215 Whitelumbs, £215 Wood, £200 South Port o Spittal
Suffolk - £240 Ryan Hope, £238 Hall, £230 Beckfoot, £225 Findowrie, £220 Beckfoot, £212 (x2) Hall, £212 & £210 (x2) Wood
Dorset - £210 Flagstaff, £192 Justenlees
Cross - £200 Balgreen, £194 Balglassie, £188 Beckfoot, £185 Wallend, £182 High Parson Bridge, £180 Balgreen
Zwartbles - £200 Evertown, £185 Holmlea
Cheviot Mule – £195 Hallhill, £192 & £190 Hall, £188 Balgreen, £185 Fala Hill, £182 Wardford, £180 Barnglies
Border Leicester - £188 Justenlees
Dutch Spot - £180 South Port o Spittal, £132 Fairfield
North Country Cheviots - £180 West Stobs Wood, £168 Fala hill, £150 West Stobs Wood, £144 Fala Hill, £136 Falgunzeon
Blue Leicester - £178 Rowanburnfoot
Lleyn - £175 & £148 The Height, £138 Kilnknowe
Romney - £174 Border Livestock
Millennium Bleu - £170 South Port o Spittal
Hampshire - £160 Deuchrie
Ryeland - £158 & £130 Lowfield House
Bleu Du Maine - £148 Monk
North Country Cheviot - £160 & £150 Drumreach
Light ewes
Cheviot - £178 & £162 Dyke Farm, £156 Hall, £150 Balgreen, £148 Hallhill
Blackface - £154 Dyke, £138 Winterhope, £134 West Stobs Wood, £130 Dirnanean
Badgerface Texel - £150 Drumreach
Easycare - £138 High Trewhitt, £130 Hall
Swaledale - £136 Falgunzeon, £134 Whittin
Shetland – £116 Castletown Estate, £110 West Stobs Wood
Valais Blacknose - £114 Coldhome
Jacob - £112 Balgreen
Kerry - £108 Nutholm
Herdwick - £68 Uppertown
Rams
Texel - £245 Bayldon, £230 Butter Mill, £220 Bank House, £200 Hall, £200 Bayldon
Charollais - £245 Balgreen
Beltex – £240 & £230 Solway House
Suffolk - £240 Ryan Hope, £232 Balgreen, £215 Whitton
Oxford - £225 Beckfoot
Lleyn - £218 Whitton
Cheviot - £185 Whitton, £165 40 Dunrobin Glen, £160 Whitton, £150 Drumreach, £150 Isauld
Dutch Spot - £150 Beckfoot
Easycare - £142 Bridge End
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 387.1p (369.48p)
Standard to 387.2p (359.53p)
Medium to 361.0p (340.62p)
Heavy to 326.1p (300.77p)
Over Weight 305.5p (294.67p)
Hoggs
Light to 316.0p (227.47p)
Standard to 353.0p (289.14p)
Medium to 351.0p (297.40p)
Heavy to 369.0p (284.31p)
Ewes
Light to £188.00 (£110.70)
Heavy to £365.00 (£163.86)
Rams to £245.00 (£155.29)
OTM
A small offering of cast cattle forward this week, met a brisk trade throughout. Many more numbers needed on a weekly basis to meet the requirements of the every growing ring side of buyers.
Top price per kilo 226p for a Limousin Bull from Baxter, Monk
Top price per head was for a Charolais Bull at £2000 from Craig, Auchlin
Reminder that the next sale of Northern Counties & Scottish Prime Cattle & Prime Bulls to commence Thursday 5th June 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.
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER KILO
Limousin – 226p Monk
Charolais – 200p Auchlin
Galloway – 198p Whitehill
PRINCIPAL PRICES PER HEAD
Limousin – £1909.70 Monk
Charolais – £2000.00 Auchlin
Galloway – £970.20 Whitehill
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corresponding week 2024 sale report
