Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 6,022 sheep comprising of 2,926 lambs and 3,096 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 14th August 2025.

PRIME LAMBS

A very pleasing entry of just short of 3,000 lambs forward. Well finished prime lambs of all classes still in good demand whilst a lot of lambs forward today carrying very little finish brought the averages down. More well finished, fed lambs are required on a weekly basis to satisfy customer demand.

Topping the sale was a pen of Beltex lambs realising 425ppk, consigned from Burnside

Topping per head was a hefty Texel lamb consigned by High Field Farming, realising £215.

Please make sure your lambs are well covered and properly finished before sending them on a prime day. There is an unprecedented demand for store lambs at the moment and these type of lambs are far easier sold on a Tuesday at Longtown.

For all further enquiries please do not hesitate to contact your auctioneers who will be only too pleased to help.

Overall average of 338.47ppk (SQQ 340.71p) 

Principal prices (Per kilo)

Beltex – 425p Burnside, 414.3p Scobshaugh, 409.1p Morwood

Texel – 378p Brownrigg, 376.3p, 374p Moor side, 373.7p Causey View

Suffolk -368p Crewburn Farm, 361p Causey View, 359.5p, 357.7p Smerral Farm

Charollais – 365p Burnside, 351p Mickley Moor, 348p Kimmeter Green

Dutch Spotted – 351.1p, 332p Midtown Farm

Roussin – 347p Burnside

Cheviot – 343p Cottage Farm, 336p Kirkton, 334p North House and Townhead Cottage

Mule – 343p, 334p Garheugh Farm, 332p Burnfoot Farms

Easycare – 340.5p High Trewhitt

Herdwick – 335.1p Halliday Hill

Rouge – 332p, 324.5p Carnochan Farm

Dorset – 332p Ellwood Croft

Half-Bred – 331.1p West Deloraine

Cheviot Mule – 329p, 322p Grindon Hill

North Country Cheviot – 327.3p Earlside

Oxford – 327p, 319p Guards Farm

Ryeland – 327.3p Cleughbrae

Blackface – 321p Syke Head

Border Leicester – 311p Shitlington Hall

Hebridean – 216p Sandholm

Principal prices (Per head)

Texel - £215 Highfield Farming, £201 Cleughbrae, £200 Moorside

Cheviot - £202, £160 Tushielaw

Suffolk - £200 The Land, £186 Smerral Farm, £185 Townhead Cottage, £183 The Land

Beltex - £186 Scobshaugh, £183 Cleughbrae, £180 Morwood and The Land

Border Leicester - £181, £177 Shitlington Hall

Ryeland - £180 Cleughbrae

Dutch Spotted - £176, £165 Midtown Farm

Rouge - £172 Carnochan Farm

Mule - £162 Shitlington Hall, £151 Garheugh Farm, £149 Nunscleugh

Charollais - £148 East Grange Farm, £146 Kimmeter Green and Burnside, £144 Mickley Moor

Roussin - £149 Burnside

Half-Bred- £149 West Deloraine Farm

Oxford - £149, £147 Guards Farm

Cheviot Mule - £145 Tangytavil Farm, £145, £135 Grindon Hill

North Country Cheviot - £144 Earlside

Easycare - £143 High Trewhitt

Blackface - £141 Balliemore Farming, £125 Whiteside Farm

Herdwick – £124 Halliday Hill

Dorset - £123 Ellwood Croft

Hebridean - £72 Tushielaw

CAST EWES AND RAMS

Heavy ewes and best pure Texel ewes still met high rates of return with leaner ewes meeting a bit of resistance albeit still looking well sold. Many more wanted on a weekly basis to satisfy demand.

Heavy ewes were topped at £355 for a Texel ewe from HM Livestock, Shethin

Light ewes were topped with a pen of 18 Cheviots from R Flintoft, Cocklawfoot at £170, J Hume & Son, Sundhope also sold Cheviots at £170

Rams to £265 for a pair of Blue Faced Leicesters from RH Bell, Roxburghmill

Heavy ewes

Texel - £355 Shethin, £340 Ryrie and Woodhill, £335 Glencairn, £325 Cleughbrae, £310 Woodhill, £305 Mossband House, £300 Middle Farm and Woodhill

Beltex - £292 Cleughbrae, £215 Sorbie

Blue Leicester - £260 Cleughbrae, £240 Carnochan, £222 Shethin, £200 Falnash

Charollais - £240, £208 Beckfoot

Suffolk - £228 Beckfoot, £222, £220 Mossilee, £215, £210 Carnochan, £208 Beckfoot, £200 Lords Lot and Mossilee

Mule - £220 Govals, £190 Bidlake, £185 Shethin, £184 Mossilee, £180 Beckfoot and Grindon Hill

Cheviot Mule - £215 Beckfoot, £210 Shethin

Blue Texel - £210 Woodhill and Lower Moor, £200 Cleughbraemill

Border Leicester - £188, £180 Smailholm Mains

Hampshire - £186, £180 Guards

North Country Cheviot - £185 Crewburn and Galleywreay, £182 Linton Bank Head and Ruighe Beag

Romney - £182, £160 Overhowden

Dorset - £168 Beckfoot

Lleyn - £162 Woodhill and Coxhill

Dutch Spotted - £158 Coxhill

Zwartbles - £150 Galleywreay

Lightweight ewes

Cheviot - £170 Cocklawfoot and Sundhope, £168 Balure, £160 East Kirk

Blackface - £144 Ruighe Beag, £134 Whiteside

Kerry Hill - £135 Coxhill

Herdwick - £125, £102 3 The Moy

Swaledale - £123 Whitton, £109 Nunscleugh

Lleyn - £110 Whitchesters

Easycare - £108 Linton Bank Head, £104 Stickle Heaton

Jacob - £90 Tordale

Welsh - £68 Stickle Heaton

Shetland - £55, £50 Tordale

Badgerface - £48 Romanway

Rams

Blue Leicester - £265 Roxburghmill

Texel - £260 Roxburghmill, £215 Kirkhouse

Suffolk - £240 Govals, £190 Mossband House

Cheviot - £190 West Newlands

Dorset - £180 Ellwood Croft

Zwartbles - £171 Shethin

Lleyn - £170 Mossband House

Swaledale - £152 Whitton

Blackface - £130 Clashbenny, £116 Little Tongue

Averages:

Lambs

Light to                 345p (299.2p)

Standard to      402.8p (337.75p)

Medium to         425p (342.37p)

Heavy to             374p (334.63p)

Overweight       357.1p (323.24p)

Ewes

Light to                 £170 (£96.37)

Heavy to             £355 (£150.52)

Rams to               £265 (£140.98)

OTM

Galloway Cow 210p/kg and to £1144.50 from Telford, Holme head

Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries

John Walton 07880 527 066

Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489

Norman Douglas 07786 366 833

Helen Rickard 07741 313 029

Joe Conley 07442 246063

 

corresponding week 2024 sale report