Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 10,677 sheep comprising of 5,105 lambs and  5,572 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 2nd October 2025.

PRIME LAMBS

A much larger show of 5,105 prime lambs forward to the same ring of competitive purchasers ensured all classes sold to vendor benefit.

Well finished lambs were in demand and under finished lambs are still better sold here on a Tuesday in the store.

Topping the sale was a Texel lambs consigned by M/s P Foster, Grange farm realising 415ppk

Topping per head was a heavy weight Texel lambs consigned by M/s Sutherland, Carran, Caithness realising £255 per head.   

Many more well finished lambs can be sold to vendor advantage here at Longtown where numbers are handled with ease in the most consistent market in the country.

Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers for further enquiries.

Principal Prices (Per Kilo)

Texel – 415p Grange farm, 370p High Stenries

Beltex – 410p East House, 405.4p Heathery Knowe

Suffolk – 343p, 322p Catslackburn

Dutch Texel – 336.4p, 328p Rowanburnfoot

Cheviot – 331p, 320.5p Castle Crawford

Blue Texel – 330p Simonside, 326p Catslackburn, 301.1p Wormerlaw

Roussin – 325p Cubbyhill

Mule – 324.3p Arnicle

Cheviot Mule – 319p Falnash

Charollais – 312.6p Tinnishall, 310.6p Shethin

Dutch Spotted – 310.6p Cubbyhill

Blackface – 308p Burnfoot, 304p Cowden Burn, 303p Gibblaston, 302.3p Falnash

Hampshire – 307p Steel Hall

Lleyn – 305p Field Head

Border Leicester – 304p Laverockbank

North Country Cheviot – 302p Northway

Ryeland – 302p Steel Hall

Zwartable – 292.2p Chesters Brae

Dorset – 290.2p Donerentin

Oxford – 289p Guards

Kerry – 276.2p Wormerlaw

Half-Bred – 276p Northway

Jacob – 238.1p The Snab

Principal prices (Per head)

Texel - £255 Carran, £250 Marygate

Charollais - £200 Craigend

Dutch Spotted - £192 The Snab

Suffolk - £188 Guardsmill

Beltex - £176 Burnside, £175 Crawthat, £174 Shethin, £172 Brieredge, £172 Crawthat, £170 The Land, Burnside and Low Northsceugh

Ryeland - £168 Steel Hall

Blue Texel - £165 22 Simonside

Cheviot - £150 Grindon Hill

Jacob - £150 The Snab

Zwartable - £149 Chesters Brae

Mule - £148 Rowanburnfoot, £146.50 Simonside

Dutch Texel - £148 Rowanburnfoot

Blackface - £146.50 Cowden Burn

Border Leciester - £140 Laverockbank

Cheviot Mule - £137 Braehead, £132 Newbank

Oxford - £130 Guards

Roussin - £130 Cubbyhill

Hampshire - £129 Steel Hall, £121 Shethin

North Country Cheviot - £128, £127 Northway

Lleyn - £122 Field Head

Dorset - £119 Donerentin Camphouse

Kerry - £116 Wormerlaw

Half-Bred - £113 Northway

CAST EWES AND RAMS

A huge show of 5,572 ewes sold to a competitive ringside of 17 purchasers ensuring all classes were well bid for meeting another buoyant trade throughout. Numbers handled again with ease and are actively sought after on a weekly basis to satisfy demand.

Topping the heavy ewes sold to £340 for a pure bred humdinger consigned by M/s Thompson, Howburn, Alston

Lightweight ewes sold to £150 for a pen of Easycare ewes consigned from  Messrs Sutherland, Hill House, Lauder.

Heavy ewes

Texel - £340 Howburn, £335, £330 Hill Side, £320 Crumhaughhill, £315 Beckfoot, £310 Hill Side, £300 Crumhaughhill

Charollais - £280, £255 & £250 Beckfoot

Blue Texel - £240 Rigghead, £215 Kinnelside, £200 Meikle Dykes

Suffolk - £235 Oldfield, £218 The Land, £215 North House, £208 Keil, £200 Beckfoot

Beltex - £230 Langhill Corssing Cottage, £195 Galleywreay

Cheviot Mule - £228 Keil, £212 Justenlees

Dutch Spotted - £215 Kinnelside

Dorset - £210 Justenlees

North Country Cheviot - £192 Beckfoot, £188 Oldfield

Zwartable - £190 Sheepfields

Border Leicester - £185 Justenlees

Romney - £185 Crosslee, £172 Marygate

Cross - £182 Howcleugh, £180 Faugh Beeches

Blue Leciester - £170 Southdean Lodge, £160 Middletown, £150 Arnicle

Lleyn - £128 Middletown, £1007 Dolphinston

Welsh Mule - £82 North Lanrigg

Light ewes

Easycare - £150 Hillhouse, £138 Harwood on Teviot, £130 Hillhouse

Blackface - £142 Firth View, £135 Anfield, £130 North Lanrigg, £130 Elfhills, £130 Muirfield

Herdwick - £142 Powheads, £60 Peart, £50 Clements

Cheviot - £140 Pilmuir, £140 Commonside, £138 Parkhill, £136 North House, £130 Tarrasfoot, £130 Tulip Villa

Swaledale - £102 Southdean Lodge, £102 Lords Lot, £90 Westernhopeburn

Shetland - £72 Westernhopeburn, £66 Beardon

Kerryhill - £70 Wormerlaw

Badgerface - £58 Clements

Rams

Charollais - £335 Craigend, £270 Lanehead, £235, £200 Beckfoot

Dutch Spotted - £275 Rigghead

Texel - £265 Cambeckhill, £255 Elfhills, £250 Swinside Townfoot

Suffolk - £255 Crumhaughhill, £210 Beckfoot

Dorset - £205 Carran

Hampshire - £190 Newton

Beltex - £185 Westerhall

North Country Cheviot - £175 Buchtrig

Blue Leicester - £172 Southdean Lodge, £150 Middletown

Romney - £170 Holme

Blackface - £165 Parkhill, £152 Riverside, £150 Arnicle

Badgerface - £150 Bridgestone

Herdwick - £132 Longrow

Cheviot - £128 Westerhall, £120 Brackley

Cross - £85 Howcleugh

CATTLE

Clean cattle sold to recent high rates of return with many more sought after by customer demand.

Please note CHRISTMAS SHOW SATURDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2025 £2000 in prize money. Early entries are appreciated. 

Prime Cattle (Per Kilo)

Charolais – 378p & 376p High Stenries

Prime Cattle (Per Head)

Charolais - £2,230 & £2,068 High Stenries

OTM (Per Kilo)

Limousin – 282p Shankbridge End

Ayrshire  - £205p Slack House

OTM (Per Head)

Limousin  - £1917.60 Shankbridge End

Ayrshire - £1096.75 Slack House

Averages:

Lambs

Light to                 337.5p (289.44p)

Standard to      405.4p (317.32p)

Medium to         410p (313.24p)

Heavy to             373.9p (312.73p)

Overweight       415p (308.48p)

Ewes

Light to                 £160 (£78.86)

Heavy to             £340 (£136.18)

Rams to               £335 (£144.67)

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

 

corresponding week 2024 sale report