Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 4,665 Store Hoggs at Longtown on Tuesday 13th January 2026.
Store hoggs dearer again on the week. A ringside full of confidence as buyers travel from up and down the country on the hunt for numbers. All classes of store hoggs in big demand, numbers needed each week to try and fulfil purchaser’s demand.
Topping the day was a tremendous pen of Beltex hoggs realising £170 from TJ Hall & Son, Horsley Hill. Chasing not far behind at £166 was another fantastic pen of Texel x hoggs from WN Douglas, Catslackburn.
Store Hoggs
Beltex - £170 Horsley Hill, £148 Mosshill, £142 Beckstones, £130 Cumcrook & Solwaybank, £128 Mosshill, £126 Barkbeth
Texel - £166 Catslackburn, £154 Beacon Rigg, £152 Gillalees, £150 Horsley Hill & Pallet Hill, £149 Cubbyhill, £148 Gillalees, £147 Allfornaught, £146 Newton of Fotheringham
Suffolk - £148 Moorhills, £146 Newton of Fotheringham, £138 Falnash, £134 Holydean, £130 Twislehope & Kirkton of Kingoldrum, £128 Muirhead, £126 Carruthers Farm, £125 Enzieholm, £124 Sowerby wood & Holydean
Dutch Spotted- £142 Palley Hill & Cubby Hill
Mule - £139 Gillalees, £138 Allfornaught, £136 Bayldon Farm, £133 Noth Gillbank, £131 Allfornaught, £130 Allfornaught & Coldchapel , £126 Woodhouse Bungaloe, £124 Whitestone, £120 Reddis Hall
Cheviot Mule - £138 Falnash, £132 Howman Grange, £118 Woodhouse Bungalow, £116 Falnash & Ridley Farm
Blackface - £130 Riskinhope Trust, £123 Coldchapel, £120 Coldchapel, £116 Kilnford Croft, £113 Roxburgh Mill, £108 Coldchapel, £102 Earlshaugh & Meggethead, £101 Upperburnmouth, £99 Ardnoch
Roussin- £120 Cubbyhill
North Country Cheviot – £124 Caulside, £121 Muirside, £119 Bloch & Enzieholm, £118 Carruthers, £110 Whiteknowe
Bluefaced Leicester - £130 & £102 Laverhay
Hill Cheviot - £129, £124 Bloch Farm, £128 Tarrasfoot, £125 Langholm Initiative, £122 Catslackburn, £121 Carruthers, £120 Twislehope, Burnfoot of ewes & Solwaybank, £119 Twislehope, £117 Haas Side, £115 Beckfoot
Romney- £116 & £115 Reddis Farm, £106 Burnfoot of Ewes, £104 Roberton, £96 Reddis Hall
Easycare- £114 South Port O Spittal, £113 Wadley Farm
Hampshire- £101 Kilnknowe, £90 Reddis Hall
Charollais- £90 South port o spittal
Swaledale - £96 Beacon Rigg, £86 Laverhay
Jacob- £90, £82 Old Chapel
Shetland- £84 Shaw of Dryfe, £78 Grange Farm, £72 Shaw of Dryfe
Herwick - £80 Dalwyne
Tup Hoggs
Beltex- £156 Pallet Hill
Texel- £155 Shepherds Cottage, £144 Horsley Hill, £142 Pallet Hill, £140 Flex, £134 Holydean, £132 Kirkton of Kingoldrum & Newton of Fotheringham, £120 Dalwyne Farm, £120 Ridley Farm
Dartmoor- £155 Little Ryle
Suffolk- £152 Park Nook
Mule- £126 Beacon Rigg, £124 Shankfieldhead, £100 Crailloch
Easy Care- £126 Twixell Farm, £112 Stickle Heaton
Cheviot- £124, £116 Annendale & Lochwood Estate, £110 Catslackburn, £90 Upperburnmouth
Blackface- £120 Meggethead, £112 Upperburnmouth, £110 Plenderleith, £106 Brandleys Farm & Catslackburn
Blue Faced Leicester- £110 Shepherds cottage
Romney- £82 Burnfoot of Ewes
North Country Cheviot- £94 Crailloch
Feeding ewes and cast rams stand on topping at £190 for a Texel cross ewe from RW & VJ Brickell, Holydean Farm. Many more feeding sheep needed every week to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Ewes
Texel - £190, £175 Holydean, £158 Allfornaught, £150, £136 Holydean
Cheviot Mule - £170 Enzieholm, £132 Whiteknowe
Suffolk - £150 Holydean
Mule - £142 Holydean, £140 Peat Gap, £138 Ardoch, £130 Gallhills
North Country Cheviot - £144, £138 Enzieholm
Hill Cheviot - £132 Langholm Initiative, £122 Allfornaught, £114 Bloch, £98 High Green Manor, £96 Falnash
Blackface - £126 Westhotbank, £125 Errif Estates, £98 Upper Dullarg, £96 Ardoch, £85 Westhotbank, £68 Errif Estates
Swaledale- £112 Pallet Hill, £94 Orthwaite Hall
Clun- £78 Stickle Heaton
Welsh- £72 Westhotbank
Rams
North Country Cheviot - £170 White Knowe, £140 Carlenrigg
Blue Faced Leicester- £165 Beacon Rigg
Blackface - £160 Upper Dullarg, £155 Riskinhope Trust
Suffolk- £130 Upperburnmouth
Texel - £110 White Knowe
Cross- £110 High Green Manor
