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The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward
1,529 Store Hoggs and Feeding Ewes at their weekly sale at Longtown
on Tuesday 5th February, 2013.
 A
poorer quality show of hoggs still sold very well.
Top of £57
for Texel hoggs from Cowcorse Cottage, others £54
Townfoot, Eals; Beltex £51 Milton Mains; Suffolk £48
Linton House; Hill Cheviot £45 Girnwood; Greyface £37
Backmuir, £35 Ryehills; Lleyn £35 Chipknowe; Blackface £34
Little Tongue; Swaledale £23 Greenleycleugh.
Cast ewes to £70 Barnbackle.
Cast rams £44 Little Tongue.
Also
forward were 626 In-lamb ewes which attracted a good interest,
with buyers from as far away as Wales, trade satisfactory.
Top of £83
and £81 (x2) for Lleyns from Bogie Mains
who also sold Texels at £76 and Cheviots at £60.
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