Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 671 lives of ewes and hoggs with lambs at foot at their sale at Longtown on Tuesday 26th May 2020.

A smaller show sold to a strong ringside of buyers with all classes maintaining last week’s high rates and selling to a top of £92 per life for Beltex hoggs with singles from A. & W. Bell, Thomas Telford Road.

Principal prices:

Hoggs with singles

Mule £80 Satchells and Briggle, £79 Holebeck.

Suffolk £78 Thomas Telford Road.

Hoggs with twins

Mule £70 Holebeck, £69 Satchells.

Shearlings with singles

Mule £73, £71, £69 Wydon Eals.

Suffolk £72, £66 Low Tipalt.

Texel £71 Pilmuir, £66, £62 Low Tipalt.

Lleyn £70 Low Tipalt.

Shearlings with twins

Texel £72 Heathery Knowe.

Ewes with singles

Texel £76 Low Tipalt.

Cheviot Mule £73, £70 Priesthaugh.

Mule £73, £71, £69 Wydon Eals.

Charollais £68 Low Tipalt.

Lleyn £63 Low Tipalt.

Cheviot £54 Whitehill, £50 Wardlaw.

Swaledale £48 Rowanburnfoot.

Blackface £40 Bayles.

Herdwick £39 Rowanburnfoot.

Ewes with twins

Texel £89 West Millhills, £82 Heathery Knowe, £78 Netherton

Mule £79 West Millhills.

Cheviot Mule £70 Whitchester.

Suffolk £70 Low Tipalt, £64 Pilmuir.

Charollais £69 Moss Side.

Lleyn £63 Low Tipalt.

Cheviot £50.50 Priesthaugh.

Swaledale £45 Rowanburnfoot.

Herdwick £39 Rowanburnfoot.