Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 1,693 store hoggs and feeding ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 2nd March 2021.

A smaller show of hoggs attracted the usual buyers, all classes again sold at extreme rates and were short of requirements.

Top £129 Beltex’s from Sewell House others to £123 Coalfell
Texels to £127 Wardew, £126 West Hills, £125 Pilmuir, Laughtmuirside & Middle Farm
Greyfaces to £121 North Corrielaw, £115 Routin Lynn & Allfornought
North Country Cheviot to £119 North Corrielaw
Cheviot Mules to £113 Archbank & £109 Pilmuir
Suffolks to £111 Somerville, £110 Allfornought, £109 Tathhill Cottage
Blackface to £108, £99 Wanwood Hill
Hill Cheviots to £103 Potholm and £97 Crosscleugh
Jacobs to £100 £97 Wardrew
Swaledale to £83 Nunscleugh

Feeding ewes (276) again dearer on the week. Top £133 for Suffolks from Tatthill Cottage others to £128 Shaw Cottage. Texels to £130 Shaw Cottage, £127, £123 Laughtmuirside. Greyfaces to £101 Low Stokoe & £100 Grindon Hill. North Country Cheviots to £99 Alnham Castlehill. Hill ewes to £71 for Blackface from Alnham Castlehill. Cheviots £71 from Enzieholm, Swaledales to £58 Dumblar Rigg.

Cast Rams to £109 for a Suffolk from Tatthill Cottage and North Country Cheviot to £110, £100 Archbank. Blackface rams to £77 Harden.