Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 2,576 store hoggs, cast ewes and rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 23rd March 2021.

With buyers present from as afield as Devon and Somerset, another large entry of hoggs forward. All classes of hoggs met a cracking trade. Top £133 for North Country Cheviot from Kelsocleugh, others to £122, £120 Morebattle Tofts; Suffolks to £129 Nilston Rigg, £127 Knells Cottage; Texels to £131 Nilston Rigg, £123 Hawthorn Bank & Crammond Hill; Beltex to £129, £127 Ridsdale; Easycares to £92, £88 Chatton Park; Greyfaces to £97 Drinkstone, £90 Hepple Hill; Hampshire to £89 Chatton Park; Blackfaces to £123 Nilston Rigg, £111 Redesmouth, £99 Meikleholm; Hill Cheviots to £101, £99 Blakehopeburnhaugh; Swaledales to £79 Holebeck, £75 Skelgill House; Herdwicks to £85 Row Head; Shetlands to £81 Chapel.

Feeding ewes (426) another buoyant trade. Top £114 for Texels from Flatt (Atkinson), others to £111 Whitchesters, £110 East Farm; Suffolks to £109 Pow Head; Greyfaces to £99 Whitchesters, £97 Coolingel; Easycares to £81 Coolingel. Hill ewes to £89 for Cheviots from Girnwood; Blackfaces to £79 Coolingel; Swaledales to £75 Coolingel; Shetlands to £57 Coolingel. Rams to £105 for a Cheviot from Kelsocleugh, Leicester to £99 Blakehope, Blackfaces to £84 Blakehope.

BREEDING SHEEP

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had a nice show of ewes with lambs at foot forward to a keen ringside of bidder with many buyers going home empty handed, selling to a top of £108 a life for Texel x ewe and single lamb from Messrs Kirk, Glasson. Many more ewes with lambs are required every week from now to suit buyers demand.

The final sale of in lamb ewes of the season sold to a competitive ringside, with all classes easily sold.

Ewes & Single Lamb

Texel £108 Glasson, £106 Stockholm.

Suffolk £102 Leapsrigg, £101, £100 Stockholm.

Zwartble £85 Glasson.

Ewes & Twin Lambs

Suffolk £79, £73 Leapsrigg.

In Lamb Ewes

Blackface £98, £96 Glenshanna.

Swaledale £84 Fell View.

In Lamb Hoggs

Mule £150, £148, £144, £140, £136 Wydon Eals.

Geld Hoggs

Texel £123 Hawthorn Bank, £119, £112 Low Stanley.

Suffolk £121 Low Stanley.

Mule £116, £108 Wydon Eals.

Cheviot Mule £116 Hawthorn Bank.