Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 6,002 store lambs and feeding at Longtown at their weekly sale on Tuesday 2nd November 2021.

Quality was lacking throughout with more tail end lambs forward, buyers were plentiful, with trade very similar to last weeks extreme rates.

Top £122 & £111 & £110 for Beltexs from Messrs Ward, Whitstonehill, Tundergarth, Lockerbie, others to £116 The Bloch; Texels to £118 Kinning Hall, £116 High Loveladysheild, £113 Belsay Barnes; Suffolks to £106 & £104 Pow Heads, £104 High Keenly Fell; Bleu Du Maine to £97 Craigshield; Greyfaces to £99 Hoscote Estate, £98 Mains (Goodfellow) & West Greenridge; Cheviot Mules to £98 Sorbietrees; Half Breds to £83 Monklaw; North Country Cheviots to £87 Sorbietrees, £83 Gillesbie, £81 Upper Chatto; Zwartbles to £87 Hoscote Estate; Easy Care to £82 West Hottbank; Hill Cheviots to £88 Granton, £87 Hethpool & Dalhabboch, £86 Solwaybank; Blackfaces to £93 & £87 Horseholme, £90 Hoscote Estate, £85 Townshield; Swalesdales to £57 Springfield Court; Kendal Rough to £70 Gill Head.

Feeding ewes (524) a very strong demand. Top £104 for Texels from Belsay Barns and £101 Bloch; Greyfaces to £87 Powheads; Suffolks to £91 Muirfield. Hill ewes to £97 for Cheviots from The Bloch; Blackfaces to £59 Upper Burnmouth; Herdwicks to £60 Pow Heads; Swaledales to £50 Whitfield Estate; Easy Cares to £68 Croys Lodge. Cast rams to £110 for a Leicester from Whiteknowe (Lowery).

BREEDING SHEEP

As from Thursday 4th November all lambs must be belly clipped prior to the sale

Principal Prices

Ewes

Suffolk £100 & £95 Newlands.

Cheviot x Shetland £80 & £68 & £63 Knock.

North Country Cheviot £80 Newlands.

Mule £73 Knock.

Swaledale £54 Thornhope.

Ewe Lambs

Texel £115 Townfoot.

Suffolk £93 Bayles.