Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

BREEDING SHEEP

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had a smaller show of ewes and lambs on Tuesday 19th April 2022 which met a very keen enquiry, with many more bidders around the ringside, as the weather improves and grass appears. Many more are required week on week. 

Principal Prices

Ewes with single lamb at foot

Texel - £108 £90 Baggarah, £95 Whiteknowe, £94 £90 High House

Chev Mule - £78 Whiteknowe

Ewes with twin lambs at foot

Texel - £106 £98 High House

Suffolk - £98 £92 High House

Cross - £79 £75 Baggarah, £73 Low Closegill

Shearlings with single lamb at foot  

Texel - £102 Longrigg

Shearlings with twin lambs at foot

Texel - £78 x2 Longrigg, £76 Baggarah

STORE SHEEP

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 755 store hoggs, feeding ewes & cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 19th April 2022.

More buyers operating and a larger show of hoggs, met another fast-selling trade at current high rates.

Top £119 for Texels from High Hall, others to £115 Barharrow; Suffolks to £95, £93, £90 Barharrow; Cheviots to £92 Barharrow, £89 Sweetbit; Bleu Du Maine to £90 Tweedy Hill; Greyfaces to £107 Swinside; Blackfaces to £92 Drumblair, £91 Barharrow, £89 Wardrew; Herdwicks to £91 Lagganorie; Kerry Hills to £82, £80 Barharrow; Shetlands to £91 Wardrew.

Feeding ewes still very dear. Top £120 for a Cheviot Mule from Sweetbit; Greyfaces to £107 Swinside; Hill Cheviots to £103 Sweetbit; Texels to £98 Drumblair; Lleyns to £77 Swinside; Blackfaces to £59 Drumblair.