Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 4,244 store hoggs, cast rams and feeding ewes at Longtown on Tuesday 17th January 2023.

With the usual buyers operating a poorer show of lambs forward, best quality just as dear.

Top £114 for Texels from Craig Farming, others to £101 Broomhills (Baty), £100 Solwaybank & Kershopefoot; Beltex to £100 Horsley Hill, £96 Longrigg; Suffolks to £99 Halldykes, £96 South Port o Spittal; Greyfaces to £87 Boolshuggel Farms Ltd; Cheviot Mule to £86 Muircleugh, £85 Annandale Estates, £83 Errington Farms; North Cheviots to £89 Longrigg, £83 Annandale Estates; Dutch Texels to £80 Halldykes; Blackfaces to £79 Borrane, £69 Westerhall; Hill Cheviots to £81 Bloch, £80 Muircleugh; Easycares to £87 Glenlea; Romneys to £84 South Port o Spittal; Swaledales to £49 Coolingel; Herdwicks to £60 Borrane; Zwartbles to £80 Longrigg; Shetlands to £53 South Port o Spittal.

Feeding ewes (393) very dear. Top £120 for Texels from Capenoch; Suffolks to £97 Waterhead of Dryffe; Greyfaces to £102 Crowhall & Sweetbit; Cheviot Mules to £97 Crowhall; North Cheviots to £97 Sweetbit; Easycares to £91 Glenlea; Kerry Hills to £98 Sweetbit. Hill ewes to £68 for Blackfaces from Coolingel; Cheviots to £58 Bloch.

Cast rams sold to a top of £132 & £110 for Leicesters from Craig Farming; Suffolks to £120 Halflawkiln; Blackfaces to £92 Craig Farming.