Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 4,504 store hoggs, cast rams and feeding ewes at Longtown on Tuesday 24th January 2023.

A far better-quality show of hoggs attracted more distant buyers, trade much sharper, with all classes meeting an exceptional trade.

Top £109 & £104 for Beltex from High Hall, Westward, £101 Low Dunashery; Texels to £108 & £105 Henrys Hill, £107 & £103 Shankbridge End; Suffolks to £97 Hazelbank, £93 Logie Farm; Half-Breds to £87 Earlside; Greyfaces to £87 Brieredge Farm, £85 Killdarroch, £81 Hethpool & Swaites; Cheviot Mules to £86 Hillside; North Cheviots to £91 Logie Farm, £88 Drumyeonmore; Leicesters to £90 Brieredge; Romneys to £87 & £82 & £81 Holm Farm; Hill Cheviots to £90 Cara View, £78 Hillside, £76 West Deloraine; Blackfaces to £107 Lanehead, £97 Brieredge & West Deloraine; Swaledales to £61 Whitfield Estate, £60 Laverhay; Zwartbles to £70 Hazelbank.

Feeding ewes (295) still a strong trade. Top £125 for Texels from The Dykes; Greyfaces to £93 Maidencots; Suffolks to £93 Hallrule Mill; Cheviot Mules to £80 Halfway House. Hill ewes to £73 for Blackfaces from Glenoe Estates, with Cheviots to £69 Logie Farm, £64 Meikle Whitriggs.

Cast rams to £108 for Texels from The Dykes; Charollais to £102 Brieredge Farms, who also sold Leicesters to £100 and Blackfaces to £90.

A mixed show of breeding sheep seen quality sheep in good order, scanned well selling to strong demand, with poorer-weathered sorts only meeting Autumn prices.

Topping at £340 for a pair of outstanding pure Texel gimmers from Messrs Connell, Wanton Walls, who sold one crop ewes at £310 and other gimmers to £280.

More runs of quality genuine sheep are wanted for our sale of 2,000 plus in lamb ewes on Tuesday 7th February.

Ewes
Texel £310 Wanton Walls.
Suffolk £145 Kershopefoot.
Mule £125 & £118 Steilston.
Zwartble £115 Sheepfields.
Kerry Hill £102 Kershopefoot.
North Country Cheviot £100 (x2), £98, £94 Buckles.

Gimmers
Texel £340, £280, £230 Wanton Walls.
Beltex £190 Maidencots.
Cheviot Mule £150 £140 Glen Darroch.
Mule £140 Glen Darroch, £120 Maidencots & Blair.