Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward 5,520 store hoggs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 16th January 2024.

A quality show of hoggs again attracted a huge company of both distant and local buyers. Trade was again on fire, with all classes meeting a premium, with stronger hoggs in exceptional demand.

Top £158 & £154 for Beltexs from High House, others to £130 Wauchope; Texels to £130 Hill Side (Black), £129 Netherhirst & Ballagan, £128 Sheepfields; Suffolk to £119 Cragg Farm & Red Gap, £118 Haliburton, £117 Hepple Hill; Charollais to £118 Howberry, £113 & £111 Shield Farm; Cheviot Mules to £122 Hill Side (Black), £115 Thorniethwaite, £110 Fell End; Greyfaces to £121 Craighead, £116 Shield Farm, £114 Quarry House; North Cheviots to £122 Kelsocleugh, £111 & £110 Effgill; Hill Cheviots to £114 Kinnelcutty, £113 Bloch, £107 Unthank; Blackfaces to £98 Hill Side (Black), £91 Haliburton, £89 Glenshanna; Swaledales to £68 & £61 Fell End; Ryelands to £76 Low Old Shield; Jacobs to £81 Lads Lodge.

Cast ewes (430) good to sell. Top £159 for Texels from Dublin Road, £137 & £136 High Townhead; Suffolks to £100 North Synton; Greyfaces to £93 Roanstree, £90 Craighead; Easycares to £78 Glenlea. Hill ewes to £85 for Cheviots from Isle of Man, £84 & £80 Meikle Whitriggs, £80 Auchlin; Swaledales to £40 Grange Farm. Cast rams (54) a similar trade. Top £120 (x2) for Texels from Marchbank, £112 Dale House; Hill Cheviots to £95 Cooms.